spreading

Just hang in there Donna...

I know how easy it is to get scared at the smallest of changes... As mentioned, I suffer from neuralgias and that means anything from pins and needles or loss of all feeling in a part of the bidy to full blown undescribably string pain when I would be curled up on the floor pleeding with my husband to just put an end to it all and out me out of my misery... unfortunately have had it for many years and nothing can be done abiut it as I am allergic to most meds used to treat it and I have a liver condition than makes taking painkillers pretty much impossible.

Since this bastard BC diagnosis and post my surgery on 31st March while waiting on chemo I have had had various new pains set in on that side... in my underarm, in the shoulder and down the arm and in chest and back muscless covering my ribs... Every time a new pain appears in that area I automatically think it must have spread as they are taking too long to treat me...

They took 5 weeks to organise my surgery post diagnoses and the bloody thing was already larget large and is rhe agressive grade 3 beast... now they are taking too long to organise chemo as a month kater still waiting for it...

It is easy to freak out and panic... I am hanging in there telling myself once chemo kicks in even if something had spread chemo will wipe it out. They all tell me chemo wipes it out...

So hang in there - if nothing else it could not have spread during chemo you have been having and it is surely too soon post chemo for it to do anything even if some cells made it through for some reason.

I hope that MRI comes through for you soon so you can sleep more easily...

Hugs...

Jel.

Thank you it's all.just so very overwhelming 

Im waiting for my results of the mri hopefully should get it in the next couple of days its all.very over whelming 

Hi Donna,

We all experience those fears, especially when you are in between treatments.  My onocologist always used logic when I would overthink and worry.  I dont know your situation but if the chemo worked (did you have MRI's or something to monitor it), it wont change that quickly. I finished chemo in August and had my mastectomy/immed recon in March this year. The pathology showed a complete pathological response with no cancer cells to be seen.  Translating to the chemo reducing solid tumours to nothing, so it would have the same effect on my whole body.  Try and talk with your oncologist or if there is pychonco or a social worker you can contact at your hospital in between. I found them to be my good go-between when I couldnt get hold of my Oncologist for specific questions.  Good luck with your surgery.

One of the sideaffects I have been warned to look out for is nerve pain. I already suffer from neuralgias and one of them exhibits as a very severe shoulder and / or shoulderblade pain... it is possible the pain you have been experiencing is due to chemo and the build.up of chemicals... maybe worthwhile talking to the oncologist about it.

I honestly doubt that the cancer would be speading during chemo...