Hi - I have noticed a hard lump about the size of a small marble or very fat pea near my surgery scar (WLE). I have also had a persistant ache that side of my breast sometimes radiating through my arm pit, down my arm and up my neck. It has been going on for a month. I did have a similar pain before my Dx(Feb 2007 Had chemo and rads nodes (16/20) grade 3 tumour etc.
i have a routine appointment on 5/1/09 so will leave things to then. Just wanted to say something to somebody. i don’t want to discuss this wiht my friends and family so close to Christmas. It is probably nothing but that niggle is always there.
Thanks for being here hope you all enjoy Christmas, I am looking forward to no lesson prep or marking and a calm day with my daughter and partner and getting very gently pissed - Jacqui
Hi Jacqui, I would say call your team and tell them what is going on personally, they may be able to bring the appt forward if they think it is needed. Would put your mind at rest if nothing else, and we do worry about these things don’t we. Good luck.
hi Jacqui,
I would also be straight on to them on Monday morning. I know it’s scary but i think you know yourself that that is what you should do,you will only spend christmas worrying about it.
I hope the replies you get will make you decide that is the best course of action and i also wish you the very best.It never is easy but we can’t ignore these things.
love Tracey
Hi Jacqui
I can really understand why you don’t want to follow it up and wait until your appointment date as I’m like this too and when I’m worried about something, I generally don’t mention anything to anybody for a while and then it usually comes out at some point and then I usually do something about it due to my friends persuading me to. You have this feeling that you sort of just don’t want to know and want to bury your head in the sand. It may be something quite innocent but and it’s the ‘but’ we just don’t know for sure. You must do what you feel is right for you but I would think that if it is something then the quicker you deal with it, the quicker it will be sorted.
Bigs hugs to you
Ruby xx
Ditto!!! I have also found a ‘new’ lump but mine is on the opp side to my mastectomy, close to my armpit and just below my collarbone. Having had 25/28 nodes involved I am very worried about this. I called my bc nurse and she has made an urgent appt for me to be seen by my surgeon at the ‘one stop’ breast clinic on monday. I would defo urge you to try and get your routine appt brought forward. I know its not ideal being this close to christmas but surely it would be better to know? After all there may be nothing to worry about.
Personally I am preparing myself for the worst for my appt on monday, that way I won’t be setting myself up for a fall. I really hope all goes well with you,
I had something very similar a few weeks ago and posted on here " more worries about lump under scar". Had an ultrasound which came back as scar tissue. My consultant took it out to be on the safe side and it was scar tissue and lumpy tissue caused by the Rads.
Hope everything is ok for you. If you want to get Christmas out of the way first before you investigate this, then that is up to you but must get it checked out quicker the better.
Lots of love Andrea xx
Hello Jacqui
Sorry to hear about this. It’s all so frightening isn’t it. I think you should get straight on the phone on Monday morning and try to get your appointment brought forward.
Thank you for all your comments - I will speak to the BCN. However I am not sure about the value of bringing the appointment forward - it is only a matter of a few weeks - I don’t think it will make any difference to the outcome. I am not in denial , probably more concerned about being seen as a timewaster if there is nothing wrong. I do not want the whole family getting their knickers in a knot over nothing, my husband gets very stressed by the whole business.
I actually feel much more relaxed now I have been able to actually ‘tell’ someone. Why does life have to be so complicated
Sounds like a sensible philosophical approach…and you’re right…a few weeks delay won’t make any difference to outcome. Too late now to get a treatment plan before Xmas anyway so put it in a box till 5th January if you can.Enjoy getting pissed…
Hi Jacqui
I seem to have the same as you at the moment, pain in and around scar tissue and definite lump. Similar history - diagnosed Oct 2006, Grade 3, Triple neg. 5/20. Although my cancer returned in Sternum in June this year. Also have routine appointment on 5/1/09 and have decided to mention it to no-one (except all of you !) and enjoy Christmas instead. I don’t think anything could be done before Xmas anyway and I feel just like you - I’d hate to make a fuss if it turns out to be scar tissue.
Try to switch off and enjoy Christmas - let us know how you get on in January
Hi Jane and Ena - thank you for your understanding. Jane do you still have your website? i enjoy your pithy essays. Ena - good luck on 5/1/09 let us know how you get on.
Hope everything turns out ok for you ladies who are worried. As for me I’m not poking about anywhere until life gets back to normal after Christmas. I was dx in November 2006 and had to wait for what seemed ages for chemotherapy as there was Christmas in-between. The wait was awful as I am very impatient and as I have said before I would have had the op, drunk the chemo and called for rads on way home if they would have let me on the day I was dx. I was assured that a month wait would not make much difference. Princess I hope everything ok for you as you had to stop herceptin as I remember. Take care everyone. eileen