Hi everyone....
Lately, I've been wondering about this more and more. I haven't done any research on the internet or anything, but I thought I'd throw it out to you guys. When I was diagnosed with colon cancer five years ago (I had stage I signet ring carcinoma), my doctor seemed somewhat interested in the fact that I had some problems with my joints and ligaments in the past. I have extremely loose ligaments, causing my joints to constantly be unstable. I've had problems with it for as long as I can remember. I've even had 1 knee surgery and three shoulder surgeries to try and correct it. It's a genetic thing. Anyway, when I went to my oncologist this year he seemed particularly interested in this as well (I just had my third surgery on my shoulder in April, 2005 and am still having tons of issues with it). Neither doctor explained why they were interested and why it was note worthy. I guess it leads me to believe or to at least speculate that there may be some connection (whether proven or not). Has anyone else ever had any similar problems with loose joints? There is a specific disease it's called, but my shoulder doctor isn't sure that's what it is with me. But it is related to genetics for sure, my mother has the same problem (as a matter of fact, she didn't have colon cancer but diverticulitis and had the same resection surgery as me 6 months later). Just thought I'd throw it out there and see if anyone's heard anything about it or experiences the same thing.
Have a good day!
Maggie