Back and Stomach pain

I didn't have chemo but urge you to phone your Breast Care Nurse or MacMillan.  Your BCN won't mind you phoning...& leave them a message if needs be.  There's always your GP too.    

The people here have a wealth of personal experience but I'd always get pain ' checked out'.

Hi

Sorry that you've found yourself here, in the club no one wanted to join, but you'll find plenty of us who are going or have been through the same as you.

I've just had my first anniversary of a very similar road to yours Cancer diagnosed end of Mar last year, Mastectomy in May, found to be HER2 positive after op so chemo then herceptin for 18 cycles.  I had radiotherapy thrown in for good measure as the tumour was close to my chest wall.

I didn't have the back pain you describe but chemo does give plenty of side effects and each of us have slightly different ones, so I'm sure it's nothing to worry about.  However I would get in contact with your team and speak to someone about it.  I had lots of worrying pain in my remaining boob all the way through chemo and now again with Herceptin I kept mentioning it to my team and they did examine me on a couple of occasions but there was nothing there.  It wasn't till I mentioned it on my annual review with my consultant that she explained it was likely my hormones and it all made sense.  It's silly to worry so but once you've had a cancer diagnosis it seems to turn you into a paranoid wreak.

We've all been there, so don't worry, the silliest question is the one that doesn't get asked.

Take care

XOXO

Thank you.

I will check it out when I have my review next week.  

All new and all strange.  I just tend to think whatever I experience is part of it so go with the flow.  I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

Just need to gear myself up as I have now got to have a chest line put in as the cannulas are struggling to go in and the PICC line wouldn't go in either.  Nothing straightforward.