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  • Posted on: Apr 8, 2008 03:06 pm
purell wrote:

I don't know where to ask this question.  I hope this is OK.  Here is the chronolgy.

A few months prior to DX of invasive ductal breast cancer in 2003 I woke up one morning with a fractured pelvis (stress fractures on left and right side-hurt like the dickens).  Only treatment was "take it easy".

After the CA dx I had every scan imaginable to see if there was mets to the pelvis or back.  None.  My bone density tests said my bones were strong as steel.

After chemo my spinal facet joints were dried out and severely degenerative which has resulted in a lot of pain for me.  Bone density tests now show osteopenia, the beginnings of osteoporosis.

Now, after weeks of leg pain I found out I have a stress fracture of my femur.

Husband feels it is all related somehow to the breast cancer.  Tests do not show any met to the bones yet I have all these problems.  Coincidence? Anyone have any ideas?

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Missjaq
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Apr 8, 2008 03:50 pm Missjaq wrote:

Maybe you should be checked by an Orthopedic Oncologist. They will hopefully give you a reason for these fractures. Please take care. I am sure it is perplexing and painful.

Jacqui
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Apr 8, 2008 04:43 pm Member_of_the_Club wrote:

Or just an orthopedist. I wouldn't jump to a cancer-related conclusion. I wonder if there is an autoimmune disorder that would cause this sort of thing, because it does sound systemic.

My radiation oncologist told me she had only one patient who suffered a broken rib from radiation and this same patient broke bones very, very easily, like just walking down the street. She didn't know why, but she thought the patient had something entirely unrelated to cancer and cancer treatment.


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MUSEGAL295
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May 17, 2008 02:19 pm MUSEGAL295 wrote:

 Since I had my cancer in 2002, (chemo and total r mastectomy)  I have had shoulder replacement, knee replacement, neck surgery, and cannot walk a block without stopping due to pain.  I cannot do the pulling needed for nursing and cannot find a nursing job that I can do.  My orthopedist says I have bad DNA.  My oncologist says the chemo is not the cause.  My bone density tests are okay. This is very frustrating.

  

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