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CateACT
Member
9 years ago

Osteo- Arthritis and other chronic conditions post treatment

HI, Just a quick question. In December last year,  I was diagnosed with severe osteo-arthritis in several points of my body. I am discovering lots of people have this condition and I am learning how to manage it but they all have one or two points in the body that are effected whereas I have 8-9! I am wondering if the severity is as a result of my chemotherapy or something totally separate?  Has anyone else experienced something similar or am I barking up the wrong tree?, barking mad? or just barking :) 
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  • Afraser's avatar
    Afraser
    Member
    9 years ago
    A frequent cause of problems is Femara (or aromatase inhibitors generally) as these are known to reduce bone density, but if you haven't been taking these I am not sure what may be causing it. I had my bone density tested near the end of chemo (because I was going on Femara and to serve as a reference point) and it was excellent (which was good because it will take a bit of a beating!) and no osteo-arthritis so chemo didn't have any impact on me as far as I can tell. Good question though, be interesting to see if others have experienced the same effects.