Bone Cancer testing tomorrow?

If you are diagnosed with anything,your best bet would be to read up on it as much as you can.That’s what I did when I was diagnosed with diabetes and am now learning about the MS which I was diagnosed with last year.Knowledge is power :)
I wish you well <<HUGS>>

Dissociate, our bodies are only vessels – they house us. But they are mortal, flawed, problematic and so forth. It’s ok, nobody has a perfect body and if they say they do – they’re lying.

Keep positive and optimistic, at the face of any adversity in this journey we call life. Just that alone, the right attitude, can help in its way to improve conditions. Your body’s healing gets interrupted by high stress for example. Also, looking at things positively usually improves problem-solving and highlights solutions.

Follow the doctor’s advice. But as mentioned, knowing as much as you can about it can help. At this stage, take it easy. Enjoy yourself, laugh, live. Don’t focus only on the possibility of this disease. Let’s hope, if it must be that – that it’s diagnosed in an early stage.

Wish you all the best.
Phoebus

Here is a link to some really good information on the types of procedures you can expect. Mainly MRI, Xrays, etc. link

It is your right to have them fully discuss with you exactly what is going on. Either your parents or the medical personnel should help you feel more in control by carefully explaining all the tests and what you can expect at each moment.

I’d advise you not to get too far ahead of yourself in worrying about how will they treat it if I do have it. Instead focus on staying calm by acknowledging that your worry isn’t going to change a test result.

Navigate all of this like you would navigate walking over an uneven surface. It does no good and possibly does harm to be straining to see too far ahead down the trail.

Keep your eye on the “next” step and then the step after that so you don’t get overwhelmed.

I’m hoping for you that this is all just going to be fine. Good luck.

If you’re having a bone marrow biopsy, you are given a little sedation. They put you on your stomach, and make you comfortable. They’ll put some local anesthesia over your anterior superior iliac spine (It’s a part of the iliac crest in the lower part of your back. You won’t feel anything until they suction some bone marrow, and that will hurt a little bit, but not too bad. The biopsy itself doesn’t hurt much. They’ll put a band-aid or something over a a tiny incision, and you’ll fell like you have a bit of a bruise.

Best of luck to you, I hope it turns out okay.

There are many good websites about osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma, both also called bone cancer. Here is one and here is another specifically written for teens.

It is the most common cancer in teens, although cancer in teenagers is a rare happening. They don’t really know what causes it, but it seems to be associated with growth spurts. The good news is that even if you are diagnosed with osteosarcoma, your odds of both survival and keeping the limb that was affected is quite good. There are many kids who have survived it just fine. Yes, treatment is a challenge, but most survivors say they wouldn’t have changed what they learned while going through the process for anything.

In fact, Senator Teddy Kennedy who recently died has a son, Edward Kennedy Jr., who was diagnosed with bone cancer at age 12 and has survived just fine. “These two girls“http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/two-athletic-females-survive-bone-cancer-and-receive-bionic-bones/article49294.html both were diagnosed with bone cancer, but went on to survive it and are still happy and healthy to this day.

Bear in mind that there are other more common things that can mimic bone cancer, such as an infection, or a stress fracture you didn’t know you had. There are also bone tumors that are benign and not malignant at all. Even normal growth spurts and sports injuries can make people think someone has bone cancer when they don’t at all.

Good luck. I hope you turn out not to have bone cancer, but if you do, you have a very good chance of getting through treatment and being cured. Make sure you ask all the questions you need to – in fact, it would be a good idea to write them down before you see the doctor. That way you won’t forget any. And if it should turn out to be bone cancer, consider it a learning experience, one that will teach you how strong you are and how to have compassion for others.

Talk to your care provider. There is no better way to find out about your individual situation. they understand that this is a very difficult time for you. They are your best source for information. Talk, ask, and keep asking. Communication is your best friend.