Lucky Gal, I'm sorry that you have to join us, but congratulations on the measured way you received your bad news. I just wanted to say that, having had several doses of radiotherapy in various places (I have extensive bone mets and liver mets), it is wonderful for pain relief. It normally takes a while to have an effect, but when it does...what a difference. It's extremely early days for you, but consider asking to be referred to a palliative care nurse by your GP and ask about local hospices. Hospices sound scary initially, but they are the masters of pain relief, much more so than consultants and GPs.
I was diagnosed with secondaries in January 2010, initially I shunned - or more accurately - was not offered any palliative support. Now I have a wonderful nurse who visits me once a week. She can prescribe and liaise directly with my GP and has been enormously helpful when I've had periods of bad pain. I started visiting the hospice last year, I see a clinical director there about once a month (again they can prescribe without conferring with GP), I also have hypnotherapy and massage treatments. Anyway, waffling on a bit, sorry, just hope some of the info may be helpful and please PM me if you have any questions...I'm an amateur expert!
Best wishes to all.
Alison
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