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05-09-2012, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
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Rash....freaking out!
Hello all,
Today when I got out of the shower, I noticed a rash along the area of my bra band and in between my breasts....it looks just like heat rash with tiny little red dots all over. It literally just appeared out of nowhere! Of course, I'm freaked out that it could be skin mets. Does anyone know if this is what skin mets looks like?? I also just had Herceptin two days ago...could it be a reaction to that? I only have 5 Herceptin left...can't imagine I would start to have a reaction now. Any thoughts??
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Dx at 33 in May 2011
IDC and DCIS in left breast
ER-/PR-Her2+
Stage 2A (T1aN1miM0)
Left Mastectomy
A/C x 4
Taxol and Herceptin x 12
Herceptin every three weeks
Prophylactic Right Mastectomy and expanders on both sides June 28, 2012
May 2012 Bone scan, CT, breast MRI all normal
September 2012 Finished Herceptin
February 25, 2013 exchange surgery and port out
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05-09-2012, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Elizabethton, TN
Posts: 418
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
GQMom - there is probably no way you're going to relax until you find out for sure what is causing the rash. More often than not - a rash is just a rash - but we have to be more vigilant than most people. My surgeon and the nurses at the cancer where I had treatments told me -whenever I expressed anxiety about something that would have been easily dismissed before I was diagnosed - be vigilant. Always watch and never ignore something that worries you. So go tomorrow and get it checked and catch up on that sleep tomorrow night. And many of the pre-meds and Herceptin can have cumulative effects that start to show up after several treatments. Good luck and keep us posted.
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Joni -64 yrs old -
3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast
3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated
3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear
3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side
4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides
5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo
07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side.
07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin
08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont.
12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks
4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc.
5/2011 - NED!!! port out.
8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED
7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed.
2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.
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05-09-2012, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 403
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
I totally agree with Joni. Get it checked if it worries you. Biopsy is the only way to confirm whether or not it is skin mets. I waited one month when the red blotch/patch on my cancer breast got worse and was told i have a recurrence. Hopefully yours is nothing serious and it is not skin mets !
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1/11 age 36 DX
ER/PR-, Her2 +
TCH*6, Herceptin
BMX with immediate recontruction 5/2011 Lattismus Flap- Dx stage 3c 10/23 nodes
9/11 Radiation
3/12 Local recurrence to skin stage IV
Whole body scan CLEAR
4/12 Tykerb & Xeolda Skin mets slowly regressing
8/12 PET & Brain CT Clear
5/13 Skin mets progressing
6/13 PET scan chestwall recurrence in contralateral anxillary,internal mammary and ipsilateral subpectoral nodes
6/13 kadcyla
10/13 whole body scan -clear NED. previously resolved skin rash gone but 3 new lesions. Biopsy confirmed for skin recurrence
11/13 to 02/14 tykerb & herceptin
02/14 add abraxane/gemzar, 2 weeks on 1 week off at reduced dose
05/14 whole body PET clear/ brain CT clear but skin mets are getting worse, ready for new chemo
05/14 navelbine perjeta herceptin
07/14 skin mets progressing red rash worse
08/14 wide local excision with diep flap to close wound. Final path shows 2 positive margins showing inflammatory carcinoma Going back to surgery in 2 weeks
09/01/14 resection- clear margins
3 weeks after 2nd surgery, a new nodular rash found near drain incision with 2 small red spots behind the chest wall biopsy on 10/1. Positive for breast cancer
Radiation 11/2014 with xeloda then weekly cisplatin
11/14 brain MRI clean
12/14 finished 33 radiations burnt and very painful. Bedridden for 1 week
12/14 t current Herceptin and perjeta only
02/15 rash on upper back right side skin mets radiation planned
02/15 staring electron radiation *35
Stopped at 30 due to severe skin burn, resumed 10 days later
05/15 red patches appeared in between previously radiated area, skin mets. Ct and brain Mri clear. Simulation planned, radiation to start after trip to Alaska.
05/24 new spot identified in scar line on previously radiated reconstructed breast- electron on both side chest wall area and scar line
07/15 multiple skin and lung recurrence begin halaven
11/15 cough much better but very tired on halaven and starting to see some new red skin blotches-suspicious
11/15 heading to China for immune therapy
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05-10-2012, 09:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,210
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
Considering the location you describe, it sounds like it follows the pattern of your bra. Is it a new bra? Have you changed detergents or laundry products? It could very well be a contact dermatitis. Sometimes the simpliest explaination is the best. Of course, have it checked out for your peace of mind. But try not to get ahead of yourself and worry prematurely. Keep the faith.
