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10-24-2008, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
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scar tissue or another cancer?
I just returned from the Surgeon follow up visit and am sitting here in panic! There is a small lump on the scar that my Onc. and her nurse felt before but weren't concerned about. I had my surgery last January (clear margins, 3 benign nodes removed, stage 1)The Surgeon wants to do a guided core biopsy on it and I am devastated thinking I might be facing this horrible disease again so soon. With a lumpectomy, chemo,radiation, Herceptin, Femara - how horribly intense it must be to overcome all those drugs. Have any of you had similar experiences with lumpy scars? |
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10-24-2008, 11:27 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Hey...your surgery was in January 2008? I would think it highly unlikely that this is anything other than scar tissue. Did they do an ultrasound, or other imaging (other than a mammo)?
I have a place on/under my scar that showed up in February 2008 (my surgery was in March 2007). My surgeon (who also does my mammo/US combos) said it was scar tissue. I just had another mammo/US earlier in the month, and he said, "Yep. Still scar tissue."
Let me know how you are doing. I know the fear can be unbearable, but I have a feeling they are just being cautious for you.
Take care,
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Krista
Diagnosed 3/29/2007 @ age 34
Stage 1, Node Neg. (SNB), Grade 2, 1.4 cm. IDC
ER/PR 90%+ HER2 +
6 TCH started 5/25/2007, ended after #5 due to steroid "reactions" and neuropathy in feet and hands
BUT--#6 CH w/o Taxotere
Begin Herceptin alone 9/28/2007
30 rads completed 12/19/2007
Finish Herceptin 5/9/2008
Stopped Tamoxifen early--HATED it.
Married 17 years
13-year old son
3 embies on ice (from 1999)
GA, USA
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10-24-2008, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Ireland
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I noticed something similar, a hard lump on my lumpectomy site about a year after surgery and rads. My Dr sent me back to my surgeon who said it was definatly scar tissue from the op/rads and said he did'nt feel I needed more testing although they did tell me to watch for any changes.
That was about two years ago and it's still there and has'nt changed at all so I hope what you're dealing with is the same thing.
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Tricia
Dx July '05 IDC 1.9cm Triple positive 3/9 nodes positive
A/C X 4 ..Taxol/Herceptin x 12 wks then herceptin 1 yr
Rads x 36 ..oophorectomy August '06
Currently taking Arimidex..
June 2011 osteopenia/ zometa x1 yearly- stopped Zometa 2015 as Dexa show normal bone density.
Stopped Arimidex July 2014- Restarted Arimidex 2015 for a further two years on the advice of my Onc.
2014 Normal Dexa scan
2018 Mammo all clear, still NED!
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10-24-2008, 11:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Illinois
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thanks for the quick replies! I'm sure you both relate to the instant panic that overcomes us with any thought of a new cancer. I have such a high level of medical anxiety. I actually passed out after a visit with my first Oncologist( they had to call 911!) He did not have people skills and after that episode I transferred to another wonderful Oncologist in Chicago. I had seen him a few times and was not getting my questions answered plus he made me so nervous with his vague answers. I realize that we need to feel good about our medical team. I have become a little more pro-active but am finding it hard to put cancer into more of the background. Thank goodness for this website!
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10-24-2008, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Alyce, I just had a 4CM area removed from my mastectomy scar line in September.It did light up on my PET/CT Scan that I had. It had been over 3 yrs since my original surgery.
It was perfectly fine. Yes, it can be very scary.
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Vicki
Texas
Biopsy Dx'd 3-23-05 Age 48
MRM 4-5-05 w/ 2 tumor's 5cm, and 6 cm (right side)
IDC (poorly differentiated infiltrating ductual carcinoma)
5+/16 nodes
Stage III A
Grade 3
ER/PR-, Her2/neu ++
Ki67 78%
Begin Chemo 5-2-05 4XAC Dose Dense , 4X Abraxane Dose Dense (ended August 05)
28 Rad's ended October 13 2005
Started Herceptin Weekly August 2005 for one year
Had a Simple mastectomy left side after Mamo showed incresed micro-calcifications. Jan. 17 2006.
Brain MRI Feb.2006--All Clear
August 28, 2006 Last Weekly Herceptin.
October 2006--Colonoscopy, 6 Polyp's removed--all B9
PET Scan July 2007
Abdominal MRI Oct. 2007---2 Right Kidney Cysts
Core Biopsy-- Lump on Scar Line 1-10-08---B9
Brain MRI 6-2008--All Clear
PET/CT Scan 6-2008
Sept. 8 2008, 4CM area removed from mastectomy scar line. Proved to be B9.
PET/CT Scan-- July 2009 --All clear
August 17,2009 ---Had Port Removed
6 Years NED -- April 5,2011
DX'd with Melanoma left arm 10-10-2011
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10-25-2008, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: indianapolis, indiana
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got scar tissue on mine. they watch it on mammo but no changes in 4 years.
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dxd 9-04, lumpectomy,
st 1, gr 3, er,pr-, her2 +,
2 tac,33 rads,6 cmf
1 yr herceptin,
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