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Joint pain, muscle stiffness
Hi all I am 5 weeks post radiation for invasive lobul ar carcinoma. 6 lymph nodes removed. I am on letrizole. I started getting joint pain and muscle stiffness in my knees shoulders hips and muscle t...
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hi @OTISMYCAT
Your situation sounds very tough 🌸🌻 and it’s great you can talk it over with your oncologist. I experienced aching joints (mainly ankles) and calves after initial chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy. I went on to have additional immunotherapy and chemo after radiation therapy and these aches started just before I started taking Letrozole, so it was hard to pin the ongoing aches on Letrozole.
I finished all other treatments in April and until about a month ago I was taking Letrozole. I started a 4 week break and have noticed the evening joint ankle aches have almost disappeared.
Your situation sounds very tough 🌸🌻 and it’s great you can talk it over with your oncologist. I experienced aching joints (mainly ankles) and calves after initial chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy. I went on to have additional immunotherapy and chemo after radiation therapy and these aches started just before I started taking Letrozole, so it was hard to pin the ongoing aches on Letrozole.
I finished all other treatments in April and until about a month ago I was taking Letrozole. I started a 4 week break and have noticed the evening joint ankle aches have almost disappeared.
I don’t know if they would have disappeared even if I hadn’t had the Letrozole break but I’ll able to see how it goes when I restart Letrozole in a week or so.
It’s great hearing about @arpie’s experience (where she found a therapy that worked well for her) and I do hope that’s also the case for you. I hope you can manage with the aches. I found it was helpful to start yoga and also when it was very sore, would take Panadol Osteo or Nuromol. Sending you all the best,