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DianneS · 12-23-2010, 07:12 PM

Hi Carolyn,

Thanks for your reply. I just went to my walk in clinic and saw a doc who said it is most likely not mets but some type of rash. They will do a biopsy on Dec. 30 when my regular doc is back from holiday. He rx'd some anti itch meds. It's funny that your rash started along with your bc, too. Do you think it could be from the chemo? Herceptin? Mine also appears and disappears then comes back in another area. The doc had not seen any rash like this around the hairline before. It seems to get worse if I get hot, or anxious.

On a different note, I also had 8 nodes/8 negative. Did you get Herceptin at the beginning?

Dianne

12-23-2010, 07:12 PM	#4
DianneS Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 327	Re: Skin mets? Symptoms? Hi Carolyn, Thanks for your reply. I just went to my walk in clinic and saw a doc who said it is most likely not mets but some type of rash. They will do a biopsy on Dec. 30 when my regular doc is back from holiday. He rx'd some anti itch meds. It's funny that your rash started along with your bc, too. Do you think it could be from the chemo? Herceptin? Mine also appears and disappears then comes back in another area. The doc had not seen any rash like this around the hairline before. It seems to get worse if I get hot, or anxious. On a different note, I also had 8 nodes/8 negative. Did you get Herceptin at the beginning? Dianne __________________ Three years and 5 months NED Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm Grade 3 8/9 Richardson/Bloom test ER+ weakly positive Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy) PR-, HER2 positive +++ No vascular invasion No lymph nodes involved Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!