Reply #132: I'm thrilled that you ask. Thanks for the condolences. [View All]

[peacebaby3]

My sister just had some chest pains one night and went to the emergency room. She had never even been in the hospital before this. She had one cavity in her entire life. One of the healthiest people I've ever known which in the end I think was a curse for her because she never really went to the Dr.

I would definitely recommend getting them to look at it again. I'm certainly no expert, but what could it hurt? Ask them directly about the lungs and if they could see a tumor if there was any growth.

My sister's tumor had gotten bad enough by the time they found it that that the x-ray tech basically diagnosed her, even though it was officially told to her that she "had a tumor" and probably "cancer" by the ER physician. She was referred the next day to an oncologist, who confirmed the diagnosis. After a PET scan, they found it had spread to the shin bones in her legs. Then a couple of months later (an error on their part caused this delay) they did an MRI and found it in the brain as well. By the time she passed away 10 months later, she had had 9 brain tumors which they tried to treat with radiation (From what I understand, chemo has no effect on the brain). The cancer had also spread to her arm/elbow, neck, shoulder, and ankles in the bone. The radiation had killed most of the bone marrow so she could no longer get any chemo treatments because it would have killed her so there was no way to stop the spread of the cancer and the radiation was slowly killing her as well. They finally stopped all treatment and she went into the hospital that week. They were not going to let her come home, but I begged them to and we got hospice (you can not use hospice until the person is no longer receiving any treatment) in and a morphine pump because the pain had gotten so terrible over the last few months. She lived one week after we got her back home. She passed away on Friday, August 27th of last year. (She was born on a Friday) The cancer had ravaged her body and her kidneys ceased to function. The last couple of days, she was not really there and she had conversations in languages that we could not understand. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

Sorry for the long reply, but double check that X-ray. It certainly can't hurt. It's probably not anything to worry about, but better to be on the safe side.

Edit: typo