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somerset72
somerset72 Member Posts: 30
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

I had a bone scan in Aug. that was negative.  A question:  if there is mets to the liver, lungs, etc. would the bone scan have showed any of that?  Or do I need a pet scan to show mets to those areas????

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  • HensonChi
    HensonChi Member Posts: 357
    edited February 2010

    I think a CT/Pet scan would show mets to the organs.

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  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 4,820
    edited February 2010

    Somerset, yes, HansonChi is correct. I just looked it up online .

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  • konakat
    konakat Member Posts: 6,085
    edited February 2010

    Or an MRI or CT.

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  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 4,820
    edited February 2010

    somerset72, just wondering how you are doing?

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  • somerset72
    somerset72 Member Posts: 30
    edited February 2010

    I am having some on & off pain in the upper right abdomen and upper back pain.  I will call my onc. tomorrow.  I have convinced myself it is liver mets.  The abdomen pain just started about 2 weeks ago but the back pain has come & gone for the past 7 mos.  That's why I had the bone scan in Aug.

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  • swimangel72
    swimangel72 Member Posts: 1,989
    edited February 2010

    Somerset72 - perhaps your upper right abdominal pain is a gall stone? This happened to me. For some people, the pain radiates to the upper back. One symptom that shows a sensitive gall bladder is if you get pain in the upper right abdomen (just under your rib cage) after eating anything fatty - for me, ice-cream or a donut from Dunkin Donuts ALWAYS caused this pain A sonogram showed my gall stone - I had the gall bladder removed last summer during my abdominal hernia repair - and I'm soooo happy it's gone now.........good luck with any future scans - I hope anything that shows up is not related to BC.

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  • somerset72
    somerset72 Member Posts: 30
    edited February 2010

    Hi swimangel;

    I had my gallbladder removed years ago, so I know it's not gallstones.  I don't know what else it could be in this area but liver??? 

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  • swimangel72
    swimangel72 Member Posts: 1,989
    edited February 2010

    Somerset - how are you? I read somewhere even if your gall bladder has been removed, you could still have a blocked bile-duct leading from the liver.......which could cause pain. I hope you get a scan soon to find out what's causing your pain!

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  • somerset72
    somerset72 Member Posts: 30
    edited February 2010

    I'm doing good, still having very mild pain on & off.  See new onc.on mar. 10.  Will post what he says to do.

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