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Worried about bone scan
Hi all-
I'll try to make this short and to the point. A few weeks ago I had a CT scan of the chest, ab, and pelvis because of digestive issues. The ct scan report came back fine except that it listed "degenerative changes are present in the spine" and "bone windows demonstrate no lytic or blastic lesions". I got nervous about the "degenerative changes" in my spine comment (being only 39) so I called my oncologist who agreed to a bone scan to ease my anxiety. I had the bone scan on tuesday and my spine came fine but there's one small spot on my 9th rib toward the back just below my scapula that was not there when I had a base line bone scan done in March.
Last night when my oncologst called he sounded concerened and this morning he went to talk to the radialogist who read the scan. After reviewing my scan again this morning both the radiologist and my doctor feel pretty confident that I must have just hit that area and just don't remember (it's possible). My doctor told me the radiologist said that he's about 99% certain that this is probably nothing to worrry about. The radiologist is supposed to do an addemdum to the original report changing the "non specific" finding to "very unlikely metastastic disease".
The radiologist told my doctor the best tool to diagnose bone mets is a bone scan so there is really nothing else that can be done at this time. The plan is to do a repeat bone scan in 3 months. My anxiety level has been so elevated and I don't know how I'm going to get through the next 3 months. Is the wait and see technique the way to go? Has anyone had a false positive or a finding on a scan that ended up being nothing? Any input is appreciated.
Liz
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