I get to be one of the very few individuals who experiences leg pain as a side effect of a drug called Herceptin. That is why I stopped taking it several months back. The drug I am currently on is a mix of Herceptin and chemotherapy.
This past week the leg pain resurfaced. Aches and pains when standing and sitting. It was hurting a great deal the other day and then the smoke alarm began going off. Every 10 minutes for hours. I would turn it off and it was like hitting snooze. The offending detector was downstairs, so I had to make the march over and over. Each time I came back up the stairs it was a new exercise in self-mastery to go up them.
I kept thinking, "I'm going to be positive and look at what I can learn from this. Hmm, nothing comes to mind, but I'm sure there is a reason this is happening."
Keith came home late, so the alarm continued until he came with the miracle battery. It stopped around 8:30pm.
The next morning I awoke expecting to be sore all over from climbing the stairs with aching legs. In the past the leg pain has lasted for weeks. Instead, I woke up refreshed without any leg pain at all. It seems that "working through the pain" in this instance proved to be a very good thing.
So, I guess I'll just have to repeat this awesome activity if/when the leg pain comes with my next treatment. There was a reason the smoke alarm experience happened. I never would have worked that hard through the pain if there was not an overly obnoxious alarm going off.
I choose to call this the blessing of the smoke alarm. I feel very watched over!
