Fishmanpa
27-06-14, 21:53
I've had an itch on my back between my spine and shoulder blade on the right side for close to 3 months. It's just out of reach from my fingers so I'm always using a back scratcher, asking my wife to scratch "the spot" or rubbing my back against something like a bear ~lol~ It drives me crazy!
When I went to my GP, she couldn't see anything and said to use a cortisone cream. It's been working Ok but I wrote my cancer team about it and they referred my question to a dermatologist at Johns Hopkins. While they'll check it when I go in August, they seem to think it's a side effect from chemo treatment that, like the neuralgia I suffer from, called notalgia paresthetica or neuropathic itch. It's when the nerves from the spinal cord are affected by/for any number of reasons.
Fun fun right?... anyway.... nothing sinister but it sure is a PITA... just wanted to vent ;)
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When I went to my GP, she couldn't see anything and said to use a cortisone cream. It's been working Ok but I wrote my cancer team about it and they referred my question to a dermatologist at Johns Hopkins. While they'll check it when I go in August, they seem to think it's a side effect from chemo treatment that, like the neuralgia I suffer from, called notalgia paresthetica or neuropathic itch. It's when the nerves from the spinal cord are affected by/for any number of reasons.
Fun fun right?... anyway.... nothing sinister but it sure is a PITA... just wanted to vent ;)
Positive thoughts