Hip/butt/back pain after chemo

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bibliowarrior
bibliowarrior Member Posts: 200
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
Hip/butt/back pain after chemo
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  • bibliowarrior
    bibliowarrior Member Posts: 200
    edited May 2008

    Finished ACT chemo on Feb 19th.

    About 3 weeks prior to that date, I started experiencing aches & pains in my upper legs... mostly on my left side... which I just attributed to the Taxol's usual aches & pains. But when they didn't subside, my onc suggested it might be sciatica. My biggest problem was (and still is) that I can't sit for long periods of time.

    I went for 2 months of PT, twice a week, and towards the end the therapist wasn't sure if it was sciatica or lower back issues. They did an x-ray... nothing found. She felt bad letting me go, but she couldn't think of anything else to try, so she gave me a pile of exercises to work on, hoping that they would eventually turn things around, and sent me on my way. I've been walking 2 miles every day for the last 3 weeks,, and was already doing some walking before that since exercise is supposidly very helpful in any case.

    I will be going back to my onc to get a referral for an osteopath, but thought I'd try the forum in the meantime. Has anyone else had this problem AND found a way to turn things around? 

    Thanks in advance.

    -Sal 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Hey, Sal.  I can't diagnose why you are having pain.  But I would like to make a suggestion.  You said you had an x-ray.  I would suggest you get an MRI.  X-rays do not always show everything.  My husband has had back problems which showed up on an MRI.  Phys rehab didn't help him either.  Perhaps one reason was because he didn't do them at home.  Anyway, he ended up going to a Pain clinic, had injections which didn't work until his last one.  Then, after a few months he had another injection and I think it made his back problem worse.  He now has a neuro-stimulator.  I can't tell you whether or not it works because he rarely uses it due to the fact that he doesn't do that much walking.  When he sits or lies down his back doesn't hurt.  He had sciatica also.

    Soooo, I think I'd pursue the MRI.  JMO. 

    Shirley

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  • bibliowarrior
    bibliowarrior Member Posts: 200
    edited May 2008

    Thanks, Shirley. I had someone else suggest the MRI too. She has had back surgery and said it was a nerve problem which didn't show up on the x-ray... only an MRI. I'll keep my fingers crossed that my onc will ok the procedure.

    -Sal 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Good luck, Sal, on the approval.  You can tell your onc for me that I said you need one!  Laughing

    Shirley

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