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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / December 2003need help mets?
Hi all, here we go again . Have very sore ribs on right side can't lay on them pain is very bad Dr. not sure what it is so have had xrays now won't know results until to-morrow , is it the beginning of mets or is it mets ??? Balsey > Hi all, here we go again . Have very sore ribs on right side can't lay on > them pain is very bad Dr. not sure what it is so have had xrays now won't > know results until to-morrow , is it the beginning of mets or is it mets > ??? Balsey Only time will tell. It is possible, if you can find no reason why you should have any bruising or damage in that area. Of course it could just be a pulled muscle or something. How long has it been going on? Have you had a bone scan, if so how long ago? Didn't you just have angioplasty, any possibility it could be related to that (although I admit I don't see how right now)? Tim Hi Tim , The pain is about 2 weeks old much the same time I came out of hospital hard to say if the angoplasty has caused it as was on the left side but have a younger brother that has had the same procedure he tells me he had pain after , hope that's all it is , had bone scan in August all was clear , Thanks Tim Take Care balsey > > Hi all, here we go again . Have very sore ribs on right side can't lay on > > them pain is very bad Dr. not sure what it is so have had xrays now won't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Tim > Hi Tim , The pain is about 2 weeks old much the same time I came out of > hospital hard to say if the angoplasty has caused it as was on the left side > but have a younger brother that has had the same procedure he tells me he > had pain after , hope that's all it is , had bone scan in August all was > clear , Thanks Tim Take Care balsey Lets hope. 2 weeks isn't long enough to establish a diagnosis of mets, and "clear in August" sounds rather recent for it to go off like this. I'd say the odds are it's something else. Like Ann T says, intercostals (those nice meaty bits on barbequed ribs) are prone to doing this sort of thing if abused. You can for example overload the contralateral ones unexpectedly by favouring the injured side. Fingers crossed. Tim > Hi all, here we go again . Have very sore ribs on right side . . . There are a number of "normal" things that can cause quite severe rib pain, particularly if the onset was sudden. The intercostal muscles (between the ribs) are kinda funny critters that way. I hope it will turn out to be something like that, Balsey! Take care, Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' to reply by email > There are a number of "normal" things that can cause quite severe rib > pain, particularly if the onset was sudden. The intercostal muscles > (between the ribs) are kinda funny critters that way. Hello Balsey, The chondritis thing is what I first thought of when I read your post. My daughter had something similar years ago. It cleared after some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory meds and a little time. Sorry you are hurting and hope that it is a passing thing. Barb > > There are a number of "normal" things that can cause quite severe rib > > pain, particularly if the onset was sudden. The intercostal muscles [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Barb she needs to just get an ordinary xray - that's how my mets are handled - and then hit it with radiation before it eats out the bone....my first met was in my right ribs - hurt to lie down. y'can see the met as a dark color in an xray. > she needs to just get an ordinary xray - that's how my mets are handled - > and then hit it with radiation before it eats out the bone....my first met > was in my right ribs - hurt to lie down. > > y'can see the met as a dark color in an xray. Read on Marvin. 1. Balsey was waiting for the x-ray results when she started this thread. 2. They came back negative. The game was to guess how the results would come out, the consensus was that it wasn't mets and that seems to have been right. Tim Jackson > > she needs to just get an ordinary xray - that's how my mets are handled - > > and then hit it with radiation before it eats out the bone....my first met [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Tim Jackson well you can see them ok if they're big enough to hurt, that fer sure... the little ones just ache when you lie down - say, ive been taking arimidex since june 1 and now when i scratch my head there is a spot that sounds holler...bloody chemo buggered my heart too - left me with swollen ankles which were getting ulcers on them - a bit of digoxin has fixed them up and the ulcers are healing if anyone has that problem. Hi Barb, You were right Chondritis that's what ultra sound showed , got results this morning , no treatment for me as the medication I take for my heart taken with inflammatory's could cause a bleed , that's ok I can put up with that pain. Thank you all for your help take care have a wonderful xmas and will see you all next year love Balsey > > There are a number of "normal" things that can cause quite severe rib > > pain, particularly if the onset was sudden. The intercostal muscles [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Barb > Hi Barb, You were right Chondritis that's what ultra sound showed , got > results this morning , no treatment for me as the medication I take for my > heart taken with inflammatory's could cause a bleed , that's ok I can put up > with that pain. I'm so sorry you have to put up with the pain! (I hope it subsides soon.) But I'm extremely happy to hear that the pain is not mets-related as you had feared it might be! Happy holidays, with best wishes for a speedy recovery from your recent health challenges, Ann T. Remove 'dontsendspam' to reply by email During most of chemotherapy (2002), I had severe pain in left rib area, which the doc said was nothing. ??? So far, no mets that I know of. The pain comes & goes in both rib areas, usually not at the same time, & can last for weeks. Right now, my hands, wrists, & fingers on both hands, are extremely painful. This might be a result of having had chemotherapy, of my injuries, of taking estrogen-suppressing medication (such as Femara & Arimidex), & of cold & damp weather. I wish I could get good blood-work tests, & could better know & understand exactly what's going on. Susan, Su_Texas my opinions |
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