suspicious pain

Cucu me
Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
in Uterine/Endometrial Cancer #1

For  5days already I have a pain in the lung/liver area on the right side.

It's not sharp or strong, but I already think is recurrence.

I'll call my doctor tomorrow.

What else could it be if not recurrence? I'm almost two months after finishing chemo.

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  • Lou Ann M
    Lou Ann M Member Posts: 996 Member
    #2
    Do you still have your gall

    Do you still have your gall bladder?  I am sure there are many hings to could be, but I am glad you are calling your doctor tomorrow . You will worry until you do.  I seems like I worry about every little thing now.  I think it is probably very normal to worry.  Hugs and prayers, Lou Ann

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #3
    Lou Ann M said:

    Do you still have your gall

    Do you still have your gall bladder?  I am sure there are many hings to could be, but I am glad you are calling your doctor tomorrow . You will worry until you do.  I seems like I worry about every little thing now.  I think it is probably very normal to worry.  Hugs and prayers, Lou Ann

    Lou Ann,

    thanks so much for your replay.

    I have my gall bladder. The pain is almost in the center, slightly on right.

    I worry a lot. My first CT scan after the chemo is scheduled for December 18.

    I guess they will ask me to go now and I did not want to tell my daughter about it.

    We just got some nice and calm time after the chemo ended.

  • pam0422
    pam0422 Member Posts: 25
    #4
    suspicious pain

    I'm glad you are calling your doctor tomorrow, but please don't stress out until you get to talk to them. I'm a nurse and there are so many things it could be in that area that are not related to a recurrence, I can't even list them all. - Pam

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #5
    pam0422 said:

    suspicious pain

    I'm glad you are calling your doctor tomorrow, but please don't stress out until you get to talk to them. I'm a nurse and there are so many things it could be in that area that are not related to a recurrence, I can't even list them all. - Pam

    God bless you,

    you are giving me such a hope.

    Thank you

  • pinky104
    pinky104 Member Posts: 574 Member
    #6
    Cucu me

    About a year and a half ago, I had pain on my lower left side.  With a history of stage IVb UPSC, I was convinced I had a recurrence.  I mentioned it at my family doctor's office and my PA ordered a CT scan.  It showed a mass, but it was on the OPPOSITE side from where my pain was.  I followed it up with a PET scan, which showed the same thing.  I went to my gyn/onc and he said he wasn't sure what it was.  He wanted to take a wait and see attitude.  I had CT scans twice, three months apart.  After the second one, he told me it wasn't growing, so it couldn't be cancer, but he wanted to wait another 6 months and scan again to be absolutely sure.  Well, after all my worrying,  he decided it wasn't anything significant.  It may have been something as simple as a fluid collection after having had my lymh nodes removed.  I still get the pain occasionally.  My family doctor's office says it could be just hard stool going around the bend in my intestine.  He told me to pay attention to whether or not I'm constipated the next time I have it.  I'm still not sure if it's that or not as I don't get constipated much, but I'm doing fine.

    Maybe yours is something simple like reflux esophagitis. a mild case of pneumonia, gastritis or something else like that. Gallbladder disease, as someone mentioned, is also a likely culprit.  Reflux symptoms can resemble those of a heart attack, but they can also be fairly mild at times. Pain can sometimes radiate from one side to the other, so pinpointing your symptoms to a specific organ doesn't always work.

    It's definitely normal to expect the worst, and the closer to treatment you are, the more likely you are to worry.  Try to relax until you see your doctor, and put off the worrying until he confirms it's something worth worrying about.  Most likely, he'll come up with something less serious as a cause. 

