right side pain under ribs

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Koreysue
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Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

right side pain under ribs

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 09, 2019 12:46 pm

Hello,
I seem to be have twinges of pain in my right side. It comes and goes. Once it happened really sharply when I took a deep breath. My question is- did any of you who had liver mets have pain in that area prior to finding them? I find it hard not to worry about every pain I feel.
I’ve been on prescription Pepcid for gastritis and esauphugus ulcers- maybe it’s a side effect of that.
I’m about a week away from getting my CEA checked so I’m on my normal paranoid roller coaster.
Korey
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan

AmyG
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Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby AmyG » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:06 pm

I have a pretty large singular met in my liver. Never had any sort of pain associated with it. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't have ever guessed there was anything in my liver, as I've felt fabulous since my bowel resection last fall.

Good luck with you CEA next week!!
42 dx @ 9wks pregnant w/baby #8 8/18
Sigmoid colon resection 9/18
Adenocarcinoma, G2, T3N0M0..or so we thought
KRAS/BRAF wild
Liver biopsy is malignant, stage iv now boys!
Delivered healthy baby 3/19
FOLFOX + Avastin 5/19
CEA 167 to 24 after 4 rounds
Liver resection 8/28/19
NED!! CEA 2.3
CEA 5.8 idk wtf is up with that, but everything else is clear!
CEA 3.7 make up your damn mind...
CEA 1.5 that's a new low!

Koreysue
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 09, 2019 2:23 pm

Thanks for your response Amy.
I appreciate the information. I think of you often since I read your first post. You are one busy mama!
Korey
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan

AmyG
Posts: 371
Joined: Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:08 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby AmyG » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:08 pm

Hopefully this time next week I'll be holding our newest bundle of joy!!!

Then that's when fun starts... :shock:
42 dx @ 9wks pregnant w/baby #8 8/18
Sigmoid colon resection 9/18
Adenocarcinoma, G2, T3N0M0..or so we thought
KRAS/BRAF wild
Liver biopsy is malignant, stage iv now boys!
Delivered healthy baby 3/19
FOLFOX + Avastin 5/19
CEA 167 to 24 after 4 rounds
Liver resection 8/28/19
NED!! CEA 2.3
CEA 5.8 idk wtf is up with that, but everything else is clear!
CEA 3.7 make up your damn mind...
CEA 1.5 that's a new low!

Koreysue
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:22 pm

Awe sweet baby snuggles will be great!
I’ll be thinking of you as you start your next steps in treatment.
Wishing you well,
Korey
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan

boxhill
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Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:40 am

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby boxhill » Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:41 pm

I had kind of sharp little pinging pains in that area for a couple of weeks before my blockage and right hemicolectomy. The blockage in progress, I guess. Now, of course, I have to work at not obsessing over every little pang.

Honestly, if you have ongoing sharp pain somewhere, I would tell your doctor at your next visit.
F, 64 at DX CRC Stage IV
3/17/18 blockage, r hemi
11 of 25 LN,5 mesentery nodes
5mm liver met
pT3 pN2b pM1
BRAF wild, KRAS G12D
dMMR, MSI-H
5/18 FOLFOX
7/18 and 11/18 CT NED
12/18 MRI 5mm liver mass, 2 LNs in porta hepatis
12/31/18 Keytruda
6/19 Multiphasic CT LNs normal, Liver stable
6/28/19 Pause Key, predisone for joint pain
7/31/19 Restart Key
9/19 CT stable
Pain: all fails but Celebrex
12/23/19 CT stable
5/20 MRI stable/NED
6/20 Stop Key
All MRIs NED

CAGirl
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Joined: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:55 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby CAGirl » Sat Mar 09, 2019 6:48 pm

Do you have a history of IBD (Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's?)

My CRC seems to have not returned, but unfortunately, after 22 years of "under control" Crohn's disease, I have just been diagnosed with PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis -- bile duct disease) AND high-grade dysplasia in my bile ducts. So, liver resection time for me, with the hope they do not find any cancer cells, and if they do, that they get a clear margin during surgery.

Not sure which of the two above resulted in the pain under my ribs, but I do know that's what led me to get an MRCP (like MRI) of that area and further testing (along with occasional achiness and chills).
Dx 2/2017, age 45, 2 kids: 6 yrs & 3 yrs
History of Crohn's disease - dx in 1997; in remission, thus no colonoscopy in over 10 years
Anemia dx 11/16: GI doc assured me "the likelihood of colon cancer" was "very low".
Stage 3C - T3N2b
8/64 lymph nodes; clear margins surgery 3/17
12 cycles of Folfox 4/17-9/17
3-month CT scan midway through chemo, no changes
2-3-mo CT scan post chemo 11/17 slightly larger lung nod (incr. from 7mm to 8 or 9mm)
CT scan 3/18 - NED
clear CT scan 1/2019 NED

CAGirl
Posts: 59
Joined: Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:55 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby CAGirl » Sat Mar 09, 2019 7:04 pm

BUT -- it could be any number of things!

Really.
Dx 2/2017, age 45, 2 kids: 6 yrs & 3 yrs
History of Crohn's disease - dx in 1997; in remission, thus no colonoscopy in over 10 years
Anemia dx 11/16: GI doc assured me "the likelihood of colon cancer" was "very low".
Stage 3C - T3N2b
8/64 lymph nodes; clear margins surgery 3/17
12 cycles of Folfox 4/17-9/17
3-month CT scan midway through chemo, no changes
2-3-mo CT scan post chemo 11/17 slightly larger lung nod (incr. from 7mm to 8 or 9mm)
CT scan 3/18 - NED
clear CT scan 1/2019 NED

Koreysue
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:30 pm

Thanks CAgirl and Boxhill.
I will mention it when I see my oncologist on the 18th for my CEA results.
I don’t have IBS OR IBD, just major stomach acid issues. The same pains are happing on the right side too... which has always been the gastritis.
Could be a side effect of the meds I’m on for that. I don’t love the worry that comes along with this disease, that’s for sure.
Gotta get through CEA time and then maybe I’ll feel better :?
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan

Koreysue
Posts: 258
Joined: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:36 pm

Re: right side pain under ribs

Postby Koreysue » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:06 pm

Also CAgirl, sorry your are dealing with these additional health issues.
Dx: 6/2017 stage 3 CC
Sigmoid, 2 nodes
CEA at dx: 6.1
Sigmoid Colectomy/folfox (last chemo (1/31/18)
CEA 4/2018: 2.4
CEA 7/2018: 3.7
Colonoscopy 8/18 clean
PET scan 8/20/18 NED
CEA 11/2018: 3.8
CEA 2/2019: 3.2
CT NED 6/18/19 / CEA : 3.4
CEA 10/21/19: 3.2
CEA 3/9/20: 3.8
CT NED /CEA 6/17/20: 3.8
CEA 11/4/20 4.6 <——— whyyyy? (will retest in a few weeks)
CT NED 12/1/20 CEA: 3.5
CEA 5/21 4.2
CEA 10/21 3.4
colonoscopy 10/21 10mm polyp
CEA 4/22 3.7
CEA 7/22 3.8
CEA 12/22 4
CEA 1/22 3.2 and NED 5yr scan


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