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Adriana-

I definitely would not wait until August. I tend to follow the 2 week rule for pain, but my onc asks me every time before treatment what symptoms I'm having, so we go to the tests rather quickly. I am totally non-medical, but the bone scan picks up only blastic lesions, and mine were lytic, and thus the MRI was required.

I start radiation to the area today for 10 days. I am concerned that the CTs I've been having every 2 months or so didn't pick it up, and I'm going to ask to have them re-read. I also had a pet/ct done yesterday from my "eyes to thighs" so that we can see if there are any surprises lurking.

The abraxane is fairly easy to tolerate - unfortunately I have been losing weight and am working diligently to keep the weight on - after all of those struggles to shed the 10 lbs. I always wanted to lose!!

The radiation should be very straightforward with few side effects, and while I hope yours is just a muscle-ache, I would get it checked out...

Kind regards,