Reoccurrence in lymph nodes, starting battle #2

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Piperjo7
Piperjo7 Member Posts: 6
edited November 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer


I requested a PET scan because something in my gut told me too. I got the results on 9/26 and they see two lymphnodes less than 1mm showing activity. I have got my radiation follow-up scheduled next week and surgeon appt the week after. I want them out ASAP. They are super small so I am hoping I will nip this in the bud. I do not care that I will doing this all over again. I just want it gone. I finished my last treatment in June so I got a whole 3 months of bliss. :)

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  • Stupidboob
    Stupidboob Member Posts: 345
    edited October 2013


    Piperjo7 I just finished treatment for my 2nd round too but I did not get to do surgery as mine was up the lymph nodes to the collar bone and between my pectoral major/minor muscle so the surgeon said no surgery unless we had no other choice so we did chemo again and radiation this time. Best of luck to you

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited October 2013


    Blessings to you sister. Thinking of you.

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  • marinakaplan
    marinakaplan Member Posts: 23
    edited September 2014

    Blessings to you - I'm halfway through battle #2 - large met to the sternum, halfway thru chemo (Gemzar and carboplatin this time around). There are different medical opinions re what i should do after chemo - from super aggressive (radical sternectomy with a hope of clear margins) to  the more conservative approach of radiation?????? what to do, I'm so confused.

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  • Saskia3
    Saskia3 Member Posts: 9
    edited November 2014

    Hi, I have just been told the cancer is back and the thought of going through chemo again terrifies me - I am also extremely needle phobic and my veins can't take the chemo so I had to have a line put it. I did it and survived it and 6 months later I am looking at doing it again, and not sure I want to. The doctors all talk about best quality of life - for me this would include minimising the amount of needles they stick in me - every instinct in my body screams at me to rip the needle out, punch them in the face and just run, but I have to lay there and allow them to do it and just cry like a little girl

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