[bejuce]

Hi everyone,

I went to my primary care yesterday to get my pain checked and she said I have "lumbar paraspinal muscle spasms" probably caused by overuse or some kind of injury. She gave me a referral to physical therapy and prescribed a muscle relaxant. She's pretty sure it is not in the bones as I didn't feel any pain when she was pressing on them. The consensus seems to be that bone mets would cause pain in the bone itself. I know this is not always the case, but it's probably a good rule of thumb to abide by.

I was very happy to hear "muscle spasms" especially since my pain seemed to get worse last week and I was getting worried.

Another very, very exciting thing that happened at my doctor visit was that when I talked to the doctor about not having had a period since August, she suggested a blood test to check my hormone levels and I asked her to add the Alkaline phosphatase test. I headed down to the lab and told the nurse that I had a port. She said she couldn't access a port there, but I said no problem, you can always use my hand. She asked me if I wanted her to try my veins in my arm and I said sure, go ahead. No one has been able to get any blood from there since 2009. But guess what?? She did!!!! I was never happier to see blood flowing freely through my veins

I'll now consider removing my port