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StephN · 08-03-2005, 12:51 PM

I also had extensive liver mets. Had NO pain until about 60% of my liver was affected. Then I got a "side ache" which was just above my waist on my right side. I did not have pain higher up as some others have reported.
Maybe where we feel our pain or discomfort depends on the location of the mets (I had one as big as my fist in that lower right area) and perhaps our physique. I have a smallish rib cage and am a little on the short-waisted side.
My med onc said the pain was from my liver being inflammed and pushing on the sac that contains it under my lower ribs. I felt nothing on my left side or center of abdoman where I also had another fist-sized tumor.

Best of luck that it will turn out to be a bowel or other simple problem.

08-03-2005, 12:51 PM	#5
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	I also had extensive liver mets. Had NO pain until about 60% of my liver was affected. Then I got a "side ache" which was just above my waist on my right side. I did not have pain higher up as some others have reported. Maybe where we feel our pain or discomfort depends on the location of the mets (I had one as big as my fist in that lower right area) and perhaps our physique. I have a smallish rib cage and am a little on the short-waisted side. My med onc said the pain was from my liver being inflammed and pushing on the sac that contains it under my lower ribs. I felt nothing on my left side or center of abdoman where I also had another fist-sized tumor. Best of luck that it will turn out to be a bowel or other simple problem.