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Bone biopsy
Hi there, I hope everyone is doing fine. I have this upcoming bone biopsy and I would like to hear some insights from anyone who had been in the same situation. I have this bone pain that involves 20 cm of my fibula (lower bone) since April 2022. MRI shows inflammation/edema in and outside the bone. Pain is getting worst.…
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Waiting on skull biopsy results
I was diagnosed with IDC (er+/pr+/her2+) and ILC 13 years ago next month. About 6 months ago I began having daily headaches which became increasingly unbearable. My primary care doctor referred me to neurology and my oncologist recommended I see neurosurgeon- they subsequently did a brain and head MRI and found a 1CM T2…
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"Fat Necrosis" six months ago, but its grown?
Hey everyone, <3 I'm TN IDC Stage 2 diagnosed back in 8/2017 at the age of 28, Chemo, Lumpectomy, Radiation. Can ya'll talk to me about your experience of Fat necrosis? I want it all. Good bad ugly, info, experience etc. I am 4 years out from finishing treatment and i just now 6 months ago was told a lump i found in my…
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Enlarged lymph node above clavicle
I don't normally worry but I know my body. I have an enlarged lymph node above my clavicle. Not huge but noticeable. It's not painful, moves a little bit and has been there for over a month. I just had a check up in June and it wasn't there. They did a CT and have a tiny spot in my lung that is new also and are doing a…
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Bone metastasis or osteoporosis. Very anxious.
Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with Stage 1a, Grade 3 IDC in August 2020. 3 tumors all about 1 cm each. 1 of 4 nodes had a micromet. Onco of 34. Had a double mastectomy 4 rounds off DD AC and 4 of DD Taxol. Then right on to arimidex which I still take despite aches and pains. I fell at the beach in August and then lifted a…
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Rib Pain
Hi, approx a year ago, I started with a pain in my ribs on my left side (cancer was on my right). I waited it out to see if it would go away and it didn’t. In the fall, I got an X-ray and ct scan (w & w/o contrast) of the area. Ribs looked fine, but there was a cyst on spleen that the report suggests may be source of pain.…
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Controlling fear
Hi. I had shoulder pain and thought it was rotator cuff or shoulder impingement. The X-ray came back with a lucent lesion on my bone. I have an mri tomorrow and I’m stressed. Just so scared, sick to my stomach. I know worrying won’t help and I tell myself that but it doesn’t help. Any advice out there for me?
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Elevated ferritin?
hi all! I had my annual check up with my PCP in July. Everything was ok, only thing he showed concern about was my ferritin level. The normal range goes up to 150 and mine was 350. So not off the charts high but he definitely wants me to follow up when I see my MO at the end of this month. He mentioned some things that can…
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Signatera blood test for detecting molecular residual disease
I’ve just finished my chemo (year), surgery and radiation and even though I had a PCR after the neoadjuvant TCHP, I’m super anxious about this recurring given that my tumor was HER2+/Hormone negative with a Ki67 of 90%. (Anything over 20% is classified as “high” so knowing mine is 90% seems like extremely bad news. My MO…
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Re: How to know Mets or when to do more exams?
Hi everyone, I am writing this post on behalf of my mom. She is recently diagnosed with invasive breast cancer on February 11, lump size 1.3cmx1cmx1.3cm. Grade 2, ER+/HER2-. She is 58 years old and choosing bilateral mastectomy without reconstruction. The surgery is scheduled on March 11, 2022. We have met with our nurse…
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Taken By Surprise...
Hello....I have not posted here for a very long time but now find myself needing support so thank you in advance for your responses. I am a nine year BC survivor and had a double mastectomy with implants in 2013. I did 8 rounds of chemo and did Femara for five years...I was Estrogen positive with Lobular carcinoma stage 2B…
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Scary Symptoms -- Brain Mets?
For the past two weeks, I've had a numb/tingly feeling on the right side of my face. I have some very moderate pain in the back right of my skull that comes and goes, along with this tingly/prickly/numb feeling radiating from beneath my right eye all the way to my right ear -- It is a crazy weird sensation that also comes…
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Hair suddenly falling out, scalp skin lesions
I have not been able to access health care since a bilateral mastectomy in August 2020. I have taken jobs that did not have days off, trying to keep paying for rent and food, about to return to school for a third master's degree since I've only been able to find a little over minimum wage jobs here in California for the…
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Lung Nodule
At has been 5 years since my diagnosis and treatment. I recently had a CT due to some smelling in my armpit and they found a 3mm lung nodule in my right lower lobe. This is a new finding that wasn't there 8 months ago. My Dr said it is to small to biopsy and could be inflammation. I have a repeat CT in 3 months to see if…
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Am I just being paranoid? Dental X-ray concern.
