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She was in such pain that Wednesday she canceled her bone scan appointment because she cannot lay on her back flat and her pain meds wheren't doing the job, so she went today, Friday and thus I've yet to hear the results...they did give her demerol yesterday and today for the 15 minutes the scan took they had to give her lots of pain medications...including "the lollipop"...fast acting drug...don't know what...I'm getting sketchy information all around...if you can tell...she did tell me today though that there's one large mass 2 to 3 inches at least and then two masses in her limph nodes...so now the hunt is on for anything in the bones...she is getting the fentenal patch...two at a time...has five lollipops and then pain pills...so at least she's getting more pain medication now...Thanks for the encouragement...its all been doom and gloom news so far...Know what I mean?

Hi! I'm new... My mother-in-law is in the process of diagnosis...so far she's stage III lung cancer(three masses on her left lung) but tomorrow they are doing a bone scan...so I'm wondering if it may change to IV...her primary sypmtom was severe back pain sort of right between the shoulder blade as is she' been punched in the back...I'm wondering what causes the pain...is the tumor pressing on her spinal chord or is it because most likely the cancer is in her bones and thus the pain...just trying to understand it all...my father died in '01 due to a tumor high on his spine(2nd vertabra...like Christopher Reeve) and basically the tumor pressed on the spinal cord till all body functions below the tumor slowly ceased and thus he was quadrapelgic...and it eventually stopped his breathing...my dad did not want to live on a respirator so he passed away three days before 9/11...any thoughts... Thanks!