Hi all,
Please help me stop worrying im going out of my mind !
Its week 3 of my last epi and technically i shouldnt be feeling sick but twice this week i have,ive hardly felt sick at all realy.I wake up every single day with a headache particularly on the left side which is my affected breast side.I’m feeling all over my head for lumps to the point where my husband says im becoming a bit obsessive,it feels bruised,mentioned it to the onc she said tongue in cheek shall we do a brain scan i said do u think thats necessary and she just said its very unlikely you have anything there so i dont think so no,so then i felt a bit pathetic.
I have aches and pains under both armpits.
I’m convinced ive got cancer everywhere, i know its not rational as i have had a ct scan on my chest showing nothing and a bone scan showing nothing…am i some kind of freak or are these normal aches and pains to do with the chemo ???
I’m having a bad day sorry.Not good considering i have my first tax on tuesday,be strong sharon be strong!
xx
Hi Smallstar,
It’s impossible to know exactly how the various treatments will affect us as individuals, and they’re bound to cause strange aches and pains we didn’t have before,(and in places we didn’t expect!) but just try to focus on the results of your scans. I work in Radiology and know the tiny details these images pick up, and feel sure that if there was anything there your Onc would be on the case!
Lots of love to sweetheart.
Elaine.xx
Hi Smallstar
I’m a sick kids nurse and fully agree with Elaine.
I know for a fact that I can have 8 kids with the same diagnosis and each one will behave totally differently.
We are all indivduals and ok so we can have an average very few people are ever this and there is a wide devision either side.
Taking that the radiation is zapping cells and although extreamely well targeted surrounding cells are bound to get ‘brused’ in a way also its quite common to get whats called ‘refered pain’ where you have pain in an area well removed from the problem.
Now I’m guessing here but probably not too comfy on your left side and muscles etc could well be unconsiously tightend up, which can cause headaches pluss stress (and lets face it having bc is stressfull!) can cause aches and pains just as much as physical injury.
I know adult doctors are not known for empathy (give me a pediatrician any day) but I doubt your onc could be so crass as to joke about things if were even remote chance of a prob.
Hope this helps, may not cos being rational and having bc dont always go together in my book.
e.g I was fine with diagnosis, the thought of hair coming out etc what made me have a small cry was I might lose my eye lashes and then I completely imploded when they did a needle biopsy in my thyroid to put my mind at peace on a 99%certain ok nodule, cos I did’nt like the feel of it!!
xx g
Thank you both for your words of wisdom.
I know what your saying and I actually think you have proved yourselves to be right,as this afternoon, we went to my mother in laws for lunch and I thought I was going to faint with worry and the pain,I took Ibuprofen and a Diazempam and i have felt so much better,im guessing this has relaxed my body … the diazepam are meant to be for occasional use I might go to the doctors and ask him for something a little more permanent to relax me until my treatments over.
I’m no puff to pain honestly,Ive had 7 children the last two of them with no pain relief haha,but this horrid stuff just scares the pants off me as im sure it does everyone else!
Got steroids to take tomorrow ready for the tax on tuesday,must remember to take them !!!
take care xxxxxxxxx