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Chelee · 01-24-2007, 12:37 AM

Tomorrow, (Wed) is the big day. I finally get my MRI of my left breast to check out these intramammary lymph nodes. (Masses) I hope this tells us more then the mammo's and US. The pain is making me misrable. I don't think they fully understand how much this hurts?

I have googled everything and then some on these "intramammary lymph nodes" and can't find much of anything to *explain* why I have the pain in my breast and axilla? Or why my breast and side of it is so enlarged? I am hoping my port that is in my upper arm that runs into my chest is causing a reaction of some kind in there? Anything but cancer again. I am thinking positive that its NOT. Its got to be anything BUT that.

Whatever they find...I hope they plan on getting rid of the pain.

Chelee

01-24-2007, 12:37 AM	#1
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Intramammary lymph nodes & MRI... Tomorrow, (Wed) is the big day. I finally get my MRI of my left breast to check out these intramammary lymph nodes. (Masses) I hope this tells us more then the mammo's and US. The pain is making me misrable. I don't think they fully understand how much this hurts? I have googled everything and then some on these "intramammary lymph nodes" and can't find much of anything to explain why I have the pain in my breast and axilla? Or why my breast and side of it is so enlarged? I am hoping my port that is in my upper arm that runs into my chest is causing a reaction of some kind in there? Anything but cancer again. I am thinking positive that its NOT. Its got to be anything BUT that. Whatever they find...I hope they plan on getting rid of the pain. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.