Topic: enlarged axillia lymph nodes

Joined: Nov 2009
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Lor-rain wrote:

I completed radation July and Chemo in May. I just had my first ultrasound and mamm.

and I have a swollen axillia lymph node. Freaked out until I see my surgeon next week they

told me my surgeon will probably want to do biopsy. I was node neg. What does an enlarged

Lymph node mean?? Does this mean a reoccurence

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FitChik Morrisville, NC Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,817	Log in to post a reply Nov 6, 2009 03:44 pm FitChik wrote: Hi Lor-rain...I know that its hard to think that the enlarged lymph node could be anything but cancer, but it REALLY can be just that- an enlarged node. People get them all of the time from small infections and irritations and they usually go away on their own. But when it happens to one of us, we panic and our doctors take it very seriously, as they should. So, as you know, there's nothing you can do but wait to see the surgeon, but maybe you can try to stay busy until you know what's what. And do keep in mind (in fact, the forefront of your mind, if you can!) that it is likely to be a totally benign symptom of an infection or simply nothing at all! ~Marin "Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ~Nora Ephron