anyone with a new lump on tamoxifen

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wallycat
wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
edited October 2014 in Hormonal Therapy - Before, During, and After
anyone with a new lump on tamoxifen
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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited March 2008

    I just found a small lump yesterday (I posted on the ILC section)...

    it is about 1 inch below my incision scar (I had bilateral mastectomy)..this is on my side that had the cancer.

    I think it is moving, which may be a good thing, but I am totally freaked as I am on tamoxifen (intermediate metabolizer).

    just hoping to hear others with lumps that turned out to be nothing. OYE how I hate this!

    I have onco appt. on friday and called surgeon (vacation)...his office will see if I can get ultrasounds/biopsy if necessary and get the ugly ball rolling. 

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  • Member_of_the_Club
    Member_of_the_Club Member Posts: 3,646
    edited March 2008

    I am on tamoxifen and had a new lump and it was biopsied and found to be benign, as I expect your will be as well. You are right to get it checked out, but the odds are you are fine.

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  • halika
    halika Member Posts: 16
    edited March 2008

    I was on tamoxifen and found a lump in my breast.  My breast surgeon ordered a mammo and performed an in office biopsy all in a matter of hours.  Upon removing the lump she said it didn't appear to be cancer, but she had to send it to the lab.  Results came back benign. 

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  • TenderIsOurMight
    TenderIsOurMight Member Posts: 4,493
    edited March 2008



    I'm sorry, WallyCat, that this new item has presented itself. I think it's good that it's movable, and that it's below the mastectomy incision line at that.



    I had a post mastectomy neuroma develop in the chest wall which was excised: a gathering of scar and nerve endings resulting from the nerves being cut at the mastectomy surgery. It was movable, and small, and outside the scar line just like yours and it was semi-firm to touch if I recall correctly. Not overly painful when touched. I think it was found and removed a year or so after the mastectomy.



    I had a suture granuloma: an encasing of a stray suture in a particular pathologically recognizable way. It was below the excision site, was movable, small, not painful and I hadn't noticed it, and then voila it was there.



    I'm sure there are other benign probabilities I'm not thinking of just now. I'll keep you close in thoughts as you traverse this painful field in your journey. Glad your surgeon's office may just send you in for ultrasound/biopsy which we all wish will be benign. It's good to keep moving.



    Best to you,

    Tender

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited March 2008

    THANK YOU LADIES!!!

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited March 2008

    Update...

    Did I mention how I adore my surgeon??  He was on vacation this week and I was scheduled with his "cover' guy.  I walk in and he spotted me ...what he was doing at work on his week off....paperwork catch-up, he said.  He recognized me right away and said he'd look at me.

    He used the ultrasound and can't find anything.

    He agrees there is something there and can be removed locally and he is almost afraid to say he thinks it is nothing (each time a doc told me it was nothing, things got worse...no cancer became cancer, .8cm became 1.8cm.....blah, blah...), but he moved it around and feels fairly confident it is nothing.  CROSS FINGERS!!  He said most gals would never find anything this small and close to a rib...I have sensitive fingers and good intuition Laughing .

    I'm having it removed with local anesthetic on Wed. and will post back as soon as I know anything.  God, I hope this is not a recurrence!!! 

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  • TenderIsOurMight
    TenderIsOurMight Member Posts: 4,493
    edited March 2008



    Oh, what a doctor! I've been hearing such wonderful reports from many of late. It stirs confidence when the chips are down.



    Good news, wallycat that you were able to have his laying on of his hands.



    Keeping you very close through this turmoil. May the water part, and you walk through, unscathed.



    Tender

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  • rubytuesday
    rubytuesday Member Posts: 2,248
    edited March 2008

    wallycat, Sending you positive energy for a good outcome!  I'm hoping for some 'lovely' scar tissue!  Best wishes!

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited March 2008

    Hi gang,

    I had the lump removed today.  Outpatient Smile .  Love my surgeon...he let me watch!!

    He said it looks like chicken fat.  He thinks it's either a lipoma or a fat necrosis, but they are sending it to the lab to make sure and should know by Friday.

    If he has seen enough of these and there are no surprises, this is a non-event..YIPPPIE!

    Cross fingers.

    (I'll cross post this on ILC section)

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  • Barbie7
    Barbie7 Member Posts: 386
    edited March 2008

    Wallycat,

    Chicken fat never sounded so good, eh?  I'm keeping good thoughts that it will return from pathology as benign.  I'm so glad you were able to work with your fave surgeon.  I've got a fave too, here in Madison.

    Barbie

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited March 2008

    Crossing my fingers, toes, hands, legs and eyes for you, wallycat. Wishing you boringly normal results.

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  • wallycat
    wallycat Member Posts: 3,227
    edited March 2008

    Update...dream surgeon just called....

    all clear.

    He did say there were some "big cell changes" which are typical for healing.  OYE how I hate the word "cell changes" but I triple asked him..."should I worry?" (he knows I'm a worrier and over thinker) and said NO!

    SO YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    April 4th will be 1 year NED if I don't worry myself to death Surprised

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  • TenderIsOurMight
    TenderIsOurMight Member Posts: 4,493
    edited March 2008



    So happy to read this, Wallycat.



    Now go celebrate, as we celebrate with you!



    Tender

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited March 2008

    Way to go, wallycat!

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  • Barbie7
    Barbie7 Member Posts: 386
    edited March 2008

    Awesome news Wallycat! 

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  • trudychilds
    trudychilds Member Posts: 1
    edited June 2013

    Sending you best wishes I am also on tamoxifen and have been for nearly five years even till this day I have pain in my breast I was diagnosed in 2008 had chemotheropy and radiation ,I have been paranoid about a small lump that feels like a hard little ball that feels like it moves under the skin I keep telling myself that it can't be anything because I am on the tamoxifen but after reading your posts I'm heading to the doctors thank you so much people because of things you write hope it will make others to understand they can get more lumps even if you are on medications

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  • navywife7181
    navywife7181 Member Posts: 7
    edited October 2014

    did u find out what the lump was...I have been on tamoxifen for 3 1/2 years mine came back cancer...Dann cancer

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