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| 4/19/2012 | In November 2009 I was diagnozed with IDC 0.7cm,stage 1.grade 1,er/pr+,her2-, clean nodes, no LVI,onco test DX score 6. I was 68 years old. I had double mastectomy and since then take anastrozole. I have pain in my hips that comes and goes,it seems to depend on my position in the bed during the sleep. Advil helps only temporarily. how the pain from bone mets is different from artritus or osteopenia? Could it be bone mets in the hips? Would x-ray show what it is? | ||
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| 4/21/2012 | Highly unlikly the pain you describe is related to metastatic disease in you hips! Talk with your medical oncologist to discuss. | ||
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