     

     

     

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #7
    pinky104 said:

    Cucu me

    About a year and a half ago, I had pain on my lower left side.  With a history of stage IVb UPSC, I was convinced I had a recurrence.  I mentioned it at my family doctor's office and my PA ordered a CT scan.  It showed a mass, but it was on the OPPOSITE side from where my pain was.  I followed it up with a PET scan, which showed the same thing.  I went to my gyn/onc and he said he wasn't sure what it was.  He wanted to take a wait and see attitude.  I had CT scans twice, three months apart.  After the second one, he told me it wasn't growing, so it couldn't be cancer, but he wanted to wait another 6 months and scan again to be absolutely sure.  Well, after all my worrying,  he decided it wasn't anything significant.  It may have been something as simple as a fluid collection after having had my lymh nodes removed.  I still get the pain occasionally.  My family doctor's office says it could be just hard stool going around the bend in my intestine.  He told me to pay attention to whether or not I'm constipated the next time I have it.  I'm still not sure if it's that or not as I don't get constipated much, but I'm doing fine.

    Maybe yours is something simple like reflux esophagitis. a mild case of pneumonia, gastritis or something else like that. Gallbladder disease, as someone mentioned, is also a likely culprit.  Reflux symptoms can resemble those of a heart attack, but they can also be fairly mild at times. Pain can sometimes radiate from one side to the other, so pinpointing your symptoms to a specific organ doesn't always work.

    It's definitely normal to expect the worst, and the closer to treatment you are, the more likely you are to worry.  Try to relax until you see your doctor, and put off the worrying until he confirms it's something worth worrying about.  Most likely, he'll come up with something less serious as a cause. 

     

     

     

    Thank you

    Pinky,

    You are completely right.

    I spoke with the nurse of my onco doctor today and she said that does not look like cancer related to her.

    So I'll wait and see.If it gets worse I'll go immediately.

  • AWK
    AWK Member Posts: 364 Member
    #8
    Cucu me said:

    Thank you

    Pinky,

    You are completely right.

    I spoke with the nurse of my onco doctor today and she said that does not look like cancer related to her.

    So I'll wait and see.If it gets worse I'll go immediately.

    I had similar pain

    It did get worse  now I am gallbladder less!  My niece says it is  a continuation of my no spare parts campaign after my hysterectomy and removal of all of the ladyparts.  Next up looks like it may be my spleen.  That is being discussed.  

  • Sandy3185
    Sandy3185 Member Posts: 229 Member
    #9
    Cucu me said:

    Thank you

    Pinky,

    You are completely right.

    I spoke with the nurse of my onco doctor today and she said that does not look like cancer related to her.

    So I'll wait and see.If it gets worse I'll go immediately.

    The nurse?

    Cucu, the nurse diagnosed you over the phone? I don't think that would be very comforting! I agree that you should go in and see your doctor. It is quite probable that it is something unrelated to cancer, but I would want to know. Sandy

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #10
    Sandy3185 said:

    The nurse?

    Cucu, the nurse diagnosed you over the phone? I don't think that would be very comforting! I agree that you should go in and see your doctor. It is quite probable that it is something unrelated to cancer, but I would want to know. Sandy

    Sandy,

    you are right, but I feel better and I guess I pulled a muscle.

    I remembered that day I turned back to get something from the back seat of the car.

    The pain did not start right after, but in the evening.

    Could it be recurrence already if it's not pulled muscle?

  • pinky104
    pinky104 Member Posts: 574 Member
    #11
    Cucu me

    It's always a possibility.  Stranger things have happened.

    When you mentioned turning, that brought back memories of a pain I've had.  I've gotten pain when I've turned a little bit when driving and when getting into bed (my mattress is very high off the floor).  However, my pain happened immediately.  It's sharp and scary when it happens.  I really think it may be related to my hiatal hernia, as it feels like it's just below my ribs where my diaphragm would be.  I mentioned it to a doctor years ago to no avail. 

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #12
    pinky104 said:

    Cucu me

    It's always a possibility.  Stranger things have happened.

    When you mentioned turning, that brought back memories of a pain I've had.  I've gotten pain when I've turned a little bit when driving and when getting into bed (my mattress is very high off the floor).  However, my pain happened immediately.  It's sharp and scary when it happens.  I really think it may be related to my hiatal hernia, as it feels like it's just below my ribs where my diaphragm would be.  I mentioned it to a doctor years ago to no avail. 

