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JeanGenie
JeanGenie Member Posts: 28
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned

Hello everyone!

I have been a regular visitor to these boards since my diagnosis last year and have finally joined.  First I want to say how helpful and hopeful these boards are - all of you have helped me so much during this last year!

Background:  I went for my "baseline" mamo last April at age 40 and then BAM - (note to self:  do not get biopsy results on Friday the 13th ever again).  So BMX, TCH and Tamoxifen.  I just finished Herceptin 7/10 and had my port removed on 7/13 (also on a Friday!  Weird!). 

About 2 weeks ago I found a small lump under my left arm - of course that is my cancer side - I found it in the tub and honestly nearly fainted.  I haven't been able to bring myself to tell my husband yet or make an appointment with my PCP.  I had a biopsy on my uterine lining just two weeks ago because my lining was 3 times as thick as normal - it was benign yay - but it was a terrible 10 day wait.  I am just not ready to start the process over again.  Meanwhile, I have been having mid-back pain and hip pain - both on the right side.

I know it could just be a swollen lymph node from some boring something and my back and hip pain may just mean it is time for new running shoes but it could also be exactly what I worry that it is.  Before cancer, I was not much of a worrier but all of that changed in an instant.

On Monday I will call my doctor and make an appointment.  Maybe I will tell my poor husband about the lump tomorrow.  Or maybe not.

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  • lanagraves
    lanagraves Member Posts: 596
    edited August 2012

    Hi Jean. I am in the same boat right now. Waiting really is the worst. I was dx'd in Feb., had BMX, shemo, now rads. After I started Taxol, started having some tenderness in rib area opposite cancer side. Small spot on X-ray in early June, repeat X-ray last week, spot is still there, no change no growth. Drs think its benign but are concerned enough that they want to do another PET. Have to finish rads first though, than wait another couple of weeks before having PET. Waiting sucks!

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  • mmm5
    mmm5 Member Posts: 1,470
    edited August 2012

    Jean

    This just happened to me a month ago, it popped up under my cancer side out of nowhere, I am 4 1/2 years out and it scared me to death.

    It ended up being an infection from shaving.

    It went away in about 8-10 days completely. Is it soft or hard is it movable? those were all questions I was asked?

    What I found out was that many women have been through this with benign findings. 

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  • JeanGenie
    JeanGenie Member Posts: 28
    edited August 2012

    Lana - Waiting does completely suck!  How long til you finish rads?

    mmm5 - The lump seems to be more hard than soft - and it is not movable. 

    I go see my PCP at 8am tomorrow and I finally told my husband over breakfast this morning.  I thought he might be mad that I waited so long to tell him but he was actually really understanding.

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  • DivaJMusic
    DivaJMusic Member Posts: 75
    edited August 2012

    Hi There! Have you gotten anywhere with some answers? Sending lots of well wishes and support.

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  • JeanGenie
    JeanGenie Member Posts: 28
    edited August 2012

    Well I went to my PCP today.  She examined my little lump, said it wasn't a lymph node and that normally she would just remove it to see what it was.  However, she said as a BC patient, that she would not remove it and that instead I needed to go to my oncologist and let him decide how to handle it.  Boooooooo.  I am scheduled for my first 3-month-post-treatment follow-up in October, but my PCP made me promise her that I would not wait until then to go see my onc.

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