Early in the year I had two small spots on my liver, one 8 mm and one 10 mm found on an ultrasound of which they said liver metastases couldn’t be excluded. After three weeks of pure hell I had an MRI, which showed that they were basically a cyst and a hemangioma. However, I have had right shoulder pain for months and I keep getting what I would call twinges and aches in the right side, under my right rib cage more so over the last week. I was absolutely delighted obviously when I got the all clear, but now starting to think did they get it right etc. They suggested 6 monthly follow ups of which I’ve just had and I had a further ultrasound which said the two patches hadn’t grown there wasn’t anymore.
What I am wondering is can cysts or hemangiomas if they are that small ache and cause twinges. Could the fact that I like the odd glass of two of wine make them ache etc. It is like a sort of niggly little sharp ache, not a great pain, but I am just conscious of it. I have seen the MRI report, I’ve even got a copy in my bag, so I trust them as such, but I keep worrying has the MRI missed something. I’d always thought MRIs were fairly precise, but if anyone knows anything different please let me know. I am seeing my GP early next week and I have an appointment with my General Surgeon in two weeks time as follow up from my original ultrasound, which I had done in January because of irritable bowel problems. So I will be getting checked out hopefully fairly shortly.
I had bilateral mastectomies and recon following Stage II Infiltrating Lobular Breast Cancer 3 years ago, and until all this never really worried about secondies etc, I have to say, but now it’s in my thoughts again. If the twinges hadn’t come back I suppose I wouldn’t even be worrying, but I just am worried I am sitting on something that could come back to haunt me.
Julie