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Bone cancer pain query

Bone cancer pain query -- Posted by Romayne Wright on 05-19-04 18:56

Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
it comes to posting these queries.

I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides
only to return, or whether severe localised hip pain is more likely
down to something else entirely. I'm still waiting on a nuclear
imaging bone scan to be done, but my right hip pain now seems to have
settled despite my docs high concern for it being something sinister.
I've lost a lot of weight while having the increased pain in that area
over the past year and have been on OxyContin to keep it settled.

Any feedback would be very much appreciated.

REgards
Romayne

PS - I live in the UK.

Re: Bone cancer pain query -- Posted by J on 05-19-04 21:09

Romayne Wright wrote:

> Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
> it comes to posting these queries.
>
> I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
> the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides
> only to return, or whether severe localised hip pain is more likely
> down to something else entirely. I'm still waiting on a nuclear
> imaging bone scan to be done, but my right hip pain now seems to have
> settled despite my docs high concern for it being something sinister.
> I've lost a lot of weight while having the increased pain in that area
> over the past year and have been on OxyContin to keep it settled.
>
> Any feedback would be very much appreciated.
>
> REgards
> Romayne
>
> PS - I live in the UK.

Romayne,
there's a phone number here http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/Home
Try there
J

Re: Bone cancer pain query -- Posted by Mike Radcliffe on 05-19-04 21:40

"Romayne Wright" wrote in message
news:f9e6af6.0405191456.6b2e2a63@posting.google.com...
> Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
> it comes to posting these queries.
>
> I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
> the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides
> only to return, or whether severe localised hip pain is more likely
> down to something else entirely. I'm still waiting on a nuclear
> imaging bone scan to be done, but my right hip pain now seems to have
> settled despite my docs high concern for it being something sinister.
> I've lost a lot of weight while having the increased pain in that area
> over the past year and have been on OxyContin to keep it settled.
>
> Any feedback would be very much appreciated.
>
> REgards
> Romayne
>
You don't say whether you have a cancer diagnosis. Certainly if you do there
is some cause for concern but if not then best wait for the test results as
other diagnoses are more likely.
MIKE

Re: Bone cancer pain query -- Posted by J on 05-20-04 04:21

Mike Radcliffe wrote:

> "Romayne Wright" wrote in message
> news:f9e6af6.0405191456.6b2e2a63@posting.google.com...
> > Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
> > it comes to posting these queries.
> >
> > I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
> > the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides
> > only to return, or whether severe localised hip pain is more likely
> > down to something else entirely. I'm still waiting on a nuclear
> > imaging bone scan to be done, but my right hip pain now seems to have
> > settled despite my docs high concern for it being something sinister.
> > I've lost a lot of weight while having the increased pain in that area
> > over the past year and have been on OxyContin to keep it settled.
> >
> > Any feedback would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > REgards
> > Romayne
> >
> You don't say whether you have a cancer diagnosis. Certainly if you do there
> is some cause for concern but if not then best wait for the test results as
> other diagnoses are more likely.
> MIKE

This is what she posted last Friday on alt.support.cancer

J
Subject: Bone cancer pain query
Date: 14 May 2004 07:00:32 -0700
From: Romayne@hotmail.com (Romayne Wright)
Organization: http://groups.google.com
Newsgroups: alt.support.cancer

Hi all
I've recently been diagnosed with a smallish (4-cm) bone cancer lesion
(can't remember type) in my right hip, which was picked up on bone
scan after I had had horrendous right hip pain for 9 months with few
other obvious symptoms although also suffer from a range of autoimmune
conditions. I've been on OxyContin but thankfully lowish doses (no
more than 40 mg a day) were keeping the pain well under control.
However, for some strange reason my pain has now all but totally
disappeared this past two weeks and I've not needed to take pain meds
at all. I've not yet had treatment as I'm waiting for another biopsy
and things don't move fast here in the UK sometimes, so it's not down
to anything like that. Just wondered if this is a good sign or can it
happen periodically and mean nothing at all?

Thanks
Romayne

Re: Bone cancer pain query -- Posted by Steph on 05-19-04 22:12

"Romayne Wright" wrote in message
news:f9e6af6.0405191456.6b2e2a63@posting.google.com...
> Apologies if this has been double posted, but my PC is playing up when
> it comes to posting these queries.
>
> I'm trying to ascertain whether bone cancer (e.g. hip) causes pain in
> the early stages, whether it can cause severe pain which then subsides
> only to return, or whether severe localised hip pain is more likely
> down to something else entirely. I'm still waiting on a nuclear
> imaging bone scan to be done, but my right hip pain now seems to have
> settled despite my docs high concern for it being something sinister.
> I've lost a lot of weight while having the increased pain in that area
> over the past year and have been on OxyContin to keep it settled.
>

Pain due to "benign" causes tends to be longstanding, fairly constant, and
only gradually gets worse. It usually improves with rest.
Pain due to metastatic disease tends to have a fairly sudden onset (over a
few days or weeks), gets worse as time goes on, and may improve with rest
temporarily, but the trend is for it to worsen.

In patients who have a history of the common bone-avid cancers (breast,
prostate, thyroid, kidney, bladder, bowel) any severe bone pain is best
considered cancer until proven otherwise....

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