met to lymph node in mediastinum

I have mets in so many places, I've lost count.  Having said that, my QOL right now is excellent.

I just found out recently that I had mets to the posterior mediastinal lymph node.  After 6 cycles of Xeloda/Tykerb it has resolved. 

Best of luck to you.

Seeing Cheryl's post above just made me jump on my chair. It's taken a few seconds to recall which year we're in...

I reacted in the same way as Jan. I do wish people would look carefully before resurrecting old and defunct threads. The original poster hasn't logged in since Jan last year, so she hasn't even been on the boards, let alone returned to this thread, in all that time. I can see the point to resurrecting old threads if they contain useful information which may help us-but this certainly doesn't fall into this category. I agree it was upsetting to see Cheryl's post.

OMG - this was upsetting.  Seeing Cheryl's post scared me - I thought that I was going nuts.  I don't get it - is this a current question -- why is an old post listed.  Bless Cheryl's memory.

So very sorry I almost did the same thing without even looking at the responses.

Sorry,

Cat

Long term survivor here. I can't remember though if I had mediastinal nodes involved. I had intramammary nodes affected as well as axillary nodes and a spinal lesion. My de novo diagnosis was 10 years ago. My daughter was 7 then. It is a scary time but you will get the hang of the new treatment and settle into a new routine with your daughter. She will keep you distracted for sure and hopefully will be a great source of support. Keep us updated on what's happening with a new post as this is an older thread.   

I was diagnosed with Mets to mediastinal node. It has just been two years. I am ER positive and hers 2 negative. I have an 11 year old daughter and completely understand your anxiety. Hearing from and reading about long term survivors helps me a lot when the anxiety is strong. I hope you get excellent results. Please let us know.

hi! I’m getting biopsy results on 10/27 (worst part is waiting)! Suspect (PET LIT UP-lung pleura bilateral lungs=multiple nodules & nodes etc) Stage 4 Mets to Mediastinal node & lungs/pleura! Pending bronchoscopy results of nodes (decided not to do lung biopsy—not sure while & makes me nervous that if lungs aren’t biopsies how do we know if treating this efficiently?). I have 2 teens girl 18 (away at college-in Calif) & 16 yo boy & very supportive hubby (I think abbrev is DH). We haven’t told them anything until we get results & thinking of waiting until after New Years (depending if chemo/Tx regime dictates we need to tell them sooner or not). I’m not sure as well as to the etiquette of using this thread vs opening a new post & do not even know how to do that—any guidance is welcome! Certainly have utmost respect for any who go before us (ie Angels!) Any other helpful info is welcome! so many ?'s re: prognosis, Test & treatment protocol etc. & I keep seeing that I should have an NCI doctor which I’m not so sure about how to be sure about oncologist and how to build my team? Also, is second opinion really a good idea—like back in 2010–the whole process leading to Dx and Tx Plan is sooo slow—I feel I should take Dx and make a plan and move forward as quickly as possible—even though logically it has taken 7 years to become aware of my METS; so another month getting second opinion cannot hurt. Last ?: my ONC back in 2011 after my surgeries allowed me to stop Tamoxifen due to side effects and was to “do some scans” & put me in AI once my blood tests showed I was in Post-menopause—but she never dideither! I feel terribly guilty not insisting and advocating for myself; again logic says I may have done all that & still Mets resulted? Also feel guilty that I didn’t see nutritionist & get active after initial do & Tx—battled depression for a couple years after 6 surgeries & initial do! I do agree it is extremely helpful with my anxiety to see others who have faced this or similar mets...reading posts of similar DX not only give me much hope; but it gives one a clearer picture than what my image/imagination of stage 4 DX means and what it actually means. This forum speaks volumes as to the strength one can find within themselves. Sorry to Ramble! I’m a bit scattered & having Brain MRI THURSDAY (day before biopsy results are shared! Oh one more ? Please: my INC is making me wait 7 days after bronchoscope and neither her or Bronch doc will even share preliminary results (even though pathologist was present to confirm that “good/sufficient” samples were taken for biopsy & they expect it to yield good results (which in translation means that the node cells looked atypical enough to confirm that they are cancerous! Thx to everyone and if I should repost this under another “new” post—please advise and I will figure out how to do so!