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Re: Could I have bone mets?
I have bone mets - had them off the bat on first diagnosis. One in T10/11, and possibly one in my shoulder. I do have back pain (had that for a while, at least a year prior to diagnosis). And my hips occasionally hurt. However, I feel like the back pain got worse during and after chemo, so it's possibly a chemo side effect. I also have muscle pain in my arms and legs. I finished THP some weeks ago, restaging indicated "healing metastatic lesions"; now on Herceptin / Perjeta only.
In my case the back pain is not where the met is - back pain feels like it originates T4, and according to scintigram, CT and MRI, there's nothing on T4 (or thereabouts).
I have also been told that scinti shows any area of increased activity in the bone, which can be other things like degenerative issues etc...
I would go and have it checked out for peace of mind. It's likely nothing... Wish you luck for the scan!
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Annette
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03/2014: Diagnosed with ER/PR-, HER2+++ MBC (bone mets, oligometastatic)
04/2014: Started 6 cycles of "PHD" (Perjeta, Herceptin, Docetaxol)
07/2014: Finished 6 cycles of PHD; restaging; 2 bone mets are sclerotic - looks like Herceptin and Perjeta is working
10/2014: STABLE!
01/2015: STABLE!
04/2015: STABLE!
08/2015: STABLE!
12/2015: BRAIN METS. BODY STABLE.
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