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linn65 · 10-10-2013, 07:09 PM

I really don't know what to think. I have a noticeable hard lump below my collar bone and on my rib. I don't know what's normal anymore, but this new breast feels like a toothache, and I feel like ripping it off and throwing it.

I think the pain under my arm that makes my hand tingly has to be something with the nerves firing up. I want to scream and cry because I am tired of this nagging pain.

My incision on my stomach doesn't hurt and really not a lot of swelling.

My friend and sister said to call the doctor because you can see the lump visually on my rib. I am soooooo tired of doctors and the thought or driving an hour and half to get there seems unbearable at this moment.

What is normal anyway?? .

10-10-2013, 07:09 PM	#4
linn65 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Attica, IN Posts: 371	Re: 6 weeks since diep flap surgery I really don't know what to think. I have a noticeable hard lump below my collar bone and on my rib. I don't know what's normal anymore, but this new breast feels like a toothache, and I feel like ripping it off and throwing it. I think the pain under my arm that makes my hand tingly has to be something with the nerves firing up. I want to scream and cry because I am tired of this nagging pain. My incision on my stomach doesn't hurt and really not a lot of swelling. My friend and sister said to call the doctor because you can see the lump visually on my rib. I am soooooo tired of doctors and the thought or driving an hour and half to get there seems unbearable at this moment. What is normal anyway?? . __________________ myleftlump.wordpress.com - started blogging my IDC breast cancer 7/2012 diagnosed with multiple solid lesions 7/20/12 biopsy done. ER+ 30 PR -, HER+++,k167 80% Grade 2 9/2012 biopsy on lymph node - showed malignant 9/2012 Pre-adjunctive TCH chemo. 12/6/12 MRI after Pre-adj. Results: Modest Decrease in size of left breast malignancy As well as the associated satellite lesions and auxiliary Adenopathy compared to prior study. Doctors hoped for better but good response it didn't grow. 12/18/2012 left masectomy with axillary nodes Size 3.2 CM, Nottingham score 9/9 Grade 3, no evidence of in situ carcinoma Areas of angiolymphatic are identified Carcinoma is 0.5 cm from inked deep Margin of excision Attached axillary lymph nodes: metastatic Carcinoma in 6 of 8 nodes. Size of largest node 1.5 cm Extracapsular ER + 73%, PR+2%, HER2+ 2/27/13 6 weeks of IMRT radiation finished 2/2013 Started on Tamoxifan 5 years. 8/2013 will take last Herceptin, 17 treatments total every 3 weeks. BRCA1 & BRAC2 - Negative August 28, 2013 DIEP flap on the left breast. February 2014 Nip & Tuck March 14, 2014 nipple reconstruction and removed port. August 14, 2014 lump in lymph nodes under arm and above clavicle. Stage IV August 28, 2014 herceptin And projeta starting and port put back in. 3/18/15 stopped arimidex. 3/18/15 progression....Tdm1