First bone scan after diagnosis

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Kimmer33
Kimmer33 Member Posts: 386
edited August 2015 in Diagnosed and Waiting for Test Results

hi!

I have a bonescan booked and am super nervous they are going to find something. I dont know if i am overreacting. I have one node positive, umx scheduled for aug 31. My surgeon has requested this but so scared. Anyone else have these feelings? Please? Anyone assure me it's just standard procedure and that it's rare to find it this advanced so early? Thank you!

Kim

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited August 2015

    Hi Kimmer!

    I had a PET scan shortly after diagnosis to see whether or not my cancer had spread beyond the "breast area." It's not standard procedure for everyone, but my MO is a scanner. (In fact, I have another PET scan scheduled for next week.) I was scared of what my first PET scan would show, primarily because my news kept getting worse and worse. (For example, my lump was originally supposed to be 3 cm, but the MRI showed 5 cm+.) But, it was actually reassuring because the PET scan found nothing interesting. I hope you have the same result!

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  • fd1
    fd1 Member Posts: 239
    edited August 2015

    Hi Kimmer! It's pretty normal in most hospitals when you are diagnosed with IDC to get initial staging scans. I had an ultrasound, chest xray, and bone scan but I was most scared for the latter. I had two positive nodes, 2 cm ER+/PR+ tumor and was diagnosed in 2011. :) Don't worry, your onc in all likelihood ordered this out of normal procedure and not because he expects to find anything. I hope that your results are clear!

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  • Kimmer33
    Kimmer33 Member Posts: 386
    edited August 2015

    Thank you fd1, very reassuring! I really appreciate you responding to me!!!

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  • Kicks
    Kicks Member Posts: 4,131
    edited August 2015

    When I was DXd, the first scan I had was a bone scan. In a few days, I also had full body MRI and CT with contrast. A few days later I had PET scan. Nothing showed on any of them except on the PET scan an area along my lower right jaw 'lit up' and was quickly biopsied - nothing there. That was 6 years ago and still NED.

    Scans are done for information so that the best TX plan can be done. Doing them does not mean necessarily mean that 'anything' is expected but the best information is wanted for the 'right' TX.

    Different Drs are different with different ideas. I had done neoadjuvant A/C, UMX, adjuvant Taxol but my Rads Dr insisted on a new CT with Contrast before starting Rads. It was as fine.

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  • Kimmer33
    Kimmer33 Member Posts: 386
    edited August 2015

    Wow, thanks Kicks!

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  • Kimmer33
    Kimmer33 Member Posts: 386
    edited August 2015

    Just an update for you ladies that responded, bone scan results came back clear today, so relieved!

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  • ElaineTherese
    ElaineTherese Member Posts: 3,328
    edited August 2015

    Awesome news, Kimmer! Celebrate!

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  • Itzy
    Itzy Member Posts: 46
    edited August 2015

    Wonderful news, Kimmer33!!! Thrilled for you Winking

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