Newbie with pain
Hi, Would appreciate advice on coping with pain continually getting worsening. Diagnosed in Feb this year with small mets in thoracic and lumbar verebrae and since then 1 dose of palliative radiothe...
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Hi Lisa1407
Thanks for reply, I had a bad weekend with pain but was able to speak to my GP yesterday and my fentanyl patch has been raised and that is working. My mets pain from vertebrae presented in my left abdomen, so had trouble getting the diagnosis.The mets are from BC Dec 2017 .The palliative radiotherapy, Feb this year, worked very well and I will be asking my oncologist onThursday re more, but I have had previous radiotherapy to that area for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in 2011 so that could be a problem !
I've made the decision to have palliative care and have met my palliative care specialist 5 weeks ago and my GP and oncologist will refer me back when it's time. I've just been suprised (unpleasantly) by how quickly the pain " ramps up" 🤔 and so I decided it was time to reach out for support, thankyou to all who replied 😊
I have joined the Living with Metastasis group and have just been exploring the site, reading and feeling I'm not alone. That helps!!
Thanks again for your reply, much appreciated,
Keep safe , Lesley
PS, not sure of protocols....I'll learn!
Thanks for reply, I had a bad weekend with pain but was able to speak to my GP yesterday and my fentanyl patch has been raised and that is working. My mets pain from vertebrae presented in my left abdomen, so had trouble getting the diagnosis.The mets are from BC Dec 2017 .The palliative radiotherapy, Feb this year, worked very well and I will be asking my oncologist onThursday re more, but I have had previous radiotherapy to that area for Merkel Cell Carcinoma in 2011 so that could be a problem !
I've made the decision to have palliative care and have met my palliative care specialist 5 weeks ago and my GP and oncologist will refer me back when it's time. I've just been suprised (unpleasantly) by how quickly the pain " ramps up" 🤔 and so I decided it was time to reach out for support, thankyou to all who replied 😊
I have joined the Living with Metastasis group and have just been exploring the site, reading and feeling I'm not alone. That helps!!
Thanks again for your reply, much appreciated,
Keep safe , Lesley
PS, not sure of protocols....I'll learn!