[Patricia]

Hi everyone,

For those that have liver mets, did you have symptoms before you were diagnosed? If so, what did you experience?

I was diagnosed in July 05 (IDC, 1.6cm, no lymph nodes ER/PR/HER +++, stage 1, grade 3), recieved 4AC in Oct/Nov, then Taxol & Herceptin Dec/Jan/Feb and have just graduated to Herceptin only. I had my 6 mo. followup mamogram where they found suspicious calcifications. I had a MRI which only confirmed the suspicous calcifications. The tried a core biopsy but because the calcifications are at the back of my tumor site they couldn't get to it with the Core machine. I have a surgical biopsy scheduled for Monday.

I have been having pain in my right ribs on my side for about 3 weeks now. The pain actually seems a little better than it was, but it is still there and is still significant. About 10 days ago my surgeon ordered xrays (which showed no fractures) and liver function tests which showed my liver function off a bit. He said it could be some liver damage from the chemo and that we would keep an eye on it. In talking to my oncologist on Friday he said he had been watching my liver function for awhile because it had been off for awhile. He suggested an ultrasound, but we decided to wait until after the biopsy scheduled for this coming week.

I am probably just being cancer paranoid, but it is worrying me with the calcifications there. If you dont mind sharing I would really appreciate it.

Patricia