Recurrence Breast cancer

Hi everyone, 

although I may have used this site it was probably 12 years ago. My cancer returned in my reconstruction and in October I had to have a de reconstruction ( full mastectomy). I can’t have radiotherapy and fortunately it hadn’t spread to lymph nodes. My question is to those on letrozole how quickly does the bone / joint paint appear. I have been in it for just over a month and feel I’m escaping lightly... few hot flushes. But over the last few days I’ve noticed painsin my right leg from my hip done the bone into my shin. I’m wandering if this is coincidence or the start or things to come? Any thought please 

angela

  • Hi,

    Like you, I had surgery to remove the Mass from my left breast, and 32 lymph nodes from under my left arm, I waited from July 23rd to September when I was offered Chemotherapy, and it was then that the tumours came back under my arm, I have recently undergone a Diagnostic Scan, and was summoned to the Oncology Center on Monday 09th December, which is making me feel awful, I have been prepped for Radiotherapy, and as yet have not started on this, I suspect that I will receive, after Monday If the Cancer has not spread, so I started to take Letrozole, and after a few days had the most awful pains both legs and feet, skin peeling off in sheets, and my hair has stopped growing, so I figure I will be Bald for longer, I did persevere with the drug and my legs feel a little better, the pain has lessened, but it is still in the background.