Is It Breast Cancer Mets on my Lung or Small Cell?

Pippy

I am so sorry you are going through this--I have only this to offer- a2-3 years ago they found a nodule on my lung-- they told me at the time that these things are very common---- turned out, after 6 months of surveillance, it disappeared-which is also common. Hopefully this is what will happen to you....

One of my oldest and closest friends was diagnosed w/ NSCLC stage 4 de novo, and she got on a biologic agent that had been approved mere weeks before, and is NED 4 years later. So, as others have said, there is a chance it's nothing, but if it's something, there are also incredible things happening with treatment. Try not to get ahead of yourself (easier said than done). (((hugs)))

Pippy - was the CT scan scheduled routine? I never had one before or during my while BC process.

Although lung cancer can be advanced before it’s discovered there are usually some symptoms like a persistent cough not due to a cold or allergy, unexplained loss of weight or spitting up blood, etc. I remember losing a lot of weight before I was DX with BC and I thought it was because I had cut out sugar. It was a symptom of my cancer.

A friend had a persistent cough and constant fatigue. Not a smoker and never been oneand constantly worked out. Great shape. Her DX was lung cancer. Just saying she had symptoms. I realize not everyone does.

We are praying for you. Keep the faith and keep us posted.

Diane

I think maybe she was trying to narrow down between 'BC mets' vs a new/unrelated cancer in the lung.

That’s true Pessa. I know ones who smoked and got lung cancer and ones who didn’t and got lung cancer as I mentioned in my post above. I hate the implied/obvious blame game too. Sure smoking is a big contributor but so many unfortunate people including us get DX with cancer and don’t “deserve” it. I have also heard so many women say why me? They lived the proverbial healthy lifestyle. What’s the point if they still end up with the C word? No cancer in their family either.

The thing is doctors are at a loss to explain why we drew the unlucky card. My sister and I have BC. Our mother had it. Connect the genetic dots. My MO, however, said 70% of BC cases are not genetically driven. Hard to believe.

Regardless Pippy is scared and understandably so. No one wants to go there” certain it’s metastatic but that’s virtually impossible to do once you are branded with the C word.

My sister had lung nodules too and she never smoked just for the record. The bizarre thing is in my neck of the woods the doctors said a bird virus has caused lung nodules to show up on all kinds of people because of this virus. Brother included and he didn’t smoke either.

Good luck Pippy. We are right there with you.

Diane

Oh Pippy bless your heart. You are going to make yourself sick worrying. I wish we had the answers. I think getting something for your anxiety is a good idea. I am the poster person for worrying so I can emphasize with what you are going through.

If it turns out to be the worst case scenario there are a lot of women on this website living multiple years with mets. One of the ladies in my church group found out a few years ago her BC had metastasized to her hip. She is doing really well. Being Stage IV does hang over her head but it doesn’t consume her now. She goes on cruises and is very active. She found out it had metastasized when her tumor marker numbers kept climbing. She did have a very aggressive cancer to begin with.

I hope you get your test results quickly.

Diane