Posted on: Jun 26, 2012 12:10 AM
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fondak wrote:
I saw my gyn for a follow up today from my recent hysterectomy/ooph. He had moved my upcoming appointment with my breast surgeon up following a breast exam 3 weeks ago. Today I asked him to show me the area he was concerned about and it wasn't a lump. It's an area where the tissue is thicker than the rest. He said he does see it often but usually on the outside not in the area I have it.
My surgeon has been out of town. I can't see him until July 2. I just finished 5 months of chemo, 33 rads, the hysterectomy and I'm on aromasin.
Has anyone else had a concern like this so quick? I so wanted this breast removed when I had the other one done but the dr said if anything came up we would catch it early.
Thanks
Dx 8/5/2011, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIa, Grade 2, 9/9 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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CoolBreeze
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Jun 26, 2012 12:24 AM CoolBreeze wrote:
Yes, I did, Freaked me out! But, they are just super careful and it turned out to be a cyst on top of a cyst, which gave me a thickness plus assymetrical appearance on mammogram. Dont worry they are just being careful.
Ann's cancer blog:
www.butdoctorihatepink.com .....multicentric/multifocal IDC/ILC+DCIS/LCIS/ADH Official dx? "Your breast was a mess." ~UniMastectomy/Chemo/Herceptin/Tamoxifen/Recon Almost Done! Oh wait. mets to liver 5/21/11 Now Stage IV
Dx 8/17/2009, IDC, 4cm, Stage IIa, Grade 3, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2+
fondak
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Jun 26, 2012 07:29 PM fondak wrote:
Thank you so much for posting. I knew to be looking for lumps but I didn't know about areas being thicker than others being a concern. I've always had lumpy, thicknesses and changing breasts.
Then of course when I googled "thickness in breast" cancer jumps out.
Thanks again...I really helps while I wait to be reminded it's possible it could be other things.
Dx 8/5/2011, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIIa, Grade 2, 9/9 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-