Chest pain

[mstults]

Anyone else have chest pain in the right chest area while taking folfox + avastin? It starts the day my port is unhooked and last 4-5 days. I thought the catheter had migrated as it has before but X-rays say not. The dr suggested acid reflux but I'm already on pantaprazole. It gets to about a 7 or 8.

[KarMel]

Do your anti nausea drugs cause constipation or bad gas. I have serious pain from that. Also, does it start after eating? Worse with fatty foods? Maybe gall bladder?

[CRguy]

My quick take advice is : get the docs to take IT and you seriously, figure out what is going on and maybe get a pain management specialist on board if all the "other usual suspects" are ruled out.

Could be port related, could be cardiovascular.....could be a WHOLE number of things. I've had a lotta FOLFOX but no Avastin, so I may not be the one to give advice...except to say if it is truly 7-8 on a 10 pain scale.............. you need to get somebody's attention and figure it out.

Sometimes pain is inevitable on this Journey....suffering from it, is NOT.

Let us know how it works out,
sending you mega Cheers
CRguy

[mstults]

Thanks cr. I'm taking a treatment now. Going to see what happens. Will probably go to ermif it starts again. And karmel boot ideas but I don't have a gallbladder. It doesn't seem to be affected by food or drink. It's continuous butt worsens when I take a deep breath or lay where pressure is on the chest. That's why I thought it was the port. Funny it doesn't hurt while the infusion is running. Imreallymfeel like its the chemo irritating veins. If so the only alternative is to reduce doseages. And I do have high tolerance for pain.