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cancer in the bone

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cancer in the bone does anyone know if you can pass away with just bone cancer or does it have to go though to the organs ! sorry for these questions , but dont know who else to ask? as people get upset and dont want to tell you ! go back to see specialist tomorrow and then for treatment , but they wont answer qestions , please help if can thanks
sophie

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Hi Sophie, I was diagnosed with bone mets in 2003, so far I have had no other organ involvement. My understanding is yes you can pass away from bone mets. It’s normally the complications caused by bone mets, bone marrow involvement is one. Two friends of mine died of their bone mets quite recently but one of them had lived with her mets for over 10 years.
Bone mets can be controlled for some for many, many years and since my diagnosis there have been new treatments introduced.
Good Luck with your appointment tomorrow. Belinda…xx

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Dear sophie You are welcome to contact our helpline on 0808 800 6000 for further support and information regarding the questions you have about bone cancer. The confidential helpline is open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm.

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bone mets Dear Sophie

Like Belinda I also have bone mets. these were dx in Sept 06 13 yearsafter having mastectomy. I can understand your fear and anxiety. initally I bombarded the oncologist with info about statistics for survival etc as I automatically thought that it was a death sentence but many specialists now think of it as a critical illness rather than a terminal one. He said that we are all individuals and there is no answer except that mets cannot be cured but they can be treated often for many years and if one treatment fails there are others that can be given instead.
good luck with your visit to the onc and I hope that all goes well for you.

barbara

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thanks for your replies thank you again belinda and barbara,
been to onc today and had treatment herceptin and bone phos, i am starting FASLODEX next wednesday, i cant help thinking how long will this last ! i use to be positive ! but you get so many knock backs. getting really bad pain in back my onc said it is to early to do another scan he thinks its a group of thing coursing the problems, ie ex partner worries ! house selling ! and just getting through the radio 4 weeks ago , but hey i am still here !
ask my onc the same question , he also said yes people with bone cancer can ,but i am a long way off that stage yet . i do hope they find more treatment the longer we live the more we all should live longer . sorry for moaning so much and thanks for reading
sophie

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Hi again! You are not moaning at all Sophie…this is a horrible illness and sounds like you have lots more stuff going on besides this too.
Good Luck with Faslodex. Belinda…xx