Hi all,

My husband had the top 1/3 of his right lung removed on March 6th of this year, after finishing rad and chemo for stage III tonsil and floor of mouth cancer. The spot on the lung turned out to be scar tissue and not a malignancy.

He has gotten a clean bill of health by the ENT as far as the throat goes, and went back to work (light duty) 2 1/2 weeks ago. But.....he is experiencing back pain above the incision site of the lobectomy. Some days, it's all I can do to keep from calling the doctor. He says it's managable without pain medication, but he still uses big doses of over the counter anti-inflamatories.

Has anyone ever experienced this? He has had numerous chest x-rays, and everything seems to be fine. My question is, I guess, if the cancer has spread outside of the lung and into the spine or some other area, would the chest x-ray pick this up, or would it depend on another type of procedure?

Thanks and my prayers are with you all.

Mandi

P.S. I know some of you have followed my posts. Thank you for your tolerance. Thank God, Dennis' is in better spirits now than he was at diagnosis. It was pure, you-know-what, but there is a reason for all of this. In our case, we are closer than ever and can't wait to spend a week with the boys on summer vacation over July 4th. If we can weather this, I know everyone here can. God bless