My mom and dad came today for a few hours. Mom mentioned her back being sore. The cancer that she had back in 1999 affects the bone marrow. Her last series of blood work looked a little off. Bone pain is typical when the disease starts to advance. We are hoping it is just regular aging or arthritis, but she is going to call her Oncologist tomorrow. Most likely he will do x-rays or an MRI and we will take it from there. We have had 10 wonderful years that we didn't think we would have. You would... Sign in to see full entry.