Leg and feet pain

Gosh @"Beryl C." That sounds cruel. Your method of coping is inspirational. Yes we do have to push ourselves some days but also be kind and hear our own voices when needed too. I'm so guilty of doing too much  and then suffering later. This year I have decided to be somewhat wiser! Lol

Been on Herceptin and Anastrozole for 61/2 years. Very painful feet began four years ago. - tried many treatments including acupuncture and a TENS machine, hot/cold foot baths etc etc. The only thing that makes any difference is Voltaren or Celebrex. These last 12mths I have been using a walker and it does ease the discomfort. There are good days and at times there is no pain. Also have debilitating stiffness in lower back and rib area most mornings, if I need to be somewhere, eg, hospital, I take two Voltaren about 10pm night before. This is the only way to avoid having a painful morning. I've recently worked with a physio, stretching, special exercises, hydro therapy etc. The irony is that I am very flexible and my body balance is very good. I did Yoga and Tai Chi for years. We decided there are good days and bad days, I have information that helps and I know that how I handle this is between my ears. I give myself permission to feel however I need to feel, eg., 'I am so over this!!!!!' but watch myself to guard against self pity lasting too long. xBeryl

Some days my feet feel like blocks of wood that have been nailed to the end of my legs.

I can't even tell you precisely what is wrong with them. It's like having an intermittent fault in your car: it just won't run properly and limps along then, as soon as you book it in for a service, everything is fine. Really annoying--I can't figure out what, if anything, I did to 'fix' myself.

Im nine months post chemo and would have expected to be over all this. Ten years ago I had no problems with AC, it seems TC is a very different beast. On we trudge, dragging one leg behind like a bad actor playing Quasimodo.

H there i finished chemo oct last year and still feel like a little old lady in the mornings but it has improved thankfullly.  Good old chemo puts you into menopause and depletes your body of oestrogen and that’s the lubricant for our joints. I take calcium/vitamin d tablet every day snd exercise every morning walking our dogs which helps heaps. I didn’t have neuropathy in my feet but had it in my hands and it’s virtually all gone now. My hot flushes disappeared too back in July and that’s when my neuropathy stsrted to settle too. If I sit too long it plays up but once I’m up and moving I’m heaps better. Margie xxx

Hi ladies.  I just wanted to say how much I appreciate being able to read your posts and gain more insight into this journey we are on.
i had my first Chemo 4 days ago and doing ok so far.  My poor old bones are sore and I've lost some sense of taste but having read the recommendations above, I'm trying to walk every day and and keep doing the Pilates. 
Strewth!! What a journey!!  

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@VicRed I'm currently 2 years post chemo and unfortunately I still suffer from leg aches and feet particularly. I've worked with an exercise physiologist for a year and has helped, though its all compounded by Aromasin I am on which adds to it. So it sounds like Neuropathy, if I stand for too long my feet ache or first thing in the morning its awful. I think Ive just learnt to live with it, I am like an old lady when I walk and it hasnt improved. I had 4 FEC and 8 Taxol. Stretching exercises do help too. x Melinda

Sitting here with my aching feet up looking for advice on this very topic! I’ve had 4 AC and 2 Taxol- I still have 10 taxol to go

Great comments, thank you and love the analogy of the Charlie Chaplin shuffle...bang on @Hendrix

@JanineG your physio's explanation is so helpful...i am doing light exercise and had a foot and calf massage today which seems to help. 

I guess, once you stop chemo you just want to start feeling better but it seems to be taking a long time, that and the concern of the pain of my RT catching up with me...just over it all today!! 

Bring on a better 2018 for us all!! 

Thank everyone :-) 

V x