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I am almost 1 year out of R. breast cancer tx. (lumpectomy, rad., & chemo.) It is triple neg. ( I was 37 at dx.) How usual is it for breast cancer to have distant mets and not show anything on mamo? I have had roaming bone pain in left shoulder, right thigh, and currently right calf area. Should I mention this to dr. or just wait for follow-up in June? No other symptoms - well slight r hand / finger numbness - but I think this is due to an injury from January :-)
On principle you SHOULD mention any and every new symptom to your dr - otherwise how would your dr. know about it? If I were your dr. I would order x-ray pictures, MRI scans, PET-scans and other isotope scans of your skeleton. If there are no signs of anything suspicious in those places your symptoms must have another reason. Good luck!
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