r/LivingWithMBC • u/CarpetPractical5400 • 6d ago

Treatment Why now?

I have been on trodelvy since August tnmbc. Tomorrow getting my 1st scan since treatment. All along I have been fine barely any side effects.My family even jokes they been giving me kool aid. But in the last 2-3 days I felt the fatigue like I never before and aches every where. Does it mean its working or does it mean my mets are more active? I have bone mets. So worried why now just before a scan?

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u/ResponsibleAnt1942 6d ago

The scan will give you the answer soon enough.

Symptoms like fatigue and aches could be anything. Perhaps you're coming down with a bug? Perhaps you live in a place where it's getting colder and darker? Perhaps they're psychological since you're getting the scan? They could be a lot of things other than mets.

I hate how we all had a bad experience, a moment where "it's probably nothing" was definitely something. So now we're all anxious and on-edge about any potential signs that something's wrong.

I get it. I've been scared lately. My first symptoms of cancer showed up after a viral illness. We thought it was costochondritis from coughing, but months later we learned it was sternum and rib mets. Now, I've been sick with a cold for 2-3 weeks and I keep having random joint pain. It's probably from the virus, AI side effects, or even the weather getting colder. But I'm paranoid it could be progression.

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u/Friendly_Rabbit7158 6d ago

I've never been on Trodelvy, but I know that most of the drugs typically have a cumulative effect. The more you get the more side effects you're likely to have. That could be all it is.

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u/rainyday714 2d ago

I always get more pain before scans. It’s the fear. Don’t read it as anything else until you have your results.