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Here's an update:
Mom's doing OK but with pain medication. She tried the pain patch but it turned out to be too strong and stopped after the first day due to elevated blood pressure that could have resulted in a stroke. Her PET scan should be in another month, at which point we'll know if TX is working. She's taken 1-2 CATs since the last PET and the lungs looked Ok with no clots. Her docs continue to say the pain is from the pleurodesis, a pain that comes and goes and is excruciating sans pain meds. Some days she's too fatigued to do anything much and other days she can get on the stationary bike and go for walks. Lately she's developed coughing (and loud snoring for the first time) at night for which she's taking robitussin, resulting in coughing up of much phlegm. She remains a fighter with faith!
Question: Should we insist on a bone scan, symptom being the pain in her side and back. The pain was present before she she started TX but not as debilitating. Or is the PET enough to detect bone mets, as her Onc says?
Thanks for reading,
ellz
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