how were your liver mets originally noticed or diagnosed?

Becky · 04-11-2008, 06:17 AM

Three years ago I manned the Her2 booth at the Young Survival Conference that was in Denver that year. It was then I met our Lisa (Love and Light). I asked her her story and her liver mets started as a nagging pain in her right shoulder blade (of which she thought nothing of at the time). As a few months went on, more investigation revealed mets. If you google liver problems - shoulder blade pain is mentioned over and over again as a possible symptom.

Gerri · 04-11-2008, 06:53 AM

Becky,

Too weird that I should read this thread a few hours before I see my onc for a routine followup. I have been having pain in my right shoulder and was debating whether to even bring it up today - I am for sure now! My onc does not run routine tests but I feel like I should request something. I had a bone scan done in January that was clear.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cannon · 04-11-2008, 06:36 PM

Thanks for the responses. I'm thinking I'll push for some further exam, maybe an ultrasound. Onc and gastro are supposed to talk on Monday.

I didn't realize until I looked it up how close the liver is to the breast/chest - it's actually under the rib cage on the right side, and my cancer was right side and in the nodes, so it's geographically closer than I thought.

Anyway, I'll let you know.

Jackie07 · 04-11-2008, 07:08 PM

Wow - y'all got me worried here now.

I woke up this morning with very bad right shoulder / left neck pain. Last night for some reason I put three pillows under my head (must have not been feeling well already.) So I figured that was the cause. By the time I got to my office, the pain was not getting any better. Also, the pain seemed to be in exactly the same places where I had felt back in 1990 - after I woke up from the 10-day semi-comatose.

So I called my doctors - Oncology, neurosurgery, neurology. Finally, the oncology nurse practioner called me back after lunch. She did not think it had anything to do with 'technesium' which I had been injected for bone scan yesterday afternoon. But she couldn't think of any other reason either. She told me to call her next Monday if I am still experiencing problems.