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Re: Skin mets? Symptoms?
Tricia,
Thank you for your input as well. I definitely am having it checked out. The doc says because it appears and disappears it is most likely NOT cancer. Cancer, he says, tends to stay and get worse. But we will biopsy it next week.
I'm glad you are getting the lesion taken care of! That's good that you're diligent. My husband had a little lesion removed (frozen) from his face. It was a painless procedure and only took a minute.
I didn't even know that breast cancer could travel to the skin. Now I have something else to fret about  or at least be sure my doc gives me the once over when I come in for my 10,000 tune up.
Dianne
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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!
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