OK, I know this is a wierd one but I've been wondering and I thought I'd just ask. Ever since treatment last year, I have had very crampy feet. I get foot/leg cramps badly enough at night sometime that it wakes me up and I have to jump out of bed and hop up and down on the foot until it (and sometimes my lower leg as well) uncramps. I am now supposed to do a PT exercise that starts with kneeling then stitting back on my heels and that alone will cause my feet to cramp sometimes. I NEVER had this problem before. I actually asked my MO back when the foot cramps at night were more common (they seem to have gotten less frequent lately) and he said it could be a nutritional thing--I think he said a shortage of magnesium--so he tested for that in my blood and I never heard more so I assume it came out OK. I'm not wearing any wierd kind of new shoes or anything.

In the grand scheme of things it's a very minor annoyance but I just thought I'd ask--because not all the side effects of chemo are common ones--has anyone else experienced this?

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"