Bone pain
Hi, has anyone had awful bone pain after finishing chemo?? I was put on tamoxafin and femara and had to stop both as tamoxafin gave me a body rash and femara was unbearable due to joint pain. I now have been prescribed Aromasin but am holding off on taking it as my joints still ache a lot.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? I would really appreciate some advice.
Thanks
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Thanks Laura. Its great to hear it will go. I'm due to finish herceptin by end of October and I had Taxol which is a cousin of Taxotere so your doc is probably correct!
Thanks again - its good to know I'm not imagining it! :-)
Hi spudburf
I also had unbearable joint pain on femara. I tried to manage it for 6 months but had to give it up. I'm back on tamoxifen now. The joint pain came on within a few weeks of starting femara. It has improved a lot since I stopped it (in May) but no way back to normal. I'm glad to hear it might go away altogether. My feet hurt a lot and that started after Taxol, before starting any of the hormone treatments so I'd say we're being hit from every angle!
Jo
Hi spudburf,
i had chemo in 2012 and it was only about 3-4months after finishing that i started
having joint pain. I used to find the early morning was the worst. It came on very suddenly and stayed for about 6months i would say and then eased off and now i dont have it at all.
I was her2+,hormone negative, so wasnt on any treatment once i finished my Herceptin in May 2013
When i mentioned my pain to my Dr she seemed to blame the Taxotere in the chemo mix that i had. Anyway, hope this is some help to you and hope your pain eases off soon.
Best of luck.
Laura.