Spinal MRI Thursday, very nervous
I have to have an MRI on my thorasic spine this Thursday due to an abnormal uptake on a bone scan I had a couple of weeks ago. I am quite nervous about what will be found on the MRI. Waiting on the results will be the hardest. The only reason I ended up having a bone scan in the first place, was because my MO saw how stressed I was with my diagnosis and how I felt that there was something being missed. I had had a lot of rib pain and right side mid back pain for a few months before I found my breast lump and kept thinking that something was very wrong. My MO said that if he did extensive bloodwork, a chest x-ray, and a bone scan and they all came back normal, would that make me feel better and I told him yes it would. Well, my bloodwork came back great and no problems with my chest x-ray, but I received the dreaded call on the bone scan the day after I had the test. It was the MO's nurse and she said that there was an abnormal update between the T8&T9 spine and my MO had ordered an MRI. Apparently, there was also an abnormal uptake on a left rib, but it stated that it was due to trauma as I had cracked a few ribs 6 months before. The pain from the cracked ribs is not the same one I was referring to previously. I have been diagnosed with ostepenia because I was thrown into early Menapause at 46 due to early stage Endometrial Cancer. Since the call over a week ago, I have been teetering on doing ok and feeling panicky. I have reached out to a few women I know who have had breast cancer and they did a good job talking me off the ledge, but here I find myself on Sunday feeling so scared once again about the what ifs. I did want to add that one of the women I spoke with is a very dear friend of my younger sister and she was diagnosed 18 years ago with Stage 3 BC and 15 years ago it spread to her bones. She is doing great today and currently is in complete remisssion! She was part of a documentary in 2009 called "Dead Girl Walking". It is a very inspiring story and worth the time to view it. It gives great hope no matter what the outcome. Thanks for listening.
http://www.deadgirlwalking.net/
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Maggie - I'm sorry you're going through this. Bone scans will pick up a lot of things and your medical team is wise to order an MRI. On one occasion, my bone scan showed a suspect lesion on L1 which turned out to be arthritis on a CT scan. I know this waiting is hard but bear in mind that it could a number of things. Wishing you the very best.
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I am sorry you are going through this but happy that your doctor is being thoughtful and detailed and taking all the right precautions and steps to verify what is causing your pain. Praying you will be fine.
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Will be keeping you in prayer as you have the MRI done. Hoping its nothing serious, but I know how hard it is not to worry. It is great that you have a doctor who is being thorough and considerate of your feelings.
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Got great news from my Dr. on MRI results! He e-mailed me through My Chart and said no sign of cancer in my Thoracic Spine. Yeah!! Thanks for all your support
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Maggie - Awesome news!
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Wonderfulnews!
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