Have finished 5cweeks of chemoradiotherapy and 2 weeks into tge long 12 week wait to see what happens next.
Anyone else suffering with hip pain following treatment?
Hi . It’s not listed as a side effect of chemoradiotherapy but there has been posts before about this. I have suffered with my hips since starting treatment in 2016 but I was having a bit of a problem beforehand which might have been linked to a fall I had on black ice 18 months earlier. Having said that one of my scans mentioned a hairline fracture in the sacral area but the radiotherapy consultant said she’d never come across radiotherapy causing that before so nothing further was thought about it. I’ve since found out that my scan jn 2017 mentioned that my hips were mildly osteoarthritic but this was never mentioned to me. My hips have got progressively worse and I’m now waiting for a hip replacement referral.
Hopefully yours will just be due to the radiotherapy causing a bit of inflammation and will settle down but it might be worth asking them to check your scan for any problems if it’s still an issue.
Fingers crossed you’ve had a good response to the treatment
Take care
Karen x
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