After Chemo Question.....

[Kaz22]

Morning All.....

Just wondering if anybody could help...

I finished Chemo in April and am very lucky Girl (Women really as aged 50)! as I was stage 1, but my Question is: Has anybody had trouble with muscle soreness and sore feet and swelling in ankles and hands months after Chemo? There are many things I find myself blaming Chemo for but I realise how lucky I am as my last CT scan was clear...woop woop! Many Thanks x

[HogwartsDK]

Hey Kaz!

I too was Stage 1 and consider myself very lucky also! I finished Chemo at the end of March and still find I get achy and stiff often! It was quiet bad for the first few weeks but it's getting better! I am training in the gym now too so I am guessing that that is adding to it but my doc said it would be 2 to 3 months before that would subside and that's really how it seems to be working out!

Hope this helps! I reckon the chemo is so toxic that our bodies take a while to settle down!!

Congrats on the clear scan!

Onwards and Upwards!!

Dx

[Kaz22 in reply to HogwartsDK]

Thanks so much D, & good for you, I also working out (which I have never done in the past) as I put on a lot of weight which has nearly all gone & I guess loosing the last bit will be the hardest....but I find anything easy compared with all we have been through...

Onwards & Upwards to You too..

K x

[Hidden]

Great to see you out the other end, yes aches and pains and hand and foot pain part of the course. I recommend you buy a pair of Sketchers. I also advise soaking for twenty mins in a bath of water with a cup of epsom salts or even soak your hands and feet in a basin for that amount of time. You are done and dusted so time to celebrate. You may find the loss of hospital routine hard to bear and if so, do try a Cancer support GROUP near you. They are helpful and kind and confidential

[Nesie237]

I think the chemo can cause overall muscle aching. I don't know about the swelling. Remember how toxic those drugs are. I had neuritis/neuralgia down my legs and still feel that weird painful numbness at times, after about 18 months. You could ask your oncologist at a check-up if no one here can say. Best wishes, Nesie237

[Kaz22 in reply to Nesie237]

Hi Nessie

Thank You so much for your help...

K x

[Nesie237 in reply to Kaz22]

I was reading about the aches and neuropathy. Chemo causes what might be permanent damage to peripheral (away from your brain) nerves. Let's hope it's not permanent. We've had enough! And you are welcome. I live in California, the oncologists at the center I go to have trained at Stanford University. I think they give excellent advice and are well informed concerning new developments. And they're about ten minutes from home. What a deal.

[Hairlessbeauty]

Hi Kazz22.

It's absolutely normal and it's a side effect of chemo or sometimes medicines withdraw. I finished chemo in September last year (not so lucky, age 37 and stage 3c oc 😢). I still have sore muscles, pain in my joints. In the mornings I feel my body is stiff and it's hard to move. It feels like swollen also and movement makes kind of itching.

I'm hoping that will go away some day. Has to.

Best of luck and take care

Zaneta xx

[Kaz22 in reply to Hairlessbeauty]

Hi Zaneta

Wow, 37! & you are a Hairlessbeauty, thanks so much & all the best

K x