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Bonnie
Post menopause
May 2007 Core biopsy, Rt breast
ER+, Pr-, HER2 +++, Grade 3
Ki-67: 90%
"suspicious area" left breast
Bilateral mastectomy, (NED on left) May 2007
Sentinel Node Neg
Stage 1, DCIS with microinvasion, 3 mm, mostly removed during the biopsy....
Femara (discontinued 7/07) Resumed 10/07
OncoType score 36 (July 07)
Began THC 7/26/07 (d/c taxol and carboplatin 10/07)
Began Herceptin alone 10/07
Finished Herceptin July /08
D/C Femara 4/10 (joint pain/trigger thumb!)
5/10 mistakenly dx with lung cancer. Middle rt lobe removed!
Aromasin started 5/10
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05-10-2012, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Mt. Prospect, IL
Posts: 177
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
I had something like that... also on my legs. Turned out to be a rash called PETECHIAE. Nothing serious. Have your Oncologist take a look at it 
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10/01/10 - Dx at age 44. Found lump after miscarrying & was told it was "probably a clogged milk duct" not so much:
stage II - invasive ductal carcinoma ER/PR+ HER2+
10/01/10 - BRCA test - Negative
11/3/10 -2.5cm tumor removed via lumpectomy, clear margins. sentinal node biopsy - nodes clear!
12/2/10 - port placement
12/2/10 to 3/17/11 - 6 rounds of taxotere, carboplatin & herceptin every 3rd week.
04/20/11 - 6/6/11 - 33 rounds of radiation
4/6/11 to 11/2/11 - 11 additional rounds of herceptin every 3rd week
7/15/11 - port removal
7/5/11 started my 5 year journey on Tamoxifen
9/4/11 -1 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
9/5/12 -2 yr Chest MRI - CLEAN!!!!
8/29/12 - Started spotting after being in chemopause 1.5 years. Ultra sound detected 6cm ovary mass & very thick lining. YIKES! Taken off Tamoxifen
9/6/12 - Full abdominal hysterectomy. Pathology report came back clean... thank you baby Jesus!!
9/28/12 - Started Anastrozole
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05-10-2012, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
Same thing happened to me - same look (little red dots) under my affected breast and in between. I just about freaked too but it was just prickly heat or an allergic reaction or something.
I showed my onc and he said it was "nothing" even though I thought I was gonna die.
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Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
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05-10-2012, 08:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 3,142
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
You might want to get it checked out by your doctor just to be sure it is not something to worry about.
However, that said I see you are taking Taxol. Look up the Taxol side effects and see if rash is on the list. It might not even be an allergic reaction. It might just be that the Taxol is getting everywhere, including the skin looking for cancer cells to kill. That would be a good thing even thought it is annoying and worrisome.
Take good care of yourself.
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05-11-2012, 10:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 80
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Re: Rash....freaking out!
Same thing here during Herceptin developed a horrible rash on my face. For some people Herceptin does cause rash. They gave me antibiotics. Talk w/your oncologist and make sure though. GOOD LUCK
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Sandra from WI
Stage 1, Tumor 1.4 cm, Grade 3, ER-/PR-/HER2+++
Poorly Differentiated IDC with comedo type necrosis with DCIS/ALH :(
Mammogram: 11/12/09
Call Back Mammo: 11/17/09
Biopsy: 11/25/09
Diagnosis Call: 12/2/09
Partial MX: 12/16/09. 3 LN clean.
6 Cycles Chemo (TCH) Jan-April/10; Herceptin all of 2010; 33 Rads complete 7/10. Herceptin done 12/10.
FOLLOW UPS:
Bil mammo, and Breast MRI 12/10 - CLEAN! (after a second lump was biopsied and BENIGN - showed giant cell reaction?).
Bil mammo 6/11 - CLEAN!
Left mammo 12/11 - CLEAN!
PET/CT scan 4/6/12 - CLEAN!
Bil mammo 8/12 - CLEAN!
November 2012 - Gallbladder Removed.
Bil MRI 2/13 - CLEAN!
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/sandragreen
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