Bone Cancer Signs & Symptoms

rian1945 said:

bone cancer signs
I'm new to this site, but was looking online for info about bone cancer symptoms. For the last week I've had this ache on the upper part of my left thigh... kind of like a bruise, but the pain is 'intermittant' and there is no redness, discoloration, or lump. I keep hoping it is a muscle pain... but it doesn't feel like it. It doesn't hurt when you press on it. It actually feels like the bone is aching... intermitently?? I do have an Oncologist as I've had breast cancer, so I will eventually talk to him about this.

i also was having pain and muscle aches in my left leg. had and xray done and it showed a mass on the bone. previously , fall of 2018 i had neck cancer. having a PET on Feb 28 will find out the reading on march 6th. just saying treat it as aggressively as possible. ty deeemike

Hello,
I was diagnosed with stage 3B Adenocarcinoma of the lung with metastatis to thoracic pleural space. The primary tumor was removed surgically. The metastasie could not be removed so I received chemo (cisplatin and etopocide) along with radiation. I was in remission for a year when I started losing vision in my left eye. A tumor had started in my eye and I had to have it removed (enucliation) and the biopsy showed it was a neuroendocrine tumor metastatisized from the lung cancer (stage IV). After developing severe pain in my clavical, right lower rib cage and pelvis a PET with Dotapate scan was done to reveal numerous neuroendocrine tumors throughout my skeleton. I was on hormone therapy (sandostatin) to slow the growth, but that treament was unsuccessful. 

The important test with this recurrence is the PET w/dotapate as it revealed the tumors in the bone and confirmed that the pain was from neuroendocrine tumors. The worst part of the pain is that it is around a '5' when not probing the bone, but if you put the lightest pressure or touch on the effected area of that bone (the tumor in that bone) the pain instantly skyrockets to 10 (beyond if you ask me). 
The single biggest issue in the search for the cancer is the test being done. Some tests don't see certain cancers or tissues. Normal pain does not act the way bone cancer does and normal pain will eventually ebb, not cancer. Keep with the tests. The oncologists only wants proof through imagining before they biopsy.