Lump on rib! Please respond. Scared!

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Cshell15
Cshell15 Member Posts: 5
edited June 2014 in Not Diagnosed With a Recurrence or Metastases but Concerned


Hello Everyone,


I'm new here but I'm terrified and I was hoping someone here might have some information. I was diagnosed at age 19, I am now 29 and I am nearing ten years as a cancer survivor, which is hard to believe! I had a bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy and I have spent the past five years trying to move on with my life. I just felt a small seemingly bony lump under my implant which seems to be on my rib. I had chest pain a few weeks ago which I thought maybe was heartburn or indigestion, but now I'm wondering if it is linked to this lump. I can't stop crying. Could this be bone metastasis???

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  • ziggypop
    ziggypop Member Posts: 1,071
    edited December 2013


    Hi Cshell - So sorry that you are going through this. I don't think anybody here is going to be able to tell you that what you have is not a recurrence or that it is. There are many women here who have been in a situation similar to yours and they will probably post here soon. ((((((((hugs))))))))))

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  • pajim
    pajim Member Posts: 2,785
    edited December 2013


    Hi CShell, this could simply be scar tissue. Yes there is internal scar tissue as well. I'm not an expert, but I don't believe bone mets cause lumps. Instead they eat away the bone, causing them to be brittle.


    If you're worried (well, obviously you are, I don't mean to sound patronizing) you should ask one of your docs to feel it too.


    Congratulations on being at 10 year survivor!

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  • Cshell15
    Cshell15 Member Posts: 5
    edited December 2013


    thanks, I know no one here can really tell me, but I feel like I have no where else to turn. i have an oncology appointment in two weeks, but I feel like the anxiety will kill me before then. Appointment tonight with psychiatrist will maybe help that part!

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