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madubois63 · 03-22-2006, 07:15 AM

I had an itch in my right shoulder blade that was deep inside and couldn't be statisfied. Sounds weird, but I would tell everyone to scratch till it bled. I have since learned that this can be a side effect of liver met's. Also, I had a cough that would not go away and I was very short of breath - met's to the lungs....

03-22-2006, 07:15 AM	#3
madubois63 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LI, NY Posts: 660	I had an itch in my right shoulder blade that was deep inside and couldn't be statisfied. Sounds weird, but I would tell everyone to scratch till it bled. I have since learned that this can be a side effect of liver met's. Also, I had a cough that would not go away and I was very short of breath - met's to the lungs.... __________________ Maryann Stage IV Inflammatory BC 1/00 Mod Rad Mastectomy 24nod/5+ Adriomycin Cytoxin Taxol Tamoxifen 4 1/2 yrs Radiation - 32 x Metastatic BC lung/liver 10/04 thorocentesis 2x - pleurodesis Herceptin Taxatiere Carbo Femera/Lupron BC NED 4/05 chemo induced Acute Myeloid Leukemia 5/06 Induction/consolidation chemo bone marrow transplant - 11/3/06 Severe Host vs Graft Disease of liver BC mets to lung 11/07 Fasoladex Herceptin Zometa Xeloda GVHD/Iron overload to liver Avascular Necrosis/morphine pump 10/10 metastatic brain tumor steriotactic radiosurgery