My new met shocked the doc

[bjones1128]

So after three months of pain my oncologist finally ordered an MRI for my knee. He told me today he was shocked and amazed when he received the results a couple of weeks ago. In his 18 years of practice he has never seen colon cancer spread downwards to a leg bone. He went to the GI Board he is a member of (at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC) and all of the other docs were amazed, as well. Glad I could give them something to marvel at

I am now getting radiation on the knee but was just wondering... has anyone else had any bone mets in the lower limbs?

[jvaime21]

Hi, sorry to hear your news..hubby by didn't get
A bone met.. He had a pain and swelling knees and some joints part before for a long time.. Doctor thought its a bone met. But lucky not. In fact it is acute kidney failure.. Because of Tumor blockages. End up of permanent nephrostomy.


Retchel

[lichens]

Bradyr, a past member who is no longer with us had multiple bone mets on his legs. Bone mets can usually be treated very effectively with radiotherapy. Here is a post where bradyr talked about his bone mets:

http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8047&p=54470#p54470

If your onc is not already getting you a monthly denosumab (XGEVA) shot, make sure to ask for it. It helps protect your bones from adverse events in the presence of mets.

[bjones1128]

Bradyr, a past member who is no longer with us had multiple bone mets on his legs. Bone mets can usually be treated very effectively with radiotherapy. Here is a post where bradyr talked about his bone mets:

http://coloncancersupport.colonclub.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8047&p=54470#p54470

If your onc is not already getting you a monthly denosumab (XGEVA) shot, make sure to ask for it. It helps protect your bones from adverse events in the presence of mets.

I guess it is rare but happens.The doc has me on zemota to strenghten bones but I will ask him about xgeva at next visit.

[lichens]

Definitively push your onc to get you on denosumab shots. Multiple trials (see below) have shown it is much more effective than Zometa at preventing bone complications.

http://news.cancerconnect.com/denosumab-more-effective-than-zometa-at-delaying-bone-complications/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22975218