It doesn't seem quite fair, does it, that after surviving some of the hardest things of my life, I now start having leg cramps. Not just any old leg cramps, but paralyzing ones that brought tears to my eyes. I don't even know whether to blame the Herceptin or the Arimedex.
Mine started a week after my last infusion. I knew something was up that day because I kept getting foot cramps in both feet. I've had foot cramps for almost a decade since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's, so I wasn't so concerned. But at the end of the day when I was sitting in the recliner, they seemed to be getting worse and moving up to my ankles -- my muscles were contracting and pulling my feet up towards my ankles, and then the contractions literally snaked up my leg to my thigh, and paralyzed me. I wish there are words to describe the pain ... they escape me.
Sarah was downstairs with me and jumped up to grab my Aleve for me and then raced to prepare a hot water bottle. It took about an hour for the pain to go away. I couldn't move ... even the slightest movement caused the most horrendous pain.
I cannot even imagine what I would do if I got an attack at work ... embarrassing and horrifying. But the end is close and I can do this ... yes, I can.
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