Hello all - I haven't posted in a while. It's been a long journey, compounded by the fact that my husband was diganosed with metastatic melanoma 4 weeks before my last chemo which was June 21st. But we both keep on keeping on. I am mid-way through rads, but I have had lots of side-effects from chemo, and just this last week, my oncologist told me the severe pain that I am having in my "good" arm and hand is carpal tunnel. I already have moderate neuropathy in both hands and had assumed the pain was related. He says that he is certain I have carpal tunnel. He explained that there is a breast cancer chemo that causes carpal tunnel, but I did NOT receive that one. I got the red devils, and taxol. He says this is just coincidence, but I am having a hard time believing that. Can anyone give me their input on this?
I have a lot of faith in my oncologist here at Hopkins in Baltimore, but since there IS a chemo that causes carpal tunnel, this just seems like a coincidence beyond belief.
Thanks,
Jean