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Degenerative changes in spine?
Hi everyone-
When I was initially diagnosed with stage T1MIC (DCIS with less than 1mm of a microinvation) bc in Febuary 08', my oncologist ordered a baseline CT scan of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and all was normal. I also had a baseline bone scan which was normal.
I need help understanding my most recent CT-scan report. Last week I had a ct scan of my chest, abdomen and pelvis because of digestive issues. All came back normal except the following comment is making me nervous "Bone windows demonstrate NO lytic or blastic lesions".(I know if there are bone mets then lytic/blastic lesions are usually present.)
Below is the part that worries me:
"Degenerative changes are present in the spine" . My back has been bothering me on and off but lately it's been fine and not getting worse. After reading my report I spoke to my primary physician she who said that comment is nothing to worry about because degenerative changes relate to arthritis. Is this common with someone who is only 39 years old? Could this degeneration be caused by mets even though there are no lytic or blastic lesions present in the bone windows? I have read that mets show up differently from degerative changes but am still worried. May be I'm reading into this too much but 9-10 months ago my spine was fine and now I have degenrative changes present in the spine.
Can anyone offer any input/advice...please.
LizM
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