CANCER PAIN AND HORMONES

Hi. I have oral tumours, mostly in my salivary glands. I am experiencing some negative changes now, 3 years in, hormonal difficulties - I am a man, I read that the body drains hormones to produce and manage pain relief and manage bad pain. And with excessive pain, these hormone levels can deplete badly, and leave the organs in trouble. My pain is very bad. Also, that the cancer itself disturbs my hormones and produces it's own hormones. Is anybody else in the same boat? The pain is pretty much devestating me, and this up and down formones and the resulting misery is awful. Any advice greatly appreciated.Thanks, God Bless. Happy Christmas.

  • A warm welcome to the Cancer Chat community Reverend although I'm very sorry to hear of the pain you are in.

    Hopefully some of our members who are in a similar situation will share their experiences and advice with you soon but maybe when the Christmas holidays have come to an end, you could let your cancer team know how much this is affecting you and see what options and/or pain relief are available to make this more manageable.

    If you'd like to talk thing through with one of our cancer nurses, they'll be back on 29th December and available on 0808 800 4040 between the hours of 9a.m - 5p.m.

    I really do hope you are able to find a way through this and things start to get better for you soon.

    All the best,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator