This time I have had horrendous pains and aching in my right kidney (same side as the BC). It feels like I am being kicked in the side.
Temperature is ok and diabetic blood sugars are good, so it doesn’t look like an infection - anyone else had this whilst on Taxotere?
no - poor you - must be horrible
I would see a doctor asap - not trying to worry you but it would be a good idea to get it checked out
hope you feel better soon love FB xx
Hi Peacock
I would suggest that you need to call your oncology team for further advice on this one.
Take care
Lucy
Hi Peacock
Did you contact your oncology team? xxx
Well, France being France means that practically everything is closed up over the weekend, and particularly this weekend which is a bank holiday for Bastille Day.
As I was getting more and concerned about the pains we drove to the Oncology Unit just to see if someone was there. Wrong - no one there with a sign saying “only open Monday to Friday”, so as it was an hour away I decided to go to A & E instead.
Give them their due they had me in, did blood tests, ECG, Chest Xray (?still haven’t worked out why they did this) but, all came back ok so they offered me a stay overnight on a drip just to monitor the pain. I declined this offer of B&B, as long as there was nothing in the tests I thought it would be ok to come home and continue with pain relief as before.
Strange though that the Dr didn’t examine my sides, or in the kidney region where the pain seems to be.
So, I still don’t know what is causing this pain in the side/back but will try to drink more to flush it through and put it down to a strange chemo side effect.
I certainly had a lot of back pain on tax
Thought I’d go back to this, sorry ladies to inflict my woes onto you.
Still got the pain in the right kidney (or side around the kidney area). I’ve been on the painkillers since Sunday that they gave me at the hospital but nothing is stopping the aching or pain.
So I’ve had this pain now for 8 days - i’ve tried drinking loads of water, and swimming to see if it eases but nothing.
As they did tests I don’t want to waste the docs time because it doesn’t seem to be anything, but thought I’d mention it again just in case anyone new experiences this.
I’m stopping all pain relief today, just going to see how I get on without it - I hate having to live on pills and potions.
I really wouldn’t stop pain killers if you are still having significant pain while taking them regularly. As you had your bloods checked at least you know that your kidneys are working ok so not likely to be anything sinister there. Don’t feel like you are wasting anyones time - give your onc unit a call and see if they will see you. Just worried if you stop taking pain killers that you are setting yourself up for a dreadful time. Take Care
Mx
Hi peacock
Did they do an ultrasound? That would show any stones, however small, which are excruciatingly painful.
I get twinges in the kidney area, more like a niggle than anything acute (have had stones to compare it with). I was told that my chemo combo (Taxotere, carboplatin & herceptin) is excreted via the kidneys. Given that my bloods always show normal kidney function, I put the twinges down to the fact that my kidneys have got a major job on their hands flushing out the drugs. However, I’ve noticed that if I haven’t drunk enough water they start to twinge.
I would just call the onc team or breast care nurse and run it past them. They are used to receiving calls about all sorts of complaints (major and minor) and are best equipped to decide on how to address the pain.
x
Thanks ladies, I have been drinking loads today (consequently need to pee every 10 minutes). The pain is now like I’ve been kicked in the side, so it is a little bit better.