I am getting more and more concerned about some lumps that have appeared over the last few weeks. I had a bilateral mx in Feb following by 6 FEC and radiotherapy and tamoxifen. I had a feeling that there were changing going on in my ‘bad’ breast, but although I have had expander implants put in, the skin over the bad breast looks different in recent weeks.
I saw my gp just before xmas as I came accross a couple of small pea sized lumps on the outer edge of my breast, but recently just next to the mx scar there is now a thickening/lump. It can even be seen just by looking at my breast in a certain light. I’ve also now got a lump near the scar of my SNB too.
I know we constantly fear every symptom and so on, but just have a gut feeling it may be bad news. I’ve got my appt with the breast clinic on thursday 6th jan, gearing myself up for bad news again.
My question is, for anyone that had a recurrence near the scar of around the implant, what did it feel like?
A year down the line of mastectomy on a 6 month check the doc found something and after an ultrasound on the scar said it was scar tissue and is quite common.
Wishing you health and happiness in 2011 and always.
i havent had a recurrence myself but a second primary in the opposite breast but i did have a scare just after my last chemo with a new lump which was far necrosis at the site of my tumour and nothing sinister…
however 2 of my very close friends have had recurrences… one was in a reconstructed breast and found on MRI and the other was more recently in the scar of WLE and was more of a whole than a lump… but like all cancers, i guess they dont all manifest themselves in the same way.
the fact that you have noticed a change and are doing something about it is the important thing… fingers crossed its a just a benign change.
Waiting again is really horrible - and I hope everything is okay for you this week. In November I had a few weeks of worrying about skin changes and hard lumps I could feel in my remaining breast and some on my mx scar so, like you, I went back to my GP and got a referral to the hospital breast clinic on December 8th. It was all horribly familiar - had a mammogram and ultrasound and sat waiting with lots of other women, except that last February I remember I was sitting there thinking there was nothing wrong. It’s hard not to think the worst nowadays.
Luckily it was okay - the clinic doctor did an examination of both sides and said there were lumps but they were only thickened tissue. She was very reassuring and said I was right to have gone in when I did - my annual check-up is on February 7th but I couldn’t wait and worry that long. I won’t have to have another mammogram then, though.
I think I somehow managed to (involuntarily) repress all my feelings for a few days either side of my appointment as a way of coping with the outcome - but the relief that came a few days later was amazing. I’m hoping for the same for you.
Hi Paula
I just wanted to wish the very best outcome on the 6th. I know how awful it is to have to wait when you suspect the worst.
Big hugs (I’ll keep everything crossed for you)
Stella X