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I have started radiation to my sacrum and femurs this week. I pray it will help with my pain.My onc said prob 6 mo to live.
(God only knows this) Breast cancer has spread to bones, liver and lungs. I am also taking femara, Is there anyone out there who is kind of like me? MawMaw 59 years old today
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(God only knows this) Breast cancer has spread to bones, liver and lungs. I am also taking femara, Is there anyone out there who is kind of like me? MawMaw 59 years old today
This discussion is related to Difficulty With Sacrum Bone Mets And Radiation.
Hi again, Daisy,
I have one additional thought, of a more practical nature, to share with you.
I read recently that there is a procedure, called osteoplasty, that can sometimes relieve the pain of metastatic bone disease. I am going to insert the information below, and perhaps you could discuss with your doctors whether this might be useful at some point in your case:
"Many cancers--including those of the breast, bladder, kidney, and lung--impact on bone health when cancer metastasizes to the bones (bones are the third most common location to which cancer cells spread).The resulting tumors eat away at the bones, creating holes that make them thin and weak. The condition, called metastatic bone disease, is painful and renders daily activities and sleep difficult.
A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's annual scientific meeting in March 2009 suggests that osteoplasty could be a solution. Osteoplasry is a minimally invasive procedure that involves injecting semi-liquid bone cement into the bone lesions, to support weakened bones in patients who have short life expectancies and aren't responding to conventional pain medications. Of the 81 patients included in the study, 64 (79%) were able to stop taking narcotic drugs for their pain, and 43 (53%) could stop taking other pain medication. Researchers say the resullts should encourage more wide spread applicatiohn o f this palliative interventional radiology treatment."
Best wishes...
I have one additional thought, of a more practical nature, to share with you.
I read recently that there is a procedure, called osteoplasty, that can sometimes relieve the pain of metastatic bone disease. I am going to insert the information below, and perhaps you could discuss with your doctors whether this might be useful at some point in your case:
"Many cancers--including those of the breast, bladder, kidney, and lung--impact on bone health when cancer metastasizes to the bones (bones are the third most common location to which cancer cells spread).The resulting tumors eat away at the bones, creating holes that make them thin and weak. The condition, called metastatic bone disease, is painful and renders daily activities and sleep difficult.
A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's annual scientific meeting in March 2009 suggests that osteoplasty could be a solution. Osteoplasry is a minimally invasive procedure that involves injecting semi-liquid bone cement into the bone lesions, to support weakened bones in patients who have short life expectancies and aren't responding to conventional pain medications. Of the 81 patients included in the study, 64 (79%) were able to stop taking narcotic drugs for their pain, and 43 (53%) could stop taking other pain medication. Researchers say the resullts should encourage more wide spread applicatiohn o f this palliative interventional radiology treatment."
Best wishes...
Hi Daisy,
Happy birthday! (I hope your onc is wrong and I get to say it again on your big 6-0!)
I am so sorry to hear all you are going through. I hope the radiation helps your pain.
You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Happy birthday! (I hope your onc is wrong and I get to say it again on your big 6-0!)
I am so sorry to hear all you are going through. I hope the radiation helps your pain.
You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
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