Anyone else suffering from chronic pain after treatment?

Hi, can I just ask anyone if after all there treatment do they suffer from chronic pain? My joints are agony sometimes I can hardly walk . I have just returned to work but suffered well before that . Got chemo and radiotherapy after a mastectomy  my treatment finnished in June but lord I'm in agony.

kind regards angie 

  • Hi angie.

    I had chronic joint pain during my treatment and on and off for a little while after.  I  suffered with knee joint pain anyway due to an injury and arthritis and the chemo seemed to aggravate it.

    Don't know if this will help but certain foods like spicy made mine worse. So I  kept a record of what I  ate and drank definitely noticed a pattern.

    The other thing is keep drinking plenty of fluids especially water.  The chemo takes ages to get out of your system.

    Have you got a contact nurse or let them know at your next checkup.

    I found gentle yoga exercises helped as well.

    River

  • Thank you river , I'll definitely phone someone this week , currently lying flat just now as the pains in my legs are awful , so I'm hoping it's just because I'm back at work.


    angie