Topic: New lumps after chemo?

Hi everyone,

My mom was recently diagnosed with IBC four weeks ago.  She is at Stage III with a local spread to the left lymph node system.  She had all of her scans (bone, CT, MRI, PET) and all came back clear.  She began chemo last week with a round of Taxol and Gemzar.  She went back for another round of just Gemzar yesterday.  At yesterday's appointment her blood count was a bit low but the doctor said the she is responding to treatment and is showing improvement.  She mentioned that she has had some abdominal swelling after last week's treatment, but the doc sisn't seem too concerned.  However, this morning she found a large lump on her left side (same as the cancer) right above her waist.  It wasn't there before and it is bigger than a golf ball.  I am very scared that this may be another tumor or that it has spread.  Since IBC is so aggressive could a cancerous tumor appear in another part of the body that quickly even if she is two rounds into treatment and all the scans from two weeks ago were clear?  I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this before.  I am really scared.  Thanks for your help.