How many of you have had a bone scan?

Mary Jo · 11-15-2009, 04:39 PM

I had one. When I told my onc. I had pain in my thigh for about a month, he ordered one. The bone scan was normal, although my onc. told me I had arthritis in my knees. I said "I do......? I have no pain at all." He said "Yes, you do....and then he chuckled and said ..... someday you'll feel it."

Mary Jo

whatz · 11-15-2009, 05:51 PM

I had a bone scan at initial diagnosis. My assumption was that it was routine along with the CT scan to do initial stage diagnostic. I have not had a PET scan I guess since neither CT or bonescan revealed anything and my lymph nodes were not involved.

Chelee · 11-15-2009, 06:18 PM

Faith, It would seem to me since I was stage IIIA, Her2/neu, 3+++ right after surgery on 1-3-06...having a bone scan should of been one of the tests they had me do from the get go. Since that time I've had lots of bone pain and complaints. I requested a bone scan about 2 yrs ago due to scapula, lower back and hip pain that was abnormal for me. In hindsight and knowing my onc the way I do now...she didn't want me to have one because it MIGHT show potenial problems that would lead her to order more tests...which equals the cost of more expensive tests. (She figured I had a bad prognosis so why bother.)

Chelee