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Is my hip pain from prostate radiation?
I finished radiation a year and a half ago. I recently have had several episodes of left hip pain. The last happened 3 days ago. It was severe and makes it difficult to get around without crutches or a walker. I am taking OTC pain and anti-inflamatory pills 3 times a day and it seems to help but I still need a cane to walk.
I've never had hip problems before and Iam in my 80's. I just don't know if the pain is from something I did in my active life style or from the prostate radiation.
Has anyone out there suffered from hip pain a year or two after radiation? I will be talking to my doctor soon but would like to hear from others having the same problem and any remedies that could get me back to feeling normal.
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I was 78 when I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer last summer. Had 20 radiation therapy treatments. I have had hips problems in both hips. There seem at time a nerve pinched in my left hip that shoots down my leg which just about makes me fall.
I have left hip pain and occasional back pain that I did not have prior to radiation and six months of ADT. I was terrified that it was cancer coming back but I was told hip pain is fairly common after radiation and is caused by inflammation, vascular damage, soft tissue damage or bone thinning from ADT.
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4 ReactionsFollow up: I no longer have hip pain a year later, so whether it was from radiation or nerve damage, it has resolved itself.