New diagnosis, surgery imminent

Hi Christine: has your daughter stopped lashing out at to yet? How are you coing yourself? I finished my radiation at the new Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre on 23 January. The radiation drained me each day for 25 days and aggravated my cervical facet joint inflammation from the hard steel table and the position I had to lay in so they could get the beams into the right spots. We tried a number of options including Fentenyl lozenges and before and after each treatment, increased Prednisoline and bubble matting to absorb the shock of the table movement. In the end it was only the oncology masseurs who were able to unknot the muscles and tendons around my neck and down the arms. I went to the YWCA encore post breast cancer exercise group last week and found myself doing the laughter yoga and other exercises from the sitting position and attempting new ones in the hydro pool. I have spent a week in agony with pain in so many joints. Yesterday I ended up at the ONJ Wellness Centre getting ischemic massage from toes to neck. Today I have skipped exercises and am going into have nerve conductivity studies on both legs. I have also got myself a new oncologist who was very pleased when I rang yesterday and took up his offer of an alternative Arimodase hormone because the Anastrozole was contributing too much to my joint pain. This oncologist explained why I hadn't been offered chemo when their were tiny cells in the Sentinel node. I also have to get bloods taken today for my 6 monthly prescription for biologics for the RA and PSA as well as my blood clotting factor because it has been all over the place since I stopped the radiation . Hope this finds you well. I do apologies for not writing for months but the new drugs ( hormone and antidepressant ) followed by radiation for nearly 6 weeks has stopped me in my tracks. God bless and keep you. Jan