Robert,

I was having quite a bit of pain in my shoulder and had a bone scan. I found out that I had arthritis there and my hip with a bonus of two broken ribs (probably from the fall last Thanksgiving). I remember my shoulder being brown during radiation and that is the joint causing the most discomfort (ACR).

For the past 2-3 weeks I have really been hurting in the upper abdominal area with sharp pains in my rib cage on the left side. Naturally, it has me worried. I thought the pain in the stomach was scar tissue from the feeding tube but now it has moved completely across to the right side, too.

I had an appointment scheduled for today anyway so I had a chest xray and am scheduling a PET scan this week to put my mind at ease. My one year date is Oct 8 anyway and when I brought up some of my concerns the docs were pretty good abot moving my scan up a few weeks. I am sure hoping all is well and I am just a pansy!

I hope your tests all came out problem free.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023