Hi, I'm really hoping someone can help who has been through similar. Apologies in advance for rambling story:

2015 my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had two surgeries to remove the lump and her lymph nodes under the arm as it had travelled. She had radiotherapy to treat and her last mamogram (Mar 2017) was all clear.

Three weeks ago she was rushed into hospital with a serve debiliating throbbing pain in her ribs just under her right breast (where the breast cancer originally was). She was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer which has spread to her spine and sternum.

Since, this diagnosis she is devastated as we all thought it was under contol. Last week she had a blast of radiotherapy on a tumour on her spine. Her oncology doctor has changed her hormone tablet from anastrozole to exemestane. 

But currently she is experiencing a lot of pain and is struggling to walk and move around easily. She is premanently stiff and hunched over and has diffciultly bending into backwards or forwards and is feeling incredibly weak. So her quality of life is limited to the kitchen and the living room. She is taking paracetamol to try and control the pain but it is not helping and taking so many tablets is making her feel sick as she is also taking a calcium D3 tablet once a day.

Is this the cancer in the bones doing this to her or the tablets? Is this something which can be controlled or is this a consequence of the cancer in the bones?

Has anyone or is anyone going through this and have any suggestions on what they have taken to help with the pain and ease the stiffness.

We will discuss this at her next appointment with the oncology team but in the meantime I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone has any advice..

Thanks for reading.

Jo x