Radiation Pains!

 

Thanks for your input. Yes, I did neoad chemo first. I have been having some residual pains in my elbows and (a lot) in my knees/lower legs, especially when it's cold. I had incredible (incapacitating at times) leg pain when on the Taxol, so I figured the knee pain was firing back up from that.  However, I don't remember this type of back pain on Taxol, so I wasn't sure if it'd be affecting a new part of my body all of a sudden, now that I'm almost 5 months post-chemo. It kinda started coming on around the time of starting radiation, I was just told that that's not a "common" side-effect of breast irradiation. I forgot to mention too in my first post, that I have expanders, which I suppose could be contributing to it (?)

 

I will be talking to my oncologist about it, it's just that I'm not scheduled to see her until Feb 14. I'm really trying to hold out until then w/o getting too panic stricken, seeing as I go to her so often already for every little thing! In the meantime, I appreciate feedback on here from ladies who may have had similar experiences to help put my mind somewhat at ease.