covid ... earthquake ... isolation ... bone mets ...

Maybe I shouldn't say anything yet because I haven't clarified anything with my doctor yet. I got the results from yesterdays bone scan on my chart. I'm not feeling encouraged, to say the least. It might explain my hip pain, and the pain in my ribs on the left in December when I had the blood clot on the right side.  I guess I'm not invincible like I've always thought! Geez.  I'm not ready for this.

FINDINGS:

Since the prior bone scan, there has been a progression of osteoblastic metastases. There is a new lesion involving the majority of the anterior left fourth rib. On CT, this is sclerotic and demonstrates an anterior pathologic fracture. There is focal area of uptake involving the posteromedial fifth or sixth rib which, on comparison CT, appears to be a healing fracture.  There is focal increased uptake involving the superior left medial iliac region and another new focal area of uptake involving the right intertrochanteric left intertrochanteric region and the left femoral neck. There is subtle sclerosis on recent CT involving the left intertrochanteric region, left femoral neck and left superomedial iliac bone.

IMPRESSION:

Multiple new bony metastases.

I'm going to admit that I'm not sure what all of these medical terms mean, but I do understand "multiple new bony metastases".  I don't do bone pain, friends.  The irony (and the blessing) of my stage 4 cancer is that I've never been in pain. The tumors were tucked away in my liver and lymph.  That will change sooner than I hoped.  BLAHHHHH!  I don't know what else to say.