What are the symptoms of bone metastases?
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What are the symptoms of bone metastases?

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    • October 4, 2013 at 8:26 pm
    A
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    Could bone metastases present as a mechanical pain: movement = pain, no movement = no pain?
    I read that the pain is usually felt mostly during rest or at night. Coulf someone describe the symptoms of bone metastases, please?
     

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      • October 4, 2013 at 9:42 pm
      Mat
      Participant
      Bone metastasis can absolutely present in the way you’re describing. I walked around for 7 months this year thinking that I had tennis elbow. It was a bone lesion at the same location at which tennis elbow would present. One month after 10 radiation treatments-my arm feels fine.
        • October 4, 2013 at 10:27 pm
        ljhncj12345
        Participant

        Larry complained of pain in his shin and was limping for 3 months. Pain was there but not an bad when he was resting. Doctors told him it was probably a sprain. When he started having other problems they did an x ray whch showed a spot on his bone.

        • October 4, 2013 at 10:27 pm
        ljhncj12345
        Participant

        Larry complained of pain in his shin and was limping for 3 months. Pain was there but not an bad when he was resting. Doctors told him it was probably a sprain. When he started having other problems they did an x ray whch showed a spot on his bone.

        • October 4, 2013 at 10:27 pm
        ljhncj12345
        Participant

        Larry complained of pain in his shin and was limping for 3 months. Pain was there but not an bad when he was resting. Doctors told him it was probably a sprain. When he started having other problems they did an x ray whch showed a spot on his bone.

        • October 4, 2013 at 10:43 pm
        A
        Participant

        Thank you for the response, Mat. Did you have absolutely no pain when your arm was not moving? Thanks again.

        • October 5, 2013 at 11:23 am
        Mat
        Participant

        Correct, when the pain was at a "normal" level, I was pain-free when resting.  At a later point, when the pain became near-debilatating, I had pain all of the time.

        • October 5, 2013 at 11:23 am
        Mat
        Participant

        Correct, when the pain was at a "normal" level, I was pain-free when resting.  At a later point, when the pain became near-debilatating, I had pain all of the time.

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:09 pm
        A
        Participant

        How long did it take to progress to constant pain (month, 2 months or???). Dis you take any painkillers to controll your pain during "normal" pain? Was it helpful? Thanks!

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:09 pm
        A
        Participant

        How long did it take to progress to constant pain (month, 2 months or???). Dis you take any painkillers to controll your pain during "normal" pain? Was it helpful? Thanks!

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:16 pm
        Mat
        Participant

        Obviously each situation will be different.  My pain started in January.  When I didn't know what I had, icing it and wearing a brace helped.  I never took meds for my elbow.  However, I did need to take them for around 2 days in July for a stomach issue.  My recollection is that while the meds took the edge off of the stomach pain, they did nothing for my elbow.  My advice would be to get an x-ray.  An x-ray is what ultimately showed my bone lesion.  I hadn't gotten an x-ray because I hadn't fallen, etc.  I had also been 10 years removed from a stage I melanoma and had no idea to look for a bone lesion.  In hindsight, my elbow was the first noticeable manifestation of my (now) Stage IV melanoma.

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:16 pm
        Mat
        Participant

        Obviously each situation will be different.  My pain started in January.  When I didn't know what I had, icing it and wearing a brace helped.  I never took meds for my elbow.  However, I did need to take them for around 2 days in July for a stomach issue.  My recollection is that while the meds took the edge off of the stomach pain, they did nothing for my elbow.  My advice would be to get an x-ray.  An x-ray is what ultimately showed my bone lesion.  I hadn't gotten an x-ray because I hadn't fallen, etc.  I had also been 10 years removed from a stage I melanoma and had no idea to look for a bone lesion.  In hindsight, my elbow was the first noticeable manifestation of my (now) Stage IV melanoma.

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:16 pm
        Mat
        Participant

        Obviously each situation will be different.  My pain started in January.  When I didn't know what I had, icing it and wearing a brace helped.  I never took meds for my elbow.  However, I did need to take them for around 2 days in July for a stomach issue.  My recollection is that while the meds took the edge off of the stomach pain, they did nothing for my elbow.  My advice would be to get an x-ray.  An x-ray is what ultimately showed my bone lesion.  I hadn't gotten an x-ray because I hadn't fallen, etc.  I had also been 10 years removed from a stage I melanoma and had no idea to look for a bone lesion.  In hindsight, my elbow was the first noticeable manifestation of my (now) Stage IV melanoma.

        • October 5, 2013 at 12:09 pm
        A
        Participant

        How long did it take to progress to constant pain (month, 2 months or???). Dis you take any painkillers to controll your pain during "normal" pain? Was it helpful? Thanks!

        • October 5, 2013 at 11:23 am
        Mat
        Participant

        Correct, when the pain was at a "normal" level, I was pain-free when resting.  At a later point, when the pain became near-debilatating, I had pain all of the time.

        • October 4, 2013 at 10:43 pm
        A
        Participant

        Thank you for the response, Mat. Did you have absolutely no pain when your arm was not moving? Thanks again.

        • October 4, 2013 at 10:43 pm
        A
        Participant

        Thank you for the response, Mat. Did you have absolutely no pain when your arm was not moving? Thanks again.

      • October 4, 2013 at 9:42 pm
      Mat
      Participant
      Bone metastasis can absolutely present in the way you’re describing. I walked around for 7 months this year thinking that I had tennis elbow. It was a bone lesion at the same location at which tennis elbow would present. One month after 10 radiation treatments-my arm feels fine.
      • October 4, 2013 at 9:42 pm
      Mat
      Participant
      Bone metastasis can absolutely present in the way you’re describing. I walked around for 7 months this year thinking that I had tennis elbow. It was a bone lesion at the same location at which tennis elbow would present. One month after 10 radiation treatments-my arm feels fine.
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