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15993089 tn?1444575391

headaches and lip numbness and low O2 sat

I have been waking up with headaches and having numbness in my lips that started out in the mornings.  The headaches were relieved with small doses of ibuprofen.  I recently had a procedure that required anesthesia and when they checked my O2 sat with the finger thing prior to the procedure, it was 89%.  They had me take several deep breaths and moved it to my thumb and after several tries got a reading they were okay with.  My HCT never returned to normal since my chemo for breast cancer which ended almost a year ago.  I am having back and hip pain.  When I told my oncologist about the headaches and lip numbness a couple of weeks ago, he said it was probably just anxiety.  I'm scared these could all be early signs of metastasis but the oncologist clearly was not concerned.   (Breast CA was stage III, HER2+ 3+ overexpressing, metastatic to regional lymph nodes, estrogen & progesteron +, poor response to neoadjunctive chemo with a RCB score of 3.3)  I'm scared. Should I push to have the symptoms evaluated?
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15993089 tn?1444575391
BTW, I should disclose I am a Clinical Coding Specialist (CPC) and have recently started coding for a neurology/neurosurgical practice and spend my day coding radiology charges and op notes of breast cancer patient with brain and bone mets.  I'm trying hard not to be a hypochondriac and I know a little knowledge can be dangerous.  I don't want to beome the breast cancer survivor who cried wolf...............
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15993089 tn?1444575391
The back and hip pain began about 5 months ago.  Some neck stiffness in the morning.  It's kinda strange, as long as I'm up moving around it's not so bad but after I sit at work or get still in the evenings, I hurt all over.  The problem with that is that I'm so fatigued so I have to do my housework and stuff in spurts.  I had a complete physical a couple of months ago and had a DexaScan.  It showed osteopenia in my spine and left hip.  I've been trying to take short walks but it feels like someone is hitting me in the hip with a sledge hammer.  My AlkPhos is elevated but all the other liver tests are normal.  
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15439126 tn?1444443163
Consistently low O2 over say, weeks, is worrisome, and I think ought to be pinned down on its own merit.  I assume they've checked you for pneumonia (at least, with a stethascope at your back six lung lobe regions while you took a deep breath each time), if not a chest x-ray.

Headaches, blue lips, and of course 89%, are all three likely symptoms of low blood oxygen.  (the ibuprofen merely masks the headache symptom)

Have you had earlier issues with back and/or hip pain or is this very new?
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