Bone Lesions

Hi.

I know all of us (patients) here varies the time how long their lesions were being healed. But in my case, my lesions still present in skeletal surveys...im taking Zometa monthly since Feb.2008 up to now. Rib fracrures are healed. My Doctor told me that...lesions are still in the process of healing...is it really the way it is?

From Anna,

Hi chegracias, Can't answer your question. Just wanted to say welcome to the group.

Your friend,

Anna

I've been told lesions can take a couple of years to clear.  As a side note, MRIs are better for tracking lesions than skeletal surveys....at least my doc thinks so.  He won't even order a Skeletal survey because of their limited scope.

I was dx in No 07, had a tandem transplant, and the my lesisons are slowly vanishing.

Best of luck

Doug

Yes, the lesions can take a long, long time to heal.  I had my tandem transplants in 2006 and some of my lesions are still healing.

Take care,

Lois

Thanks to all of you who did replied...Maybe I need to ask my Doctor to send me into MRI to check the development of my lesions... I will inform you guys the result of this.

GOD bless

If an MRI is too expensive, maybe he'll do a CT.  The big difference is the MRI's ability to view the bone marrow.  However, CTs are excellent for tracking lesions...they can see the real tiny ones  ;-)  Something else to note, often times the report will say a small lesion grew.  Actaully, what likely happened is, the image was cut at a different point than the comparison image making it appear that it had grown.  Those little mm sized lesions are difficult to track.

Good luck

Doug