Constant pain, need some advice.
Constant pain, need some advice. Morning all, yes I know it is only 0830 (or it was when I started typing this!)and I am on Easter hols (I work P/T in a school) so should still be in bed BUT another sleepless night, can’t get comfortable, night sweats, hot flushes etc, etc!
I am coping Ok with night sweats, hot flushes and the other effects of Zoladex. My main concern is the constant pain/discomfort 24/7 in my back, from my hip up to the top of my shoulder and around my lower front ribs. It is the side they took the Lat. Dorsi from for the recon. The outer flesh is numb over that whole area (14 months since surgery). My ribs feel so close to the surface now, I presume that is because of the portion of Lat. Dorsi they moved? My Surgeon says they did not touch my front lower ribs. So why do I feel like I have had a good kicking if I touch my ribs, even lightly? Why does it feel like someone is trying to push a clenched fist through my back, just below the shoulder blade? I have had 2 bone scans, both show nothing of concern, just some wear and tear on hips, knees and ankles. I had no lymph or vascualr involvement with the BC, the mastectomy caught it all. So no Chemo or RADS. Was I lucky or what? I am now on increasing doses of Gabapentin, up to 700mg daily so far. Onc & GP say to carry on increasing dose by 100mg a week until I get some relief. Worried about how much higher I need to take the dose before I get relief or will I be a dribbling zombie and unable to carry on with my life but at least I won’t be in pain? And of course my unspoken worry of could it be something more sinister? After all my BC in left breast was only found thru a mamm. after referal with intense pain in the right breast,but no other symtoms in either breast! Plus the fact I have just been told my 1st annual post surgey mamm “shows nothing of concern in the right breast”. So I am free of hosp appts until check up in August with Surgeon & ONC. Hip-hip hurray! (Only monthly GP appts for Zoladex)
I thought I was doing so well but sleep deprivation has eventally got me. Any ideas?