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Neck lump
Hello, I am two+ years out from breast cancer, no recurrence but I obsess about it constantly. This morning while getting ready I felt a very small lump which feels like it is on a tendon on my neck...it is very small, pea sized??? Is it possibly just a swollen lymph node? Going to pcp tomorrow to get it checked. Is it…
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Five months post mastectomy to flat part of scar thick
hey, has anyone had an experience where the mastectomy scaring felt firm and raised or thick? I'm not sure if it was like that before or if it is new. Messaged my onco today.
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Is it ever not liver cancer??
I had an MRI last week (without contrast) to look at my adrenals due to a blood pressure issue. (I have Epstein Barr Virus and it’s caused a lot of random issues) Well, that MRI popped up with a 1.3 lesion on my liver! Now I get to have another one done, with contrast, in a 3T MRI machine. I have had pain on my right side…
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Ache on right side under rib
As others have stated, I go from one recurrence worry to another! For the past 2 weeks I have had a weird feeling/ache towards the bottom of my right rib cage, more towards the middle. It comes and goes, does not bother me at night. Sometimes seems to go away after eating or with activity. Back in June I had a bump in my…
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Ca 15-3 elevated Dr Not Concerned?
Wife Diagnosed age 36 in 1987, lumpectomy and rad, then a new BC same breast, in 1990, different pathology so they said it was a different, new cancer, not recurrence. Mastectomy, no other treatment necessary, very small early stage. Since then, disease free for 25 years, and was seeing Onc once a year, after the first…
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Leg fatigue/weakness, but no pain
I've got something odd going on, and I'm debating whether I should make an appointment with my MO. Sorry that this is so long, but it's such a weird problem. I was feeling fine up until Monday afternoon on the 23rd. I was at work, and had done my usual amount of walking and climbed a ladder a few times. These are regular…
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Tumor Marker changes
Hello! I am 33 and now a little over 3 years past my mastectomy to treat stage 1 IDC breast cancer. My tumor was about 1.9 cm with a 1 mm branching off, no node involvement. My oncologist has been taking my CA 15-3 tumor markers at each blood test. I have gone for follow up visits every 3 months and we do a blood test…
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CA 27-29 at 100!
I am 3.5 years post stage I IDC(lumpectomy/radiation) and my doctor tests for CMs every year. Always normal until today and my CA 27-29 is 101.9! Anyone have false positives? I’m freaking out. I took a retest today - will find out results in next few days.
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Spots on Liver - CT Scan
Hi, I was just told that CT detected two spots on my liver. It didn't pick up any node involvement. My dr thinks these might be cysts. She ordered MRI to confirm but I don't know how long it takes till I get a call. I asked her if there are stats for distant metastasis without node involvement but she didn't have an…
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HELP! Stomach Issues and Weight Loss
At the beginning of the year, I started a new "diet" (not really a diet, just wanted to start eating better and exercising regularly again). Well I got off to a great start....but my eating: I have ZERO appetite. I lost 20 pounds in about 6 weeks, and right now, I've been pretty stable, but my appetite is still not there.…
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Segmentally distributed microcalcifications. Worried sick.
Dx with IDC 2B in February 2020. A/C ->T Lumpectomy September 2020 and 25 radiation treatments. I just had my first 6 month follow up mammogram. I was told that it showed segmentally distributed microcalcifications and is suspicious for DCIS. BIRADS 4. Dr. Google is only making the description seem more grim. Biopsy Is…
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Skin Mets?
A few months ago I noticed several flesh colored bumps, almost blister like, on my cancer side. This evening when I undressed i noticed that they have all turned red. I am attaching a pic, hope thats ok. Can anyone that has experienced mets to skin describe their experience? The sudden color change has me very scared.…
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What does local recurrence after mastectomy look like?
Hi, what are the various ways that a local recurrence after mastectomy could look like?
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Tumor markers
Wasn't sure where to put this, so I put it under this topic. If your CA 15-3 and CA 27-29 increase but are still within normal limits, does that mean anything? When I was diagnosed, mine were in normal limits, but on the higher end. Now I'm being evaluated for recurrence and they have both increased but still within normal…
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Tingling/Buzzing in leg
Anyone had tingling in their leg? I’m not experiencing any pain. It started in January. My primary said it sounded like sciatica and prescribed a steroid pack. It didn’t help so I went to the chiro. The adjustments have helped with the tingling in my upper/outer thigh and calf. But now I feel like it’s moved to my shin,…
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Swollen lymph nodes and the covid vaccination
I just posted this over in the "Not diagnosed but worried" forum but I thought I would post it here too. New mammogram guidelines issued for people who get vaccinated The covid vaccination (and probably others) can cause swollen lymph nodes. This is a normal reaction to the vaccination and can indicate that it is working…
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Well this sucks.
