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Chronic pain after radiation for Stage IV Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 24, 2022 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
Carpal tunnel surgery worked for me. However, It took a year to fully recover. It was one of the surgeries I would highly recommend. I had trigger finger surgery at the same time as CTS. I did have issues for several months. The doctor prescribed PT with someone trained in Hands. I did that for a couple of months, then needed patience. I did my hand exercises during that time. They are easy to do and can be done anywhere.
Wishing your wife all the best. I have been diagnosed with sclc. Never a smoker and very active. Treatments have not started yet. I guess it's going to be a rough year with probable lasting side effects. Sounds wonderful. Life sure throws us curves. My plans for the future have sure changed. I am surmising that my cancer was caused from radiation I had for breast cancer in 1991. We make the best decisions based on the information we have at that time. Then we go forward.
Take care of yourself as your wife's caretaker. Keep on top of your health.
Blessings.
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@vlpr- Welcome to Mayo Clinic's Connect. My name is Merry and I am the Mentor for the Lung Cancer Group. I'd like to have Colleen move this post to the Lung Cancer Group.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/lung-cancer/
When you had radiation, prior to the 1970s the dose was very much higher than it is now. Studies showed that it also could cause lung cancer in women years later. Sound like you?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8007020/
I'm sorry that you have joined a very busy group of people who are now dealing with all stages of lung cancer. I find it very curious that years later, yours is 61 years, can come back and slap you in the lungs! The type of radiation that usually does this is called ionizing radiation. (Energy emitted from a source is generally referred to as radiation. Examples include heat or light from the sun, microwaves from an oven, X rays from an X-ray tube and gamma rays from radioactive elements. Ionizing radiation can remove electrons from the atoms, i.e. it can ionize atoms.Oct 26, 2020
Radiation: Ionizing radiation - WHO | World Health Organization)
If it's ok with you I'd like to ask a few questions. When did you have your CT scan and or PET scan to determine that you have lung cancer? Have any dates been set up for further testing or treatment?
Merry