Right side pain --mets?

[AJQ]

Hi all,

I have a question about possible liver mets. See my signature below for details
Last couple of weeks I have been experience some pain on the right side and it radiates to the back- also on the right side ( I did have right Hemi colectomy). Tylenol does help but then it comes back.
Sometime it is dull and sometimes it is shooting pain for few secs.
Doc will order a CT next week to check.

Any ideas? Did anyone experience such pain? post surgical or mets?

Thank you
AJ

[stu]

Hi . My mum has had over ten mets in her liver . The largest was the size of a small orange . Never experienced any pain at all . It came as quite a surprise . She has had some pain from adhesions though .
Hope this helps .
Stu

[Beckster]

Hi all,

I have a question about possible liver mets. See my signature below for details
Last couple of weeks I have been experience some pain on the right side and it radiates to the back- also on the right side ( I did have right Hemi colectomy). Tylenol does help but then it comes back.
Sometime it is dull and sometimes it is shooting pain for few secs.
Doc will order a CT next week to check.

Any ideas? Did anyone experience such pain? post surgical or mets?

Thank you
AJ

Hi AJ

I also had a right hemi colectomy and sometimes I experience right sided pain. It takes a good year for your body to heal from surgery and you are currently on Xeloda, which causes intestinal distress. I experienced all of this. I would not worry...I know that is hard to do because every twinge makes us think of recurrence. If you look at my signature, you will see many similarities. I finished Xeloda in June and still get little twinges now and than. As my oncologist said... Even though we are missing the right side of our colon, the intestines move around. I doubt very much it is met....you are still not completely healed.

[Brearmstrong]

AJ, I also have lots of right side pain and pain here and there throughout my abdomen. No connection to types of food or anything that I can figure out. It too has me scared of spread given my T4 tumor. I have my next CT scan on the 16th. My oncologist also thinks it is from my surgery but that was in March 2017 and the pains started about 6 weeks ago. Folfox has ended so not sure what is going on. Keep us posted on your scan results and hoping it's just nothing for the both of us!

[veckon]

My liver mets have not to my knowledge ever caused pain. However, my peritoneal mets did present with pain in the abdomen.

[plastikos]

No way to know for sure. Some mets cause pain (if they stretch the liver capsule) and some don’t. No harm in seeing a doctor or getting at least an ultrasound.

[DarknessEmbraced]

I hope both of you get answers from your CT scans!*hugs*

[AJQ]

Thank you all for your answers and support. My doctor ordered CT scan yesterday and today I got the call to see my oncologist this Thursday to discuss scan results. They would not release the results to me . I asked them 3 times...

This must be bad news and I am very scared and nervous. Thursday seems so far away and why I cant get an idea today. Anyone with such experiences?

Pain is still there on the right side. Wondering if this is Liver, Lymph, Peritoneal or bone...

AJ

[lpas]

Thank you all for your answers and support. My doctor ordered CT scan yesterday and today I got the call to see my oncologist this Thursday to discuss scan results. They would not release the results to me . I asked them 3 times...

This must be bad news and I am very scared and nervous. Thursday seems so far away and why I cant get an idea today. Anyone with such experiences?

Pain is still there on the right side. Wondering if this is Liver, Lymph, Peritoneal or bone...

AJ

I'm so sorry you're having to go through this stress, but I do think it's much too soon to assume the worst. It would be very unusual to develop a met while in the midst of your initial chemo. I worried about this too when I was going through XELOX and my doctor said he had only seen it happen once or twice in his entire career. As you indicated in your initial post this could very easily be a post-surgical issue. I don't think it's fair to assume that the office's refusal to provide advance info necessarily means mets.

Will be keeping fingers and toes crossed that everything turns out OK. Good luck and please let us know!

[orlar]

Sorry you have this added stress, but hang in there. I am 4 months out from my right hemicolectomy and at various times have also experienced dull and sharp pains on the right side. They would come and go and I never can connect to a specific cause (food, day in chemo cycle etc.) ONC and surgeon both said it could be a year before things get settled down. As hard as it is, try and de-stress as much as you can. Wishing you good news tomorrow!

[Beckster]

Thank you all for your answers and support. My doctor ordered CT scan yesterday and today I got the call to see my oncologist this Thursday to discuss scan results. They would not release the results to me . I asked them 3 times...

This must be bad news and I am very scared and nervous. Thursday seems so far away and why I cant get an idea today. Anyone with such experiences?

Pain is still there on the right side. Wondering if this is Liver, Lymph, Peritoneal or bone...

AJ

How did your appt go with the oncologist?

[Ron50]

I have had right side pain for years after my cancer op. Most of it disappeared when they removed my gallbladder. It seems to go hand in hand with colorectal cancer and the chemo used. I had a hard time convincing doctors regarding the pain until one of the many small cholesterol stones blocked off my pancreatic duct resulting in acute pancreatitis. I found out what pain was at that point. Ron.

[AJQ]

Thank you all for your answers and support. My doctor ordered CT scan yesterday and today I got the call to see my oncologist this Thursday to discuss scan results. They would not release the results to me . I asked them 3 times...

This must be bad news and I am very scared and nervous. Thursday seems so far away and why I cant get an idea today. Anyone with such experiences?

Pain is still there on the right side. Wondering if this is Liver, Lymph, Peritoneal or bone...

AJ

How did your appt go with the oncologist?

I started another thread. Not good . Peri mets and was told I have less than a year. Onc wants me on Folfori and Avastin- I am going to see Appendix cancer experts next week and possibly exploratory Laparoscopy.

not a good day - need hope

AJ

[kandj]

I am so sorry for the bad news. I hope a HIPEC is something they can do for you.

I wanted to answer the original question in case this comes up for someone in a search.

DH presented with side pain as his only symptom. For him it lead to a diagnosis of colon cancer with 10+mets to his liver (that was what was causing the pain). He also had right sided pain and referred shoulder pain following his liver resection. He brushed it off as pain from nerves that were cut and from his arm being held up during surgery. Turned out he had a liver abscess. They are 100% fatal if they burst. He went in to the ER about 12 days post surgery because he spiked a fever and that us how they found that. Luckily they caught it before it ruptured. While pain can be nothing, it is always best to get it checked.

Again, AJQ, I am so sorry about your recurrence. I will pray HIPEC is an option for you and the docs are wrong about their estimate in your time left.