more worrying...

txstardust
txstardust Member Posts: 599
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

So, I noticed a lump that hasn't gone away over the last several weeks.  I had a lumpectomy, and previously felt a hardness around the scar site that got much softer over time.  This lump seems to have developed in the last month.  Of course, I am obsessing over it and worrying about it.  Today, looking in the mirror, I noticed a big indentation on that breast that I had not noticed before.  It is more pronounced when I raise my arms and if I pull up on the breast.  Of course, all of the searching around I have done say this is not a good sign.  I have already called my onc and he couldn't fit me in until Monday.  I am making myself sick with worry.  Somebody PLEASE tell me that a lump and indentation could be something else!!!

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November 2010

    txstardust- I dont really have a good answer for you, just wanted to send a hug your way and let you know you will be in my thoughts and prayers, One thought though could it be scar tissue? I hope so!!!

    Warm hugs,

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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited November 2010

    could be scar tissue. I recently had a biopsy because my onc felt something at the scar. Radiologist didn't feel it nor see much in an ultrasound but did a biopsy in the area anyway and there was nothing there. Had follow up MRI and still nothing there.

    could be the tissues changing. Try to relax until you get your answers...

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  • annadou
    annadou Member Posts: 221
    edited November 2010

    Is it possible thats its lymphedema-it gets all fibrotic as well as swelling also a bit painful.....

    I have also just discovered big stretch mark like things round my scar and I wasnt sure if I should start paniking but because of the lymphedema the picture gets confused.....

    AND my sister has just had a needle biopsy for suspected BC

    No chance of forgetting this **** is there ?

    My best wishes to you

    Anna

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  • txstardust
    txstardust Member Posts: 599
    edited November 2010

    Thank you ladies for the supportive thoughts.  I do hope it's scar tissue, but the fact that it feels different than the previous scar tissue is concerning to me.  Not to mention the indentation.

    Anna, you're right - no chance of leaving this behind!  Wish I had never heard the word cancer... 

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  • txstardust
    txstardust Member Posts: 599
    edited November 2010

    I was able to get through to my BS today, and he'll squeeze me in this afternoon.  I have this terrible sinking feeling about the inevitability of it all.   I've never wanted to be wrong so much in my life! 

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November 2010

    Hope he has some encouraging words for you today, please keep us posted

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  • txstardust
    txstardust Member Posts: 599
    edited November 2010

    Thanks, Debbie.  Went this afternoon, and he agreed that there is definitely something there that was not there at my last mammo in August.  So, I'm not imagining it (I was seriously worried that I was!).  He tried to see if he could do a fine needle aspiration, but it's solid and not fluid-filled.  All I saw a small bit of reddish tissue in the syringe.  Red is bloody, which isn't good, from what I've read.  

    I was analyzing every word he said and how he said it.  Like, after he couldn't get anything out of the mass with the needle and I asked him what he thought it was, he said, "It would be more likely to be scar tissue than a new tumor."  Why didn't he just say, "I'm almost positive it's scar tissue, I just want to rule out anything else."  THEN he said, "At least I hope it's scar tissue."  That didn't inspire a lot of confidence in me.  He said since my mammo in August was clear, he was "hopeful" (there's that word again) that something new wouldn't be able to grow that fast.  Then I reminded him that before my initial diagnosis last July, I had a clear mammo in April - the same amount of time, three months.  

    He had his assistant try to set me up for a diagnositic mammo and u/s and core biopsy today, but couldn't find any place that had the availability, so I'm going in tomorrow at noon.  I am getting more nervous and scared with each passing minute.  And I'm not going to get any kind of results until next week.  

    Send me all the positive vibes you've got!! 

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited November 2010

    You've got all the positive vibes I can possibly send you.  I know you are scared, and I would be too, but it could be something else and you have to hang on to that for now.  We are all here for you and will remain with you.  Good luck tomorrow, I will be keeping you in my thoughts and awaiting your post.

    Hugs,

    Linda

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  • debbie6122
    debbie6122 Member Posts: 5,161
    edited November 2010

    yes me too, im sending good vibes your way,I know the waiting sucks maybe you can ask for some xanax to get thru this waiting perriod. as linda says good luck tomorrow

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