Member of the "6 Month Watchful Waiting Club", Unite!

Congratulations ddw79 birads 1 is awesome!!!!

As you all know I had my 6 no check up on sept.23 and got the all clear. Yesterday I felt some pain in my armpit and I started feeling and I'm feeling a lump that moves. I can't grab it but it rolls back and fourth. It's weird don't know if it's a swollen lymph node or what. I am scared to death. My anxiety level is so high I feel like I'm going to break down and cry. I have an appt with my mo later this month. I hope it's not bad news. Momo' s post was very true and now this pops up I can't even explain the feeling.

Tinker, I found a round, hard lump in my fatty side breast tissue well under the area they took my sentinel nodes out. It also moves around a little. Found it almost three weeks ago and have appointment with MO Wednesday and mammogram scheduled December 2. A nurse friend of mine worked oncology for years and said it could be fibrocystic, but I'm scared to death!!!!!! I will be praying for you!

I think what you are feeling is normal I had some hardening after my lumpectomy for a while. Its probably what your friend said or scar tissue.

It worried me that some cells could have already been in a lymph node, but maybe the dye traveled to a different set. Is it possible to take out some nodes, but the cancer cells really traveled to different ones? There are so many nodes around the breast, I think it's a crap shoot when they trace the dye. This is what worries me. I sometimes think that's why some stage ones go to four even with clear nodes. You can't possibly test them all and one cell could have traveled out to grow somewhere else. I drive myself crazy thinking about it at times, more so since I found the lump. All I can do is pray for us. Hugs!

Hello all. I just became a member of the 6 month club. Last Sept I found a lump on my left breast. I went to a BS and underwent Mammo and US. The lump that I felt was a fluid filled cyst. But they found a focal asymmetry on my right breast on US. Because of strong family hx (Mom had bc at 37 died 39, grandmother and paternal aunt had it too), I was sent to MRI. The focal asymmetry didnt enhance on MRI, however they found two enhancing lesions on my right breast. One is a 6mm non mass that was recommended to be biopsied and a 5mm mass that may represent fibroadenoma accdg to the official report. I did a 2nd look US and was scheduled for a US guided biopsy. But after 3 docs and a US tech did the US 4x, the head radiologist said she is not impressed with the MRI results and a biopsy is not reasonable at this time. They asked me to come back after 6 months for another mammo and MRI. I am not sure if Im okay with the wait and see approach however I am also not okay with poking my breast if it is not needes. I am so torn right now. Still waiting for my BS to call me and see what she thinks.

Hi ladies

I called my onc today again and explained that i think I have a swollen lymph node and they gave me an appt for Tuesday. I am a nervous wreck everything I read leads back to bc. I never imagined it could happen so fast. Expecting the worst and of course praying for the best. Has anyone had a swollen armpit lymph node? I just had an ultrasound a month ago it showed benign findings nothing suspicious, nothing is 100 percent. I've read a lot of stories like mine and nothing showed up on us or mammo and they turned up having stage 4 bc. I am so scared right now i broke down today and started crying while having breakfast with my husband. So many things go through my mind. Now i think back and a prophylactic mastectomy doesnt sound so bad any more. My diagnoses has taken a year of my life already theres not a day that I havent thought of bc. Like momo said in an earlier post unless you are going through this its hard to understand. I'm so glad I found this site.

Most swollen lymph nodes are caused by infection or inflammation. I had one biopsied at the time of my LCIS biopsy and she told me she would be very surprised if it amounted to anything, and it did not. It was benign.

MelissaDallas was your lymph node swollen?

Thanks MelissaDallas it gives me hope.

I have an appt tommorrow with the gyn and Tuesday with the onc. I am terrified I just had an US Sept 23 im thinking if its bc its very aggresive or they just missed it completley as my report read benign findings cysts. Either way im very worried and i dont know how long my lymph node has been swollen as i was checking them incorrectly. Keeping my fingers crossed but everything ive read leads back to bc. I havent been sick. After this finding ive been doing a lot of reading that i wish i would have done sooner and ive learned that even on a 6 month surveillance you can still get stage 3 and 4 bc its crazy. One of our members was on the 6 month surveillance and when she found her bc she already had 2 nodes with bc cells. My onc told me last year if i get bc it will have been caught early so what do they consider early. All I can do now is pray for the best outcome possible.

Thanks ddw79. I am thankful for this group and knowing i have the support of all you ladies.

Lovinggrouches I will be praying for you also. Hopefully you will have good news soon.

Hi everyone

I said I'd keep you posted and I will. please do not take this as a diagnosis since every one is not the same. I went to my GYN today and confirmed it is a swollen lymph node. I will go to my Onc tomorrow and find out where I go from here. I have been having weird symptoms for a few months now severe back and leg pain and shoulder pain depression not knowing why because I have nothing to be depressed about. But I have had weird dreams and a lot of insomnia which usually I can fall asleep and stay asleep really easy. But I will continue to keep you informed of my symptoms and my prognosis if that is going to help anyone on this thread. I hope I can report back a good outcome of this situation to give people with the same symptoms hope.. I also should let you know that I have entertained and drank a little more wine than I should have, so maybe that will make a big difference. Im still praying for the best but expecting the worst. I have not been diagnosed yet..... Remember I was diagnosed with adh 1 year ago this does not pertain to everyone here.

NEEDING HUGS AND PRAYERS!!!

Dear Tinkerbell,

I wish you all the best, I hope everything is going to be fine. I have an MRI coming up, lots of scar tissue in my breast tissue right and right breast is a few cms bigger than usual.

Managing the anxiety is tough and the only thing I can say is that you make sure you get the best care possible. and take it one day at a time.

Im happy everyone got good results so far (unless

I have missed something😘😘

Best

Alick

Tinkerbell - I am so sorry to hear this. I hope you are surrounded by love, family and friends as you wait. Praying for a good outcome for you. Check in with us tomorrow.

Frankie

So I have my mammogram and ultrasound of lymph node I've been feeling and radiologist says " even if there was some cancer left in the breast. I wouldn't be able to tell because of all the scar tissue and hemorrhage in the breast from the surgeries.. We will only be able to compare it to future images and the lymph node looks normal but that doesn't guarantee there's nothing there" I have appointment to go back in January since they only did the one breast. Would have thought that six months after radiation, my body would have absorbed the blood back. I was upset all day, but I just can't spend the rest of my life stressing. I HAVE to get past this constant worrying!!!!