Do these symptoms mean anything?

Hi! Hoping you are feeling better - but this is where my head went -

You need to go get checked out....number one any time you feel heaviness in your chest or shortness of breath, it requires at least a phone call to your doc...constipation can come and go and be impacted by so much, fatigue can be many things as well. I would say if your symptoms are not better within the next 3 days - call your primary care and get an appointment. If you don't have a good primary care, then this may be a great time to find one....

Johnnygirl, I have no idea what type of insurance you have, or if it even matters to you, but , I would go to urgent care if you are having chest discomfort and ongoing shortness of breath. I have worked as a nurse for many years before I retired, and believe me nobody is going to judge you for demanding to be seen with that combination of symptoms with your history of breast cancer.

You have every right to advocate for yourself, and ignore dismissive physician practices, get your needs met first and foremost. Getting a chest X-ray at the very minimum could dispel fears of lung mets if the result turns out to be benign.

I am older and could care less what folks think of me anymore, I get virtually NO flak for my new attitude btw! Breast cancer has made me a more assertive individual. I like that! Best wishes as you get to the bottom of these distressing symptoms.

I am glad that your family doctor is seeing you.

I fired my first MO after he was dismissive of lumps and told me I was not at risk for recurrence. He was wrong. My current MO is fabulous!!!

Chest pain should never be disregarded

Johnnygirl, I am so sorry your MO has been dismissive. Some of the nurses at my MO are dismissive too, and it makes me super angry because they are the only line of communication I have with my MO. I call the nurses, nurses tell the doctor what I said *if* they think it's anything important. Basically, the nurses have dismissed a couple things that weeks later my MO seemed to be surprised/concerned about during my appointment. So frustrating! At first I felt bad for pestering them, but then I decided since it's my life on the line, I don't care if I bother them. It's their job anyway.

Hope you start feeling better and that you get some answers soon.

I had the same symptoms from a panic attack. I am glad you are following up to get answers.

Let us know how it goes.

Hoping he lymph nodes were enlarged from infection. Since you can't feel those nodes, you are not going to see many people post benign findings on them simply because they do not know if/when they are enlarged. They're only seen on scans. Hoping you get benign results. No matter what the results though, you made your decisions about chemo using the best information you had available. If you had a low oncotype, the chemo likely would not do much good, but could do harm. Thinking of you and hoping you get good news......soon!

Given your tumour profile, I wouldn't think mets. Chest heaviness and breathing (and fatigue) can be anxiety related as well. That they went away at some point is good news. As cancer survivors we always ask "could this be cancer" with everything. I hate cancer. It hurts so many people. I have that heaviness in my chest and a dry cough after a cold, and as well, flipping irregular heartbeats after coughing so much. So, going for a check up and echocardiogram. Crikey.