Shortness of breath, aggravated by exertion

worriednlost

Hi.

 My mom went through chemo and surgery and was told she is NED. The original diagnosis was triple negative inflammatory breast cancer. It was only in the breast and it touched one node. PET scan was done. Two months has past since TAC chemo and one month since surgery (MX). There was no cancer found in the breast or the node and the pathology report came with good news. She had a cough before diagnosis that remained at the same level. I mentioned that multiple times to the oncologist and his reply was that it is normal sometimes and  it could also be a side effect of chemo. In the last month or so her coughing  and short of breath became worse and is felt when she is moving or being active. If she is sitting down she is ok. She has somewhat dry cough. There were multiple tests done on the heart, the heart seems fine. The chest x-ray shows up normal. The ct-scan came in with some defuse something (inflammation ?).  The was no solid mass. Fogging in the lungs ? She was given a diuretic and that did not work, so now she was given a steroid to remove the defuse inflammation, started taking them today.  Today we saw her rads oncologist and he seemed alarmed but he didn't say much. He postponed her rads marking and treatment by 3 weeks.  We have met him for second time and I am not sure if it just his style or there is something to really to worry about or he is speculating. 

Anyone had a similar experience or has any words of encouragement. She is being seen by a  pulmonologist and he is overseeing the diagnosis.  Going to meet the medical oncologist on Thursday and not sure what to expect. Really nervous  and hoping its not mets to the lungs.