Rib Tenderness

Thanks for the input...like I said, I had noticed the issue long before dx and it is worse when I am not wearing a bra, almost like I can "feel" that area being brushed against (TMI saggy boobs and I have gained so much weight the past year, I was always big in the butt/thighs but just started gaining weight in the waist and above the last year and it bugs me that I can "feel it") but I cannot really describe it at all! And of course, the more I press on the actual rib, the sorer it gets!

I have no injuries to the area although that is the side my port was installed and it comes and goes.  I just have to try and logic things out loud to make myself feel better.  I had just done some research that said PETs don't always pick up bone mets and took it and run with it...DH just asked me what it was going to take to keep me from worrying all the time about everything and I truly have no idea...

Today is second round of A/C and I asked my MO about the rib issue. She said it sounded to her more like a "sensation" rather than a pain. But then told the nurse to schedule a rib panel. Which freaked me out a little until she told me she is doing it for "my mental health" I also have a spot on my head that I noticed after I shaved that she told me was prob nothing but is sending me to a dermatologist to make sure. I guess I am glad she is proactive and I suppose I don't have the luxury anymore of thinking I am just being a hypochondriac. But now I have scanxiety.

I am adding to this topic rather than starting a new one but would edit the title to add "found a lump" if I could.

My discomfort had been getting worse over the last few weeks and I had noticed a slight swelling on my left side (again, this is the opposite side from the BC).  I have googled costochondritis, truncal LE, anything I could to find some explanation. 

Then last night, as I was poking and prodding around on the area, I found a lump.  It is in the rib cage area below the left breast.  I really have to hunt for it but it is definitely there and rather large...it appears to be somewhat mobile, I can push it around.  I am absolutely beside myself with worry.  I called MO office the second they opened and 2 hours and 3 calls later finally got a call back from a nurse.  Who told me that she would note it in my file and I could talk to MO on Monday when I am supposed to come in for last A/C.  Out of desperation, I called BS office but was told she was out of town and even if she weren't, she would refer me to MO.

I am trying to be reasonable and rational and think of cyst or lipoma.  Unless my chemo is just flat out not working, I cannot imagine a tumor coming up that large in that amount of time while I am actively on the chemo.  Scan recap...combo Pet/Ct (eye to thigh) on 3/7/12  was clean.  After mentioning the discomfort to MO, had a rib series of Xrays on 4/11/12 that was clear.

Thanks for any input...if I don't get any feedback, I will start a new topic.  I know I sometimes will skip a thread if I think I have read it before.

Edited to add - I went ahead and started a new topic since I have the lump and didn't before.