Just Diagnosed and Now waiting

Hi everyone.

I got my news on December 27th and I'm still not sure what is really going on. I had gone to my primary doctor right before Thanksgiving because I had a lump in my armpit. She was not really concerned and was convinced it was a cyst, but sent me for an ultrasound and mammogram, neither showed anything unusual. She then sent me to a general surgeon and that's where things started getting strange. The General Surgeon started talking about my ultrasound and how it only showed an enlarged lymph node, but it wasn't abnormal. She then looked at my armpit, and said the ultrasound technician did not take the correct image, but that the lump was just a cyst. She gave me the option to have it removed, and I agreed it was probably best. Throughout all of this everyone kept saying "its most likely not cancerous".

I went in for the surgery to remove the cyst on December 19, expecting as she called it "a pinch and a bee sting". She said there was probably no reason to send it to pathology, but it was up to me. I asked her to send it, because you just never know. During the procedure, she found a bunch of scar tissue, even though I have not had any cuts or surgeries in that location, and said, it was most likely due to ruptured cysts in the past, and she agreed that sending to pathology was necessary now, because it was slightly unusual. When complete, she told me that I most likely would not hear until the following week due to the Holiday.

On Tuesday the 26th my phone rang with a number I didn't recognize. Turns out it was the surgeon asking me to call her office in the morning. I knew she was technically on vacation, so I immediately started thinking the worst. After a bit of phone tag, she called again on the evening of the 27th and told me the news and that the breast center would call me in the AM. I ended up going to the breast center on the 28th, got another ultrasound, another mammogram and again both came back negative. My Dr. sat down and explained how I did everything backwards , and now they have to retrace the steps to get all the details. i made an appt for my MRI, and then my DR is going to reopen the area of the cyst, and also do a lymph node biopsy at the same time.

Right now all I know is that the pathology report says it s Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, ER+ PR+. The issue is that they cannot find the primary which after going on google really concerns me. The Dr. has added me to the Tumor Board because its not a typical case. Hopefully i'll have more answers after my MRI and I'm debating if I should take a trip to Boston for a second opinion at Dana Farber.