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06-27-2007, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: South Carolina
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Skin mets
Can you ladies tell me what skin mets are like. A pimple showed up on my arm about a week ago. I have ignored it, thinking it would go away in a few days. It has not gone away and it is now sore, hurts to touch. It even hurts outside a 1/2" diameter of it. Should I be worried? I know I have been feeling like I have been put out to the pasture some what since I have been off of Herceptin for a month now, with no drugs to help combat the cancer should it decide to re-accure again.
Anita
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er, pr-, Her2+++
Stage 2b, grade 3
negative nodes
4 rounds AC
3 months of weekly taxol
1 yr of Herceptin
Finish Herceptin May 2007
35 rounds of Radiation
Reconstruction completed Dec 2007
Implant replaced due to infection Mar 2008
4 Years NED!!!
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06-27-2007, 08:31 AM
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Location: Northern Calif.
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Anita,
I was diagnosed with IBC after having a small pimple like rash appear on my breast. However, I really believe if you were to have your bc spread, it would be around your mast site. If the pimple doesn't go away in a couple of weeks it sure wouldn't hurt to have the dermatologist take a look.
Hugs to you. I know that things we took for granted previously can cause us a lot of grief!
Lexi
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06-27-2007, 09:20 AM
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My skin mets are an itchy red rash (not bumpy) around the cancer site, slightly raised. I have not had the pimples, so I would hope that yours is a spider bite or allergic reaction to a bite of some type. I'll cross my fingers for you, but I would have a dermatologist check it out sooner than later. I have IBC, don't know if that is your diagnosis or not. Let me know how that pimple does. I send you best, healing wishes from California. Love, Vickie
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Love and Hugs, Vickie
Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass,
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Feb 04 IBC IIIC/IV er-/pr- her2+++
3/04 TCH X4
7/ 04 MRM 9/04 Taxol/herceptin wkly 1 yr 33X rads
11/04 skin mets 33x rads,10/05 Avast/Herc. 11 mos.
8/ 06 PET mets lymphs, neck
9/ 06 Navelbine/herceptin
11/ 06 PET NED
2/ 07 skin mets, 4/07 Xeloda, 5/07 add Tykerb
2/ 08 Tykerb failed. Doxil /Herceptin 6 months
8/08 PET skin mets, 8/08 Abraxane/Avastin
11/ 08 PET prog., skin mets
1/09 PET/CT progress, 1/09 Ixempra, 2/09 add Xeloda and low dose Naltrexone
2/09 off Ixempra/Xeloda
3/09 navelbine/herc/cytoxin 4/09 PET shows regress.7/09 start Topotecan. Failed.
8/09 extensive mets rgt brst, back and torso. starting Pazopanib clinical trial.
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06-27-2007, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: RHODE ISLAND
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Speaking Of......
My husband had a spider bite that never healed correct, the 'mis-healing' alerted us to seek help, but a rash did appear short after. The rash is the same type as these fine ladies describe.
I am a huggggggggge animal lover and do not even squash a bug, but let me tell you...I Love Spiders!! Hope you just have a bite, but if it does not go away shortly, get it checked out!! Best of Luck to ya!!
Waiting For A Miracle>>Believe51...(Marie G)
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9/7/06Husband 50yrs=StageIV IBC/HER2+,BoneMets10/06TaxotereX10,'H'1X wk,Zometa,Tamoxifen4/12/07Last Tax5/18/07Pet=Rapid Cell Activity,No Organ Mets,Lytic Lesions,Degeneration,Some Bone Repair5/07ChemoFail6/01/07Pleural Thoracentisis=Effusions,NoMalignantCells6/19/07+7/2/07DFCI
6/25/07BrainMRI=BrainMets,Many<9mm7/10/07WBR/PelvisRad37.5Gx15&Nutritionist8/19/07T/X9/20/07BrainMRI=2<2mm10/6/07Pet=BoneProgression
10/24/07ChemoFail11/9/07A/Cx10,EndTam12/7/07Faslodex12/10/07Muga7512/13/07BlasticLesions1/7/08BrainMRI=Clear4/1/08Pet=BoneImprovement,
NoProgression,Stable4/7/08BrainPerfect5/16/08Last A/C8/26/08BrainMets=10(<9mm)9/10/08Gamma10/30/08Met=5mm12/19/08Gamma5mets5
12/22/08SpinalMets1/14/09SpinalRads2/17/09BrainMRI=NoNewMets4/20/09BoneScan5/14/09Ixempra6/1/09BrainMRI=NumerousMets6/24/09DFCIw/DrBurstein6/26/09Continue
Ixempra/Faslodex/Zometa~TM now lower7/17/09Stop Ixempra By Choice9/21/09HOSPICE10/16/09Earned His Deserved Wings And Halo=37 Month Fight w/Stage 4 IBC, Her2+++,My Hero!!
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06-29-2007, 05:22 AM
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Location: South Carolina
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Thank you ladies for your reply. Your replies helped me with my paranoia. Funny how 3 yrs. ago I would not have thought twice about a pimple on my arm!!
Believe, I just read your post, there are so many weapons these days to fight this beast. Read past post, so many women here have had brain mets. They use a gamma knife for the procedure. From what I have read, people are home the very next day because the surgery is less invasive due to the gamma knife. Be strong for your husband, you are his most valuable weapon.
Anita
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Anita
er, pr-, Her2+++
Stage 2b, grade 3
negative nodes
4 rounds AC
3 months of weekly taxol
1 yr of Herceptin
Finish Herceptin May 2007
35 rounds of Radiation
Reconstruction completed Dec 2007
Implant replaced due to infection Mar 2008
4 Years NED!!!
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07-01-2007, 12:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Shingle Springs, CA - near Sacramento
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Might be a boil?
Hi Naturaleigh,
It might be a boil, they look like a pimple but hurt like heck. You don't want to mess with it yourself and if it needs to be lanced, a physician needs to do it. That would be my guess.
Have a great day!
Donna
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