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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / November 2003bone cancer
I am trying to find out if anyone knows anything about bone cancer and how it can shrink a person's height bama52@otelco.net What cell type, and where on the body? Take Care, Sharon She had breast cancer and 2 yrs later in bones.. from skull to leg 38 yrs old and shrinking > What cell type, and where on the body? > > Take Care, Sharon > She had breast cancer and 2 yrs later in bones.. from skull to leg > 38 yrs old and shrinking dowager's hump? her vertebra are collapsing due to osteoporosis and/or osteolytic problems? J > She had breast cancer and 2 yrs later in bones.. from skull to leg > 38 yrs old and shrinking Just curious, how much has she shrunk and in what space of time? I've shrunk an inch apparently in 40 years. Maybe a change in neck posture..I don't know. J She has been diagnosed with the bone cancer about 18 months now. It looks like about 3 inches at least. > > She had breast cancer and 2 yrs later in bones.. from skull to leg > > 38 yrs old and shrinking [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > posture..I don't know. > J > She has been diagnosed with the bone cancer about 18 months now. > It looks like about 3 inches at least. Well Jean, it's really breast cancer recurred and/or spread...we call it bone mets. When was her breast cancer diagnosed? Type? Stage? Did she have breast surgery? Is she on chemo? on bone building medicine (biphosphonates?) Unless they've done a biopsy and found that it's a totally new type of cancer. That's my understanding. (and I'm not an expert) Most importantly what is her doctor(s) saying and doing about this? Is she getting palliative care? Radiation therapy for bone pain? And how may this newsgroup assist you to assist your friend/relative..? I'm sure they'll help as best they can and/or the other newsgroup might be helpful but we'd have to know more... J Jean wrote<< She has been diagnosed with the bone cancer about 18 months now. It looks like about 3 inches at least. Has she been dx'd with actual bone cancer or breast cancer that metastasized to her bones? I am guessing this might be the latter since you are posting it on a breast cancer support group. I have lost almost 2 inches in my original ht--over the past 2.5 years. However, that can occur from the effects of natural aging, reduced estrogen and other conditions such as osteoporosis which b.c. patients are often more prone to after treatment. > I am trying to find out if anyone knows anything about bone cancer and how > it can shrink a person's height > bama52@otelco.net Yes. My wife lost 8 cm before she became bedridden. She had metastasis to several dorsal (thoracic) and lumbar vertebrae. This resulted in severe scoliosis (lumbar) curvature of the spine, and also some general structural collapse of the vertebrae. At waist level her spine was visibly out of line to a startling degree. The spine both twists and collapses in on itself, both of which cause loss of height. One of the first symptoms of this decline was muscle pains around her lower back as the muscles went into spasm trying to balance her upper body on an unstable pile of rubble. Another was bands of pain around her thorax due to trapping or inflammation of nerves in the foramen of damaged vertebrae. When it really began to fail she found she could not hold her stomach in while standing. When I saw that, I promptly ordered a wheelchair. I saw her lumbar x-ray at that stage, it looked like a heap of scrap. It was quite surprising that it had held her up that long. Tim Jackson |
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