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My mom is in her early 60s and she has recently been diagnosed with osteoporosis. She also has a compression fracture in her mid spine. She had a DXA scan recently and saw that her osteo has gotten slightly worse. What’s wild is because of her back pain she’s been having, they discovered in a CT scan that she has a tumor on her kidney (thankfully very small and caught early even though she is not having any symptoms of it. She has plans to get it removed). Her other organs like the pancreas, lungs, stomach, local lymph nodes look good. From an xray she had a while ago they discovered she has a compression fracture which is most likely what has been causing her pain. However, she is concerned because apparently most compression fractures heal themselves in 12 weeks or less and she says the pain in that area hasn’t gotten any better and it’s been more than 12 weeks. The pain radiates from the left of her spine to her side/under her ribs. She says the pain isn’t unbearable but just noticeable and sometimes certain movements make it worse. We also think all of this scan anxiety she’s been having is not helping the pain. She’s scheduled to get an mri in about two weeks on her spine and she is concerned about them finding a tumor or something on her spine which is understandable because of her recent kidney tumor diagnosis. Although the tumor is so small it’s very unlikely that it has metastasized. Has anyone had a similar experience with prolonged compression fracture pain?

My mom recently was told she has a tumor on her lower kidney that is thought to be cancerous. The good news is they caught it very small and it’s a good location for removal. I believe the dimensions are 1cm x 1.9cm. She is most likely going to get it removed without needing to get her whole kidney removed. This tumor was discovered by accident in a ct scan because my mom has been having pain slightly to the left of her mid/upper spine as well as pain that radiates from her back to under her ribs. The thing is the pain she is experiencing is on the left side but her tumor is on her right kidney. She has had other tests done. Her pancreas, other kidney, bladder, lungs, surrounding organs, etc look good. Her lymph nodes in the surrounding areas of her kidneys look good and her blood results are good too. Her urine has also been normal. She does have gallstones but they also aren’t on the same side as where her back pain is. She is worried of possibly having another tumor in her spine or something and she also recently had a routine mammogram and is concerned about the results for that even though she isn’t showing signs of breast cancer. The doctor is thinking maybe the back pain is a herniated disc or she is dealing with some sort of muscle or nerve pain. My mom also has osteoporosis so it could be that too. She is going to get an mri to check out her back. I’ve read that sometimes cancerous kidney tumors can metastasis to other areas including the spine? I don’t know. It’s been a scary process with all this scanziety! I’m optimistic about her kidney tumor removal, just worried about these other tests now. Thanks! Sending you all good vibes!

I don’t have a Facebook anymore so can’t really utilize fb marketplace to search, but anyone know of some farm stands/self serves/local farmers that will be selling locally grown organic strawberries this year? I know boxwood farms usually does but I know they tend to sell out fast