Hello all,
My mother was diagnosed with the skin cancer melannoma in her left shoulder about 3.5 years ago. She had surgery on it and they removed all of her lymph nodes in that area. She has been cancer free for almost 3 years now and on her regular xray and blood test taken at 6 month intervals something showed up in her chest. This did not show up in the previous 6 month check, but the thing showed up this time. Within this 6 month period, she had started taking the osteoporosis drug called actonel. What i and the doctors are wondering is if this thing which is about 2.5 inches long is a result of actonel therefor not being cancer related or if it is indeed cancer. I am very worried....especially because she is only 52 and i am only 15. from what i have heard, the most likely places for melannoma to spread in the lungs or the liver, but this is not in the liver or lungs, just outside of the lungs. I can only hope and pray that this is either a side effect of actonel, or the doctors say it might be a "lesion" whatever that is. if anyone has any ideas as to what this may be, i would greatly appeciate it.
thanks and may God Bless
Andy