Skin Mets?

germangal

Help! Recently I started having small watery blisters on the bottom edge of my old radiation field, right where the bottom of the bra is. (and when I say small, I mean small - like a little pimple).  I am clueless as to how skin mets present, so I don't know if this is something to call onc about or leave alone until my appt in October. When I had boobs, I would occasionally get little skin irritations in this area ,,, perhaps I'm being overly alert? Can any one tell me what skin mets might look like?

Thanks!

germangal

Thanks, Bonnie. I'm not sure that the pictures reflect what my little pimples look like - in the pictures, they look more like small cysts - mine are more like little water blisters that can be popped (in fact, I popped one & clear liquid oozed out for a couple of minutes, just like a blister.)  Also, mine are several inches below my surgical scar, right on the edge of the radiation field, where I had some 2nd degree burns.

DH can't tell either, he thinks it is dermatitis from the hot flash sweat that built up under the bra I wore every day last week for the first time. I also think he tends to be optimistic about these things while I'm more pessimistic. I think I will ask my former radiation nurse, who works in the cancer center where I volunteer, to look at it when I am there Wednesday.

In the meantime, thank you, thank you, for being there. I had a "pity me party" with my cats last hour. I get SO ANGRY & UPSET with God sometimes when I think about this cancer crap. I've been a "good girl" all my life, took care of parents & siblings when they needed assistance, worked & saved money, got BS & MS degrees while working full-time & serving in the Army Reserves & teaching Sunday School ... I really would like to know why He feels I need this additional test at this time in my life, what is He trying to prove. I have read Amber's blog and envy her her faith and trust. I am struggling getting to that point .... especially tonight while I worry about this newest "thing."

Oh well - darkest before the dawn. Tomorrow will be a better day!

Again, thanks, Bonnie! And - safe travels!

Karen

germangal

Thanks, Bonnie.  If I was still menstruating, I would have blamed my "pity party" on PMS, guess I will now blame it on Femara

My "snuggle cat" sleeps wherever she could get on the bed. Her favorite spot recently is on the pillows, behind my head. When I was recovering and my hair was actually growing, she started that and licked my emerging hair, like it was "kitten fuzz" - cute but yucky!

Blisters had healed up y'day, but today I did exercise, without shirt & bra, got sweaty & now I noticed a couple have re-emerged ... so I will have the radiation nurse take a look at them tomorrow. It's been 2 years since I had radiation, but the skin in this particular area has always been sensitive, so until told otherwise, I will keep on thinking that it's just related to sweat & not something else.

Take care

Karen