Calling All with Tumors 6 cm +

Hi Ingido,



I did have quite a lot of pain (thankfully, because thats what kept reminding me to keep going back to the doctors). In fact when I had my first mammo, it only hurt because the lump was being squished. I hear what you are saying about the hormone thing too, my 'good' breast has lots of pain within my cycle.



Keep being brave lovely, you're doing great :-) xxx

Hi Indigo, the first time I didn't feel anything.  I was really shocked when I found out about the large nodule in my left breast.  The second time, I had a feeling it was back as the new nodule, again large, was rubbing up against my scar from the old incision.  The bra was uncomfortable and I would have a 'pinch' or stab feeling every now and then.  And, at night it was sore after I removed my bra.

I am now having a 'stab' feeling in the right one.  Am having my tests next month--we'll see.

Hi lago, Thank you for the info.  I am going to have a good chat with my ONC next month and see what we can do, if anything.  If this BC is in my right breast, then I'll not have to worry about recon.  Appreciate your research and kind words.

All the best to you all, Hope

Goforhope, I have my DX info in the tag line to help others as they helped me. It gives context to what people are posting. I am stage 3. If, for example, someone posts that she is all hopeful and has put the cancer behind her, it makes a difference to me whether that poster had stage 0 or stage 3.

Hmmm!  Well, I guess the light is on at the end of that (hormonal pain) tunnel.  They called me this a.m. and my BMX is scheduled for 3/30.  I am taking all the walks I can between now and then!  LOL, so far I look like I'm in perfect health except for the big C too (and I have the estrogen positive receptors too).  Not sure what that means since I'm having BMX, but I'm sure I'll find out.

Hugs to all!!

Hi all, so I just found out yesterday that my surgery is - tomorrow!  Fortunately my planning wasn't so airtight that I couldn't change anything and my sis is coming out Thursday evening for a few days.  So - less than 12 hours now to go....

Thanks for all of the support, prayers and well wishes!   I'll be back on line as soon as I'm able.

Yep hubby is doing the honors shortly.

Good Luck IndigoMont11. I found the surgery the easiest part of all my treatments. I hope this will be true for you as well.

Thanks eveuryone! Surgery went well and I was discharged today. So far doing okay with the drains. Hubby and sons are helping with them. They did do an axillary lymph node dissection on the left side and that is the most sore.

I was a little nervous but I kept remembering that you were with me. And I could feel prayer all around me.

I haven' t had a ton of drianage either so i'm hoping the drains can come out before long.

Welcome to the otherside Indigo. My drains came out in a week. Would have been sooner but my PS doesn't work on the weekends. Some of us are lucky and get them out sooner rather than later. I had 2 drains, one for each side.

They also just called with the path report.  This whole business has moved at warp speed!  Anyway, they found a total of 3 tumors.  Two were smaller than 3 mm, and the largest one they are saying now was 5.2 cm.  They also said that there were 4 positive nodes... But otherwise, all margins were clear and there was no skin or chest wall involvement.

I see the oncologist on 4/4.  Pretty sure chemo will be next!

Hugs to all - your support helps so much.

My primary tumour was 6 cm, but had metastacized to my lungs, bones, and liver, so I had chemo only (Taxol) and no surgery. I'm on Tamoxifen and have a monthly Zoladex implant to shut down my ovaries. I was diagnosed on July 12, had a breast biopsy on July 13 and was in chemo on August 5, 2011. So I know about warp speed indigomont11. Fytnlykeagirl, I did 18 weekly treatments of Taxol and my tumours responded well, especially the first three rounds. I'm stable right now and hoping to find that my April 17 scan shows me dancing with NED ; ) Your first Taxol treatment is on my birthday but I just have to stop by my cancer centre for my fresh Zoladex implant. Quite the way to celebrate, huh? You'll do just fine. There's a board for those of us who've been on Taxol, in case you need some info and advice.

Woohoo ladies!  So glad for your news - as I wait to see what the oncologist's plan is, you give me hope and inspiration.

It's been one week today since my BMX.  I've been reading with interest the posts on post- mastectomy pain syndrome and realizing that I might be dealing with the tight feeling (like there's a rope tied around my chest) for awhile.  At least they did take out one of my 3 drains yesterday! The other two are still draining about 35 - 40 ccs a day, but I'm hoping for continued improvement by my appointment with the surgeon next Tuesday.

Hugs to all!  Indigo

Great news j-bug! Xxx

Hey! Any of you big tumor girls out there? What's going on? I have my 1st post dx mammogram on my remaining breast tomorrow. I feel like this is a milestone of sorts. My dx date was April 25th so that will be a milestone too.



I am on Xeloda right now. And anastrozole which I forget is a kind of chemotherapy too. I am achy and sore all the time. I went to Disneyland last week and chose to walk the 1st day but was so exhausted that from them on I used a wheelchair so I could stay with my teenagers most of the time. The wheelchair was a weird experience for me. For many reasons. In the end I was glad I didn't stay stubborn refusing to be helped w the chair.



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