Long term side effects
I was diagnosed in 2010 with grade 2 cancer inmy right breast as well as mets in my sacrum. Then, despite being on Tamoxifen, another carcinoma was found in my left breast 12 months later. I had very ...
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Hi @KathleenT
I had my first cancer treatment in 2006 and had a recurrence in 2016. Having breezed through chemo the first time I'm struggling, literally, to get back on my feet this time. I've also had some pretty aggressive surgery in my armpit to remove a tumour and 21 nodes and radiotherapy in the last 18 months.
My double mastectomy and implant retreads in 2006/7 demonstrated that I do scar tissue like a pro. I'm thinking that, for what ever reason, the latest traumas have both made recent injuries more difficult to recover from, and have aggravated the old ones.
I've just switched from Letrazole to Anastrazole hoping some of the arthritic side effects might bugger off. I'm not that hopeful. it's basically the same drug, I think my onc is hoping or a placebo effect.
Anything that is scarred either surgically or arthritically is giving me the irrits. My old basket baller knees and net baller ankles are very cranky now and my implants are like rocks. Even the scar where I had my port removed is red and angry. My blood work is a bit 'meh' so that probably isn't helping.
Speaking of not helping, my woes can do nothing but demonstrate that you are not on your own when you are trying to figure out WTF is going on with your body post treatment.
Cancer, the gift that keeps on giving. Phhfft. Mxx