Long thin thing just appeared on my chest! Help!

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Meggy
Meggy Member Posts: 530
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Long thin thing just appeared on my chest! Help!
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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited September 2011

    It turned out to be nothing!!!!  

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    Please let me know if anyone has any experience with something like this.  Right where my tumor was originally, a long thin thing appeared under my skin.  I have no implant there...no boob, just ribs really.  Can a local recurrence come in the form of a long thin rope like object?  I can't get into my oncologist till next week wednesday.  I don't know how I will be able to wait. 

    Anyone ever heard of this?

    Thanks my sisters....I feel really worried.  I hope it is nothing.

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  • Racy
    Racy Member Posts: 2,651
    edited August 2011

    Meggy, I can imagine how stressful this must be for you. Sorry I can't help with a diagnosis but as you can't see your oncologist for a week, to alleviate your distress I am wondering if you could see another doctor?  I actually thought this is something that a breast surgeon might look at but I could be wrong. 

    Could you see your primary care doctor?  Maybe you could show it to the primary doctor and he/she could call the specialist and discuss it on the phone?  That is what I did when I had an unexplained rash.  The onc was able to make an educated guess on the phone about what it was (fortunately in my case not serious). You may need to have a scan and it would be good if that could be organised sooner.

    I am just thinking it might make you feel a bit better rather than enduring not knowing for another week.  I hope it turns out ok. I will say a prayer for you.

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  • chillipadi
    chillipadi Member Posts: 151
    edited August 2011

    I have been dealing with the tumor breaking thorugh my skin for almost 3 years now. Usually, when it starts, it's in the form of seeds or rice grains, but it can also take other shapes. If you don't get it in check, it can quickly grow into ridges and large lumps. I had lumps as large as oranges form after the tumor broke through the skin. It's early days for you yet, so this should be relatively easy to control. Hopefully, it will turn out to be nothing.

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited August 2011

    That sounds odd. Could it be a vein or something that popped out a bit? I wish your doc could get you in sooner to put your mind at ease, but maybe it will go away before then. Sorry I am not more help to you, but I have never heard of a recurrence like that. Maybe an inflamed muscle? Scar tissue that broke up a bit?

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  • tibet
    tibet Member Posts: 545
    edited August 2011

    Meggy

    Can you call your Onc for an emergency scan or have a look at it? When is your appointment with the Onc? Do not panic and maybe it is just nothing. Hope other ladies can come to help.... 

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  • revkat
    revkat Member Posts: 763
    edited August 2011

    Google Mondor's syndrome and see if that sounds like what you have. I was freaked out by these cord that appeard running down my abdomen several years after surgery, only to find out that they are common following breast surgery. They resolved by themselves.

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  • minxie
    minxie Member Posts: 484
    edited August 2011

    Might be cording - I've heard of if after mastectomy and reconstruction

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  • sandejosgirl
    sandejosgirl Member Posts: 57
    edited August 2011

    I have cording through my armpit and into the underside of my arm on my mast side. Don't know if that is what yours is, but feels like a thin hard rope (spaghetti sized or a bit bigger). Cording is the lymph drainage vessels that get damaged in surgery dieing off.

    Hope you get in soon, have a peaceful weekend.

    ~Stephanie

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  • Kayrem
    Kayrem Member Posts: 164
    edited August 2011

    Hi Meggy



    It is good that you are getting this checked out but it does sound like Mondor's. I got one after my biopsy that ran from my nipple up to my armpit. After my surgery it ran through my armpit down my arm. It was distressing but the surgeon told me it was nothing - just an inflamed vein.



    Your line does sound like it. I won't say "try not to worry about it" because it totally freaked me out but nobody seemed particularly concerned about it with me.



    Take care

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited September 2011

    Good news!!!!  I got to see my oncologist and my breast surgeon.  Both agreed that it was nothing because they pointed out to me that I had a whole row of them....like a corn field.  It is clearly just my anotomy or cording or anything is fine that can't take me down!  Thank you all for responding.

    Meg

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  • Lynn18
    Lynn18 Member Posts: 416
    edited September 2011

    Meggy:  

    I am glad to hear your good news--it's always scary to find something like that.  Good that you had it checked out so you can relax! 

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  • Kayrem
    Kayrem Member Posts: 164
    edited September 2011

    Great news Meggy



    I thought it sounded like cording but nobody can blame us when every time something out of the ordinary happens we get sacred.



    I also have young kids and I find a lot of inspiration in the fact that you are doing so well this far out from diagnosis.



    Karen

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited September 2011

    Thanks ladies!!!!!   I'm having surgery tomorrow to swap out my old expander and get a regular (but small) implant...non cancer side.  I hate surgery....makes me nervous....but it's a little one (the surgery and the floob).

    M

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