Liver spots

homeschool4us

Hi everyone. I am 39, 8 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma a few weeks ago. I am also the mother of 8 children already. I am scheduled to undergo a mastectomy next Wednesday with axillary lymph node disection. Yesterday, I had mammograms, fine needle aspiration of my lymph nodes, a chest xray, blood work, and a liver ultrasound. The mammogram showed calcification so we decided on a mastectomy rather than the original lumpectomy we had planned. The chest xray and blood work were clear. The liver ultrasound showed spots. The doctor said that during pregnancy they won't do a CT scan to see if they are cancerous or not. She said they often find them and are often benign hemangiomas. Of course I am now distraught with the idea that my cancer may have metastisized and may have a very poor prognisis. I don't understand why they did this test if they can't follow up on the results right now and if it would not change my treatment at this point. I don't know how to stop thinking that this means the worst. Anyone else have benign liver spots? If it has spread to my liver does that mean I won't live very long at all? I desperately need some reassurance.

bevin

I am sorry you are dealing with this and I have not had a similar experience but wanted to stop by and give support. I know others with similar experiences will be by soon to provide input.

dlb823

homeschool, I'm so sorry about your bc dx. And yes, I have a liver hemangioma that was initially thought to be liver mets. I can still see the look on my oncologist's face as he shared that report's findings with me. It was horrible. Thank goodness I knew that I have a pre-existing liver hemangioma and was able to come up with an old PET scan for comparison that showed it was not liver mets.

I know it's hard, but try not to worry about it. It's very common to have nondescript things on our livers and in our lungs, sometimes just leftover artifacts or scaring from previous illnesses, etc. Perhaps your doctors can watch those spots via ultrasound, to be sure there are no changes in the next few months. That would hopefully ease your mind. (((Hugs))) and good luck with your surgery. Deanna

PoohBear-61

Homeschool .....ive been off the discussion boards for a while and just signed in to take a peak .....saw your post .....and yes ive got 3 tiny liver spots,found during CT scan .....Oncologist said they were benign and that a lot of people have this ..... try not to worry !

HUgzzzz