Does cancer hurt

Answer 1

Cancer it self is the alteration / mutation of tissue, bone and connective structure cells. Cancer cells are typically larger than the normal healthy cells within the human body. Cancer cells tend to grow / change, spread in a quicker fashion than healthy normal cells depending, of course, on the type of cancer that has begun to send the chemical signal for normal cells to alter / change ( aggressive - non aggressive ).

Cancer "hurts" or can be felt in an uncomfortable way if these cells are developing on, in or near more nerve rich structures of the body. Their size and usual rapid growth patterns within the areas just mentioned are the source of the pain. The mutated cell it self does not cause a sensation that can be translated as pain by our brain.

I have cancer. This is my second "infestation" of this disease. My first experience was thyroid cancer, which was painful / uncomfortable and was rectified by having the entire thyroid gland removed.

I have recently been diagnosed with cervical / pelvic cancer. I am in pain daily. Although i currently do not know the extent of " spread" yet, i do know that i am in genuine pain.

I am not a physician, pain specialist or a researcher. I am a woman that does a lot of reading on the results of studies performed by doctors, pain specialists and researchers.

- greekgirl1970