Penny was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma and is twelve weeks post amp. When we went in for the 4th & final carboplatin this week, the x-ray showed two spots on the lungs. The radiologist and vet said that they do not look like typical lung mets but they are not sure what those darn things are. Has anyone else had mystery spots show up on x-rays as well? If so, did they ultimately end up being mets?

Did they say what it was about them that was atypical?

When we were half way through our 6 carboplatin treatments, we had an xray show a single tiny spot. The onc said it was not typical to have just one spot – he said you would normally see a bunch. But he still thought it was the beginnings of a met. The radiologist said she didn't think it was a met. So we continued w/ the carbo and waited. It did in fact turn out to be a met when we checked again in 3 months time, so after the IV chemo ended, we went on at-home chemo (metronomic protocol).

I hope it is NOT the beginning of mets and is something else. I don't want our story to scare you – but just wanted you to know that Abby's mets never acted "typical" until the very end. (She only had 3 mets at the end – which is really not normal.) We had more than a year (a very active, very great year) with the lung met(s).

What did the onc say in terms of follow up?

If you have any questions about what we did with Abby, you can always PM me. Doing the No Mets dance in your beautiful Penny's honor!

Jackie, Angel Abby's mom