Has anyone had any experience with costochondritis?
My mom had a bone scan with results last week. Her chemo oncologist thought she might have bone mets in her ribs at the sternum because it showed inflamation. He sent us to her radiation oncologist. He thinks it is probably Costochondritis. It causes pain and tenderness where your ribs attach to your breastbone. The pain is sharp, though it can also feel like a dull, gnawing pain. It can radiate further out in the chest too. He said to take Aleve every 12 hours. And it's helping! We are hoping he is right and there are no new bone mets.
He also put her on a month's worth of Prednisone for the SOB and haziness on the CT. He thinks it's radiation pneumonitis. Though it's been about 6 months since her radiation, her pulmonogist says even 8 months out it is not unheard of. So between the 3 of them they decided to wait a couple weeks to see how this goes before more chemo or a bronchoscopy. So WOOHOO for now!
Thanks,
Lisa