Lung mets give me insight

Hi, I have lung mets but none of the symptoms you described. A doctor should be able to help you, maybe you have fluid build up? they can drain it.

Are you on chemo now? Being tired is a big part of our lives now.

Nilelady, I would also suggest a Chest CT scan. I had a worsening cough from Nov. 2016 until May 2017 when finally got chest X-ray. Up until May, I and doctors thought cough was allergies. Turned out BC had moved to lungs and told "too many spots to count." Started Chemo (docataxel, perception & prejeta) shortly after and on it since. Good news, my tumors are shrinking. Get a second opinion.

I would get another opinion and also get some anxiety meds. When I get anxiety I get short of breath, like I cannot get a deep breath. I can actually make my ribs sore trying to breathe. Also lots of yawning and sighing.

Im so glad to have found all of you. After 17 years of being BC "cancer free" I was diagnosed in June with mets in both lungs and a few mets in my ribs. I too have trouble with trying to determine when shortness of breath is just "normal" or whether the pleural effusion has built up to the point that it needs draining. I've had four drains (a litre each time). My chest gets tight and I slow right down. Im on a trial of Letrazole and Robocib and while I think they are working, there are just some side effects that I haven't adjusted too yet. Yes, get a second opinion. Yes to taking whatever meds (anxiety, depression, sleeping pills) help. Move as much as you can. The more I feel like I'm in charge (whether its an illusion or not) the better I feel. Some days that's hard to do, it's so much easier to just go with the flow, not ask questions, or put up with .... whatever. But when I push back I almost always feel better, which helps with the next time. Posting questions here is a great example of a way to "take control", there's some awfully good advice to use and follow.

CanaLoon and emily, The woman that I knew that had a pleural effusion took about a year for the fluid to be totally resolved.  She was on Ibrance a close relative to robociclib.  I myself was on femara alone and drained the fluid with catheters until I the two membranes stuck together.  I was putting out a liter a week on one side and somewhat less on the other.  There is a lung mets thread that while not all that active, you might peruse for information that maybe pertinent to you.  I'm now on Ibrance and faslodex after progression to my liver.