Hi Lindylou,

I cant offer any advice except to advise you to contact your doctor as soon as possible. Hopefully it may turn out to be nothing to worry about but best to get it checked out rapidly. I am telling you this when I put off going to the doctor for between 9 months to a year and only went when my wife insisted in a very determined manner.

Please let us know how thing turn out when you have time, Brian

Hi Lindylou,

I agree with Woodworm...get to your G.P. in the morning ..........o if you have the number for a Macmillan Nurse get in contact with them also!!!

Don't wait please do something a.s.a.p.

Hugs, from me & think of me on Monday Afternoon when I go to see the Surgeon tyo find out what he intends to do about my Cancer.

If you are religious, I will pray for you & you Pray for me!!!

Hello Woodworm or is it Brian?

How are you?

I am new to the forum but feel WE MUST STICK TOGETHER!!!!

Lindylou ....

I agree that you should see your consultant about the new symptoms in your operation site - but at the same time, please do not panic because 8yrs on now and again, I still get twinges and aches around my chest and shoulder where I had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. I put it down to intermittent mild lymphodeama as no reason has ever been found for it. I had a liver resection in June 2013 and sometimes feel tremendous pain in that area too - so I do think that these things cause internal damage which causes problems from time-to-time.

I hope you dont mind me saying - but something I would need to ask my consultant if I were you - is why did you only receive Herceptin for a year?  If your tumour was Herceptin positive, I was under the impression that Herceptin infusions were ongoing.  My secondary BC is Herceptin positive and I have now been on it for nearly 3yrs. Anastrozole is used to treat post-menopausal hormone receptive BC. Like me, you may be one of a small percentage of ladies with hormone and herceptin positive cancer - but if that is the case, Herceptin in normally ongoing I thought - but I could be wrong.  It would be worth checking this out.

Good luck with it all - I hope your fears are unfounded. Please let us know x

Thank you Brian,

Lots of love & support!!!!!

Jacki

hi there, i had a lumpectomy and nodes removed i was put on anastrozole (arimidex) and had pain in all my bones it is a known side effect read the literature in the tablet box" side effects" i have been put on two different ones since, and they all have the same effects but the one im on now is slightly better "letrozole", i was on exemerstane prior to this one and that also affected me, its called arthralgia but get it checked with your oncologist. regards sandylo

I have had exactly the same treatment as Lindylou above and now have the same pain, is there anyone who can give any advice, thanks