I had the onco type dx test and it came back 53 % so I had chemo, that was 2yrs. ago. I am not taking arimidex or tamocifin, too much aching and bone pain. wish you all well ! sam...
thanks so much for all the helpful ideas! i should have thought about silky pj's. my onc told me he never met anyone with the pain i described and therefore i had no pain! finally swa another onc in...
Sorry I haven't checked this forum in a while. I did have PT and it helped a lot. still have pain but is better than before. my pain also gets worse as the day goes on. I'm not taking any pain...
girlfriday317 just read your post re: post breast mastectomy pain. I had bilateral mast. oct.21,2011. had 3 chemo treatms. could not have 4th. I tried arimidex, tamoxafin and the last...
so sorry! I know what you are going thru. lost my oldest sis to breast ca. 24 yrs. ago. my other sis also had bc and had a lumpectomy 12 yrs. ago. I had a double mastectomy 1yr. and 4 mos. ago. God...
I feel as you do, I want to take the tamoxifen, to do everything that is recommended. I will start 1/2 a day and build up to the 20mg. My oncologist at first said that would not work, but as I was...
saw my oncology doc yesterday.He increased the neurotin to 1600mg.per day. also I read somewhere on this forum about gradually buiding up the tamoxifen. starting 1/2 dose for a week and then...
I'm seeing my oncologist this wed. and will talk to him about gradually building up the tamoxifen. I stopped aug 3rd. I feel so much better but know I need the tamoxifen to keep the recurrance at...
Get checked !!!! sam10...
alci, thank you for the doc's name and where she is affiliated with.I tried the capzian ointment that was recommended in one article, now i'm itching plus the pain. I should have known better than to...
thank you for your input. I live in the pittsburgh area and my onco is from pittsburgh.I will be sure and tell him about the study at the university of Pittsburgh. See if he knows anyhting about it...
thank you for your reply. yes, I have neuropathe in both feet, but am not diabetic. from what I have found in articles online I have cutaneous sensory nerve pain syndrome which translates into nerve...
I had bilateral mastectomy Oct. 2011. Stage 1 cancer with no lymph node involvement.One test was er pos. and the oncotype DX was neg. Made it through 3 chemo treatments and could not do the 4th. Took...