    Thank you

    sisters,

    I'm going to the doctor next week.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

  • Abbycat2
    Abbycat2 Member Posts: 644 Member
    #13
    Cucu me said:

    Thank you

    sisters,

    I'm going to the doctor next week.

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Happy Thanksgiving, Ladies!

    cucu me, I've been having pain around my liver/lungs for about 5 months now and was worried that I had a distant recurrance. My gyn oncologist told me 2 weeks ago that he doubted it was but he could see that I was concerned, so I had a Cat scan last week. I got the results yesterday- all is clear so I guess it's arthritis or something similar old people get. I suspect it will turn out to be the same thing for you!

    Warm Wishes,

    Cathy 

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #14
    Abbycat2 said:

    Happy Thanksgiving, Ladies!

    cucu me, I've been having pain around my liver/lungs for about 5 months now and was worried that I had a distant recurrance. My gyn oncologist told me 2 weeks ago that he doubted it was but he could see that I was concerned, so I had a Cat scan last week. I got the results yesterday- all is clear so I guess it's arthritis or something similar old people get. I suspect it will turn out to be the same thing for you!

    Warm Wishes,

    Cathy 

    Thank you

    Cathy.

     

    I'll let you what is mine in few days.

     

  • Editgrl
    Editgrl Member Posts: 903 Member
    #15
    Abbycat2 said:

    Happy Thanksgiving, Ladies!

    cucu me, I've been having pain around my liver/lungs for about 5 months now and was worried that I had a distant recurrance. My gyn oncologist told me 2 weeks ago that he doubted it was but he could see that I was concerned, so I had a Cat scan last week. I got the results yesterday- all is clear so I guess it's arthritis or something similar old people get. I suspect it will turn out to be the same thing for you!

    Warm Wishes,

    Cathy 

    Abbycat

    I had been thinking about you and wondered if you had gotten your scan results.  So happy that it was good news.

    Chris

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #16
    Editgrl said:

    Abbycat

    I had been thinking about you and wondered if you had gotten your scan results.  So happy that it was good news.

    Chris

    Yeah, Cathy

    I'm very happy with your results too, I know you worried about the shoulder pain.

    Sorry, I did not mention above.

  • Abbycat2
    Abbycat2 Member Posts: 644 Member
    #17
    Cucu me said:

    Yeah, Cathy

    I'm very happy with your results too, I know you worried about the shoulder pain.

    Sorry, I did not mention above.

    Thank you, cucu me and Chris!

    This cancer diagnosis plays havoc with my imagination. It's not possible to have a new ache without thinking about it. I still don't know what is causing my pain. Old age?  I have a difficult time thinking of myself as aging!! Ha! Here I am wide awake in the middle of the night suffering from my periodic insomnia. Now that could be related to my age. I just remembered that I turn 63 tomorrow. I have been traveling on this cancer journey for just over 2 years now. It has gotten easier with the passage of time.

    Bless you, my friends and hopefully you are all sleeping soundly, especially Debrajo our night owl in a rocking chair.

    Cathy

     

  • TeddyandBears_Mom
    TeddyandBears_Mom Member Posts: 1,814 Member
    #18
    Abbycat2 said:

    Thank you, cucu me and Chris!

    This cancer diagnosis plays havoc with my imagination. It's not possible to have a new ache without thinking about it. I still don't know what is causing my pain. Old age?  I have a difficult time thinking of myself as aging!! Ha! Here I am wide awake in the middle of the night suffering from my periodic insomnia. Now that could be related to my age. I just remembered that I turn 63 tomorrow. I have been traveling on this cancer journey for just over 2 years now. It has gotten easier with the passage of time.

    Bless you, my friends and hopefully you are all sleeping soundly, especially Debrajo our night owl in a rocking chair.

