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Hi all. I have been diagnosed with st4 breast cancer going to the t4 vertebrae. This was found after I had been found to have a pathological fracture of the back. This has now travelled to my t3. My...
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hello there,
I would love to give you some positive news, however your situation is highly individual and I am sure that your medical team are doing everything they can think of to stabilize your back, I too was under a spinal specialist for 7 years due to a back injury but due to my stage 4 diagnosis, my back specialist decided to leave my treatment to my oncologist and he just stayed in the loop, I too have had palliative radiation to my spine and todate has been successful, I had this done in 2014,and now I take 20mg kapanol{morphine} at night and 5mg of oxynorm immediate release for breakthrough pain, are you allowed to do any specific gentle exercise for your back? if I could offer you anything it would be to try and stay stress free, yes,I know that this is easier said than done, but I have found that since I have been able to manage my stress my pain has actually lessened, I see my oncologist every 6 weeks and have a blood test evey 19 days to keep a check on everything I am on oral chemotherapy at present,are you able to do any hydrotherapy?, I did that until I had to go back on to oral chemo and found that using the pool became too hard with too many people there, Im sure your oncology team will be able to give you some options so that you can feel that you have some control over whats happening,its still very early days yet for you and Im sure that you have had a lot of information to try and digest,we are a friendly bunch here, its a safe place to have a chat, exchange or ask for information or have a "rant" if need be, please be gentle on yourself, look forward to hear how you are doing,
wendy55.
ps I have metastatic breast cancer, with mets in my liver,and throughout my spine
I would love to give you some positive news, however your situation is highly individual and I am sure that your medical team are doing everything they can think of to stabilize your back, I too was under a spinal specialist for 7 years due to a back injury but due to my stage 4 diagnosis, my back specialist decided to leave my treatment to my oncologist and he just stayed in the loop, I too have had palliative radiation to my spine and todate has been successful, I had this done in 2014,and now I take 20mg kapanol{morphine} at night and 5mg of oxynorm immediate release for breakthrough pain, are you allowed to do any specific gentle exercise for your back? if I could offer you anything it would be to try and stay stress free, yes,I know that this is easier said than done, but I have found that since I have been able to manage my stress my pain has actually lessened, I see my oncologist every 6 weeks and have a blood test evey 19 days to keep a check on everything I am on oral chemotherapy at present,are you able to do any hydrotherapy?, I did that until I had to go back on to oral chemo and found that using the pool became too hard with too many people there, Im sure your oncology team will be able to give you some options so that you can feel that you have some control over whats happening,its still very early days yet for you and Im sure that you have had a lot of information to try and digest,we are a friendly bunch here, its a safe place to have a chat, exchange or ask for information or have a "rant" if need be, please be gentle on yourself, look forward to hear how you are doing,
wendy55.
ps I have metastatic breast cancer, with mets in my liver,and throughout my spine