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Re: Could I have bone mets?
Hi Helen,
I seem to have the same symptoms as you. My lower back, hips and upper thighs hurt terribly. My onc ordered a bone scan and CT 3 months ago but all it showed was a lot of degenerative disease. My primary physician has ordered a couple anti inflammatory drugs but they haven't helped and hurt my stomach. He would do injections but I have so many places that hurt that I don't know where he would begin. Pain is not going away but getting worse. So I see my onc in a couple of weeks so will see what he has to say. I think the chemo damaged something or it is my Arimidex I'm on that is causing the pain but who knows? I do know before I had the bone scan and CT that I was afraid of bone mets so I know how you are feeling. You take care and I hope your scans turn out okay.
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Cathy
Routine mammogram 6-29-11
Ultrasound 7-5-11
Biopsy 7-11-11
Right modified radical mastectomy 7-18-11 with 7 out of 24 lymph nodes positive
Stage IIIC, Grade 3, Estrogen + 100%, HER2 +
Had 5 tumors in right breast, none of which showed up on the mammogram (What showed up on mamm was a lymph node)
Lymphatic vascular invasion
Lymphedema right arm (started shortly after surgery)
TCH started August 15, 2011
Finished Taxotore and Carboplatin 11-28-11
Radiation x 36 - finished Feb. 3, 2012
Herceptin weekly for 1 year - finished 8-13-12
Arimidex started Feb. 2012 for 5 years
Left prophylactic total mastectomy March of 2012
Arimidex stopped August 2014 due to side effects
Aromasin started Sept. 2014
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