groin pain

did you do lunges with weights? those can do it.

i had groin pain prior to surgery ans immediately associated it with my PCa. It wasn't.

Mel, while I am not an exercise freak/person, perhaps you are pushing it a bit too much for you with some of the exercise. Your body is going through a different kind of hell right now, as you accumulate more and more radiation by the day, there is a culmlative effect of radiation as you continue the second half of your treatments. Getting plenty of rest is very important as you endure the rest of this.

david in sc

running will do it too. I had lingering issues with groin all year pretty much leading up to surgery. Mostly when I played soccer.

I know, the more you exercise the more energy you get. I went running 3 days this week. Have been trying to ge tmotivated all morning to go for a run. Think I will go down to the HS track and try to get 3-4 miles in. I'll feel better after I do.

Have you been icing and stretching the groin?

>>Perhaps. I thought I read/heard that exercise is good to ward off/combat fatigue?<<

c'mon Mel.  we're getting old.  your body is talking to you.  you may need to make an adjustment. have you given up on the idea of taking something to help you relax a little?

ed

I'd guess it could be SRT related. The area that has been irradiated has lots of tissue in it which due tio the RT will be swollen and may therefore be pressing on nerves etc or affecting bllod flow to an area. (A bit like last week when my dentist said that my tooth ache was probably due to my sinuses being blocked and pressing on the nerves in my skull as there was nothing wrong with the tooth in question. Sure enough the toothache went away when the weather/airpressure changed)

Another possibility is a slight strain from getting on and off that hard RT table. It was not as easy at the end as I had found it at the begining,by the last of my sessions I was having to be helped up.
Alf

I will be consulting with my GP next week unless it improves.

It may well be swollen tissue or scar tissue from my 1988 surgey.

Very frustrating.

Ed, with all due respect, I don't need medication to relax. I do express my concerns freely here.

Mel

I've had three hernia repairs and have burning pain that comes and goes. A "neuroma" may develop from the cutting of microscopic nerves during surgeries. Envision a nerve bundle that is cut and the edge is now flat. Also picture little hairy fibers that grow out of the nerve ending in a disorganized fashion into a hard ball. That ball causes pain and burning. It can wax and wane and can be exacerbated by a number of things including, trauma, infection or exposure to heat or cold. I would imagine that exposure to radiation could cause a flare up and I'd bet my bottom dollar that's what you have. There's probably a small amount of swelling placing pressure on the nerves. It could also be that swelling is causing the edge of the mesh to come into contact with a nerve or neuroma and other tissue that was further away from the edge of the mesh before the SRT started. That's my best guess of what's causing your symptoms. I highly doubt it's lymph node involvement, which I know is what goes through our minds when dealing with cancer. You might want to ask your GP about this well known neurological phenomenon.

compiler said...
No mesh involved -- they were able to do the repair sans mesh.


I think it is swollen tissue, perhaps from the SRT or from working out.



Mel

were you doing interval training while running? I did some today and noticed some tweaking while sprinting. Slow steady job is all good now that I resolved the calf issue, but sprinting could be the cause of a pull.