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Kmswilson · 02-03-2012, 09:17 PM

I have pretty significant mets to my spine and sacrum, and a compression fracture in my spine from the cancer weakening the vertebrae. I was in considerable pain last January before I was diagnosed. My doc prescribed an MS Contin (Morphine sulfate), but it's a long-acting drug that builds up over time. I take it twice a day. I used to have to also take another pain med in between for break thru pain, but after a month on the MS Contin, I have no longer needed anything for break thru pain. I'm also on Zometa, and my bones have shown signs of healing over the last year, but with the fracture, I can't lift anything over 10 lbs. I live fairly pain-free as long as I don't try to lift anything too heavy or anything like that. I hate putting more meds in my system, but there's no way I could fight the battle I have been and still have to go without controlling the pain. Good luck to your mom in all of this! It's a tough road, but we just have to do whatever we can to get through! :-)

02-03-2012, 09:17 PM	#8
Kmswilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 40	Re: bone mets and pain...does it go away I have pretty significant mets to my spine and sacrum, and a compression fracture in my spine from the cancer weakening the vertebrae. I was in considerable pain last January before I was diagnosed. My doc prescribed an MS Contin (Morphine sulfate), but it's a long-acting drug that builds up over time. I take it twice a day. I used to have to also take another pain med in between for break thru pain, but after a month on the MS Contin, I have no longer needed anything for break thru pain. I'm also on Zometa, and my bones have shown signs of healing over the last year, but with the fracture, I can't lift anything over 10 lbs. I live fairly pain-free as long as I don't try to lift anything too heavy or anything like that. I hate putting more meds in my system, but there's no way I could fight the battle I have been and still have to go without controlling the pain. Good luck to your mom in all of this! It's a tough road, but we just have to do whatever we can to get through! :-) __________________ Krissi 12/27/10 - IDC, rt breast (approx. 15 cm), lymph nodes, age 36. 1/7/11 - stage 4 IDC, extensive liver mets, Bone mets (spine, sacrum, rib, sternum, upper arm), ER-/PR-, HER2+++; 1/12/11 - port, 1/17/11- startweekly Taxol/Herceptin, monthly Zometa 3/8/11- decrease in all tumors, bones healing. 3/11- 3 wks on/1 off Taxol/Herceptin, +Zometa 6/6/11 - decrease in all tumors, healing bones, 2-4 new liver lesions. 3 wks on/1 wk off Taxol/Carbo/Herceptin, +Zometa 7/29/11 - liver progression, others stable; 8/11-drop taxol/carbo, start Navelbine 12/11 - liver progression; begin AC, drop Herceptin; 1/12 - liver enzymes normal, 2/6 results show regression in liver, stable others, but 9 tiny brain mets (largest 7 mm). Begin 13 WBRs 2/6; 2/29-start Tykerb, 3/7, start Xeloda 5/2012- liver progression and regression, liver biopsy confirms HER2+++. drop Xeloda, start Herceptin, Tykerb, Zometa. 5/2012- brain MRI shows all lesions gone except 1, 2mm shrinking!