    Cathy

     

    Abbycat2

    Cathy,

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!  I hope you have a wonderful day tomorrow.  The closer I get to 60, the younger that number sounds to me. You are not old. I would challenge most 30 somethings to keep up with you. :-)

    Also wanted to say how glad I am that your scan came back clean.  What a relief for you.  I am selfishly watching your progress as well since you refused the radiation and had the same stage/grade as me.  I am scheduled to meet with the radiologist on Dec 10th. Trying to keep an open mind but still leaning towards not doing it.

    I wonder if we ever truly get over the panic of new aches and pains?  I have a feeling that is going to be part of our new normal....

    Love and Hugs!

    Cindi

  • molimoli
    molimoli Member Posts: 514
    #19
    If aches and pain = recurrence then none of me is cancer free

    Hi ladies hope all of you are sheltered in one way or the other as you fight your individual battles .

    My take on the aches and pains is that most of us have rounded the bend which starts rounding at about 55 yrs.most of  the aches and pains are " rounding the bend " related,  you would still be getting them without cancer so do go easy on the panicking, cancer seldom hurts, it's nature is sneaky,it's really not guilty of giving much warnings so  minimize the stressing  but still be vigilant.

    Treat yourselves well and do what you can to cause another person to smile, I cherish the thought that you are all out there for me as I am for you ,we are blessed in a "hard to understand kind of way" Nuff love.

    Moli

  • debrajo
    debrajo Member Posts: 1,095 Member
    #20
    Abbycat2 said:

    Thank you, cucu me and Chris!

    This cancer diagnosis plays havoc with my imagination. It's not possible to have a new ache without thinking about it. I still don't know what is causing my pain. Old age?  I have a difficult time thinking of myself as aging!! Ha! Here I am wide awake in the middle of the night suffering from my periodic insomnia. Now that could be related to my age. I just remembered that I turn 63 tomorrow. I have been traveling on this cancer journey for just over 2 years now. It has gotten easier with the passage of time.

    Bless you, my friends and hopefully you are all sleeping soundly, especially Debrajo our night owl in a rocking chair.

    Cathy

     

    I'm here!

    Just keeping an eye on you young ladies(from my rocking chair!).  Lord knows our minds are conditioned to think cancer at every twinge!  I know I'm alive by the amount of pain I have!  But you know what?  Not every one gets to grow "old" and hurt, and yes, it's not always pleasent, but I AM ALIVE!  I may fuss and gripe, complain, get scared, rant and rave over the injustice of it all.  I am not an easy person to live with when I hurt, but I take a pill (or two!) and try my best to go on.  I cooked for 20 on Thanksgiving...all mine, and six more that didn't get to come.  Like to have killed me, but sooo worth it!  By all means get the pain checked out, try to get rid of it, but live!  You girls take care, live for the moment and hope for the future!  Tomorrow is never promised to any of us.  Do y'all know the difference between we cancer people and "regular" people?  Nothing except we KNOW what we have and "they" haven't found out yet!  Love to all, and Happy Birthday Cathy...tomorrow!  I'll be 64 next month!  Debrajo

  • Cucu me
    Cucu me Member Posts: 213 Member
    #21
    molimoli said:

    If aches and pain = recurrence then none of me is cancer free

    Hi ladies hope all of you are sheltered in one way or the other as you fight your individual battles .

    My take on the aches and pains is that most of us have rounded the bend which starts rounding at about 55 yrs.most of  the aches and pains are " rounding the bend " related,  you would still be getting them without cancer so do go easy on the panicking, cancer seldom hurts, it's nature is sneaky,it's really not guilty of giving much warnings so  minimize the stressing  but still be vigilant.

    Treat yourselves well and do what you can to cause another person to smile, I cherish the thought that you are all out there for me as I am for you ,we are blessed in a "hard to understand kind of way" Nuff love.

    Moli

    Omg

    I don't have the radiology results yet and I'm pretty sure that the doctor will call me with bad news.

    I had the CT scan on Tuesday, I called yesterday and the admistritrator said that the doctor is busy and

    he will call me. My Ca125 is 7. Before the end of chemo was 2.

    I'm scared, stage 4 is not joke.How many people survive it?Omg

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