I had routine panoramic films done at the dentist recently. He was going over them with me and points to an area on my lower jaw and says it is “ just a bone abnormality .” Of course i internally panic. I called and got a copy of the X-ray and thought I would show it to my RO as I have one last appointment with him in…
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Incidental finding in lung
Hi all, thanks in advance for your comments. I just had a heart calcium score done and the CT scan found “atelectasis/consolidation” in my lower right lung. The scan notes did say that “no determinant mass or suspicious nodes are seen.” However, I cannot figure out why this has happened to my lower lung. I do have seasonal…
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(pCr) after neoadjuvant chemo, still worried about recurrence.
Diagnosed with Her2+, ER/PR Negative, Ki-67 90%, Stage 2B IDC, 2 positive nodes worried that even with pCr some people still have recurrence. Are any others in this same situation? I understand that the high Ki-67 is a double edge sword… it should respond well to Herceptin and Perjeta (which it did) but if there are any…
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Is the MRI needed now or not?
After working out on the treadmill (had not exercised in years) every day for over a month. No stretches or slow start or slow down. Hit it hard and heavy every single day for 1 - 1.7 miles. No discomfort. After 3 weeks I mentioned during my routine video visit with my family doc that (only) my gluteal muscles felt tight…
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What does “bone pain” feel like when cancer has spread there?
I know variations of this question have been asked. I'm looking for some specifics. I have had pain in the lower left side of my back for five weeks now. Sometimes when it's bad, I feel it in my whole hip area. My doctor is aware and we're keeping an eye on it. It's getting worse, but I want to know what the “bone pain"…
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Lower abdomen pain right side
Hi friends I have been having pain in my lower abdomen near the pelvis. Got the X-ray done and it was normal. Doctor is not concerned but says we will do an ultrasound. Has anyone had a similar pain in lower abdomen ? Thank
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MRI can’t rule out pelvic metastasis
I started Tamoxifen in late January and was given a list of symptoms to call the gynecologist about if they showed up because I'm premenopausal. Well, three weeks ago, I had about four days of abnormal spotting and I called. Ultrasound of the pelvis ordered and completed within a week. Results were a possible hemorrhagic…
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Dreading Upcoming Appointment
I was diagnosed three years ago and treatment was quick and aggressive. I've always had a mix of uninterest in and fear of all things medical, but I have done what a “responsible person" is supposed to do. Around the same time as my breast cancer diagnosis, I was having extremely heavy periods and was found to have large…
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Should I be concerned?
* hope all is well. Your MRI of the thoracic spine report is as follows:1. Nonspecific enhancing 7 mm focus in the T8 vertebral body.2. Minimal degenerative changes without significant spinalcanal stenosis or foraminal narrowing.3. No evidence for compression fracture.RECOMMENDATION: Follow up MRI of the thoracic spine,…
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Lots of symptoms and worried
please tell me if I'm over reacting, or under reacting. I tend to under react and don't go the the dr until things are at a breaking point, and really bad. Short back story...family history of BC, dense breast, 3 benign masses in rt. Breast 3 yrs ago. Was suppose to follow up at 6 months to watch things, and never did…
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MRI showing brain tumor
I was just told yesterday my occular migraine is a tumor. The radiologist suspects mets from the breast because it is so close to my dx, but said the mass resembles a high grade glioma. I'm seeing the neurosurgeon this evening, getting a pet scan soon. The mass is over 3x4 cm. I've suspected this, thought it would happen…
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First bone scan
I was diagnosed with triple neg last year and went through treatment, but developed some mild neck pain after radiation for a few months when lying on my side & MO ordered an MRI. The MRI showed a non-discernible lesion in one of my cervical bones but radiology could not tell what it was & MO said it didn't look bright…
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It was scar tissue, but now what?
I posted in an earlier thread about a scare that turned out to be scar tissue. This was great news, relatively speaking, but after consulting with the PA at my breast surgeon’s office I have a new set of unknowns. I’d really just intended to ask about how to manage/treat scar tissue and maybe prevent more from happening,…
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Thoracic CT results
I have been losing weight over the past year or so unintentionally. I was dx with Type 2 diabetes in 2020. I mildly changed my diet and I’m on Metformin. I have been heavy my entire adult life and have been on multiple diets where I would lose up to 20 pounds then gain it back. I have lost 35 pounds, 15 pounds since…
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Possible bone Mets collarbone
Hi all - I was originally diagnosed in 2010 with stage 1 IDC. Had lumpectomy, radiation, and tamoxifen. All was well then a few weeks ago this pimple-like growth appeared on my collarbone. I wasn’t really worried until this weekend when I noticed an area the size of a half dollar was swollen and the collarbone itself seems…
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Subtle enhancement on good side -- any similar stories?
Hello. I tried posting this before but it did not work, so I apologize if this is a repeat. My wife just finished up chemotherapy and radiation about six months ago for recurrent localized breast cancer. She recently had her six month mammogram for the good side. Initial radiology report said that everything looked clear.…