A few days ago I posted this in another thread: “I'm just feeling f'ing ripped off. My tumor was 2.1 cm so barely into stage 2, with clean margins and no lymph node involvement. I took the nuclear option of BMX followed by chemo, because I was only 40 and wanted to minimize risk. I have taken tamoxifen every day. After 5…
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Joining the club - is my back pain/sciatica bone mets?
I am just over 2 years out from stage 3C diagnosis. I had the whole shebang -- chemo, rads, tamox and now AI and zometa. A few months ago I started having pain down my right leg and some numbness as well. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago and it has become excruciating. I have been doing gentle yoga, heat, NSAIDs, but…
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Intermittent hip pain, worried.
Hello, I have been having intermittent hip pain since the middle of October. It is not triggered by anything specific, I don’t typically wake with the pain but it presents itself as the day wears on. I can go some days with very mild pain that I probably wouldn’t recognize if I wasn’t hyper aware due to my history. Other…
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Should I be worried? Anyone with a similar experience?
Hello my bc sisters, I'm almost 4 months post bilateral mastectomy, and have found two lumps close to my sternum on my non cancer (right) side. My onco sent me for an ultrasound, and it showed what looks like fat necrosis encapsulating calcifications. My breast surgeon is aware (my onco wants them removed and sent to…
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New lump under ear
Scared to death. Again. Never ends. I reached up to rub a place under my ear on my cancer side because it hur a little, and there’s a palpable lump there. I happened to be on the way to the dermatologist at the time. He checked it and said it’s moveable, but referred me to my onco. Don’t know what I’m looking for, but just…
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Pleural Effusion Concern
Folks, I thought I would reach out to the forum for some input on behalf of my mom. She is almost at the end of her treatment for breast cancer (ER- PR-HER2+. She started with chemotherapy last January (AC + T), surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation therapy. She has had a dry cough for a couple of months now and…
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Elevated ALP
Can somebody talk me off the cliff again? In Feb my ALP was 88. In jun, it was at the upper end of normal 114, but my MO said the difference was likely due to the fact that the Feb one was done by a different lab. Now, last week my pre-chemo labs done at the same lab as the Feb test, show an ALP of 118, which is over the…
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Slightly elevated ALT/AST: talk me off the cliff
First time I've been terrified in a long time, but I guess it comes with the fear of recurrence territory. I'm weeping, not sleeping, having nightmares. I have a telemed appt tomorrow with my new oncologist (I've only seen him once before in November for a check up-everything was fine-all labs normal, nothing to worry…
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recurrence in the skin after a mastectomy
Can anyone describe what a recurrence in the skin would look like? I had a mastectomy 11/2018 and exchange surgery 11/2019. My scars looked great up until a few weeks ago. I used to have just a scar that was a straight line and it was getting lighter and lighter over time. Now it looks like the scar is Y shaped, as there…
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Fear of Mets is RUINING my life
As you can see from my diagnosis, I could not be more of a high-risk patient in terms of chance of mets! A part of me has actually accepted that I will likely die of BC, but what I cannot accept is that this could be soon, before age 35 or 40. (I am 32 now). I am thoroughly paralyzed with fear, and it has gotten worse, not…
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underarm odor on my surgery side
I was diagnosed with stage 2A breast cancer in February 2009. I had surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy and I'm currently taking Tamoxifen. A few months ago I noticed a pain in my underarm on my surgery side. I've been checked and the pain was due to a rib fracture. I also had two more rib fractures. I had a CT…
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Stiff Neck
I'm not even sure if this is a concern for bc recurrence or not but here goes. Around December or January I awoke with a stiff neck on the right side. Ordinarily it should have gone away within a couple of days. I still have it. This past saturday I awoke with a headache on that side that seemed to be agrivated every time…
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neck pain- not mets?
Hi Just wondering if there are stories out there of neck pain that turned out to be--- arthritis? Stress? Too much computer use? Anyone experience burning at the nape of the neck & btw shoulder blades? Stiffness. Obviously- quite worried. ok. No terrified. The crying/irrational kind. Trying to remember there can be other…
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Mets to GI tract?
I have to schedule an endoscopic biopsy due to symptoms of concern to my oncologist that have not resolved. Anyone experienced Mets to the GI tract? I’ve read that the main primaries that metastasize to the GI tract are melanoma and breast. My onc said she has seen a few of her past triple negative patients metastasize to…