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01-05-2010, 01:20 PM
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Location: Mississippi
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Lump on sternum
First, just let me say I think of y'all often but I am just swamped at work. This first year teaching is not quite overwhelming.I miss you all. I wish that I could have gone to San Antonio. Hope everyone had a great time and learned a lot! Hope you have a healthy new year!
Second, about two months ago, I developed a lump on my sternum, near the bottom ( Xiphoid process ), on the right, it is about and inch and a half across and not real noticeable. You can feel it if you run your fingers across it. It is a little tender (sometimes) but not showing any inflammation or redness.
It didn't show up on the PET scan I had the end of November, though it was present then. My doctor ordered an ultrasound guided biopsy but they couldn't find anything to biopsy. It just showed up as thickened tissue. Nothing clear, no tumor, etc. At the moment we are watching it. Has anyone else had this problem?
Love, Leslie
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Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
July 2008-Finished Herceptin!
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01-05-2010, 02:28 PM
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Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Re: Lump on sternum
Leslie!  I don't have any info but I'm glad to see you here and glad it seems to be nothing to worry about! Hope you had a good winter break. I had frozen water pipes that burst over the ceiling and spent the holidays in a construction zone getting a new kitchen ceiling, and now I'll be thinking of you this week when I'm repainting the faux finish I had done on it 7 years ago! Wish you were here!
Love, Celeste
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Diagnosed 8/7/08 with stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma, micropapillary pattern, Her2 3+, ER+,PR-, grade II, positive lymph nodes.
Received 6doses of Taxotere, Carboplatin with Herceptin continuing for a year...DONE.
1/28/09 Left Modified Radical Mastectomy, Right Simple Mastectomy.
Surgery pathology: No invasive carcinoma present and 17 lymph nodes removed all negative! Only small amount of carcinoma in situ in left breast.
March/April '09, Radiation to left chest wall.
Currently involved in Neratinib clinical trial.
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01-05-2010, 03:48 PM
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Re: Lump on sternum
Hey Leslie, Have fun teaching!! I am also followed with ultrasounds for changes. The areas they are calling fatty somthing. I will have to look. They do not show up on PET.
Hope this helps, Alice
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04/08 age 50 III IBC Her2+++ ER/PR-8cm 14/14 Double M, Body and Brain CT/PET clear, ? on spine,Muga 53
06/08, 4 A/C, Neulasta
08/08, Herceptin/tax 12 every week
10/08, CT/PET clear, ? on pelvis, hips, MUGA 43, started Enalaprial for heart, Herceptin every 3 weeks
11/08 33Rads; 12/08 MUGA 48
2/09 MRI spine and bone scan, old mets to spine, Chest x-ray, blood work, IV NED,regular CPAP use,Zometa x6, first -flue like symptoms 2 days;Herceptin x3; stage 2 lymphoedema..sleeve and glove
4/09 Brain MRI - CLEAR; MUGA 54
7/09 chest ultrasound,
10/09 PET, brain and spin MRI NED Herceptin only. MUGA 59!!!
1/11 Hip replacement 7/11 Hip 2 replacement
4/12 4 years!! Herceptin
6/12 start reconstruction finish in 12/12
2/14 Herception - 6 years!!!
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01-05-2010, 05:37 PM
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Re: Lump on sternum
What a coincidence. I have a friend in Eugene who is a professor living alone there. He wanted to save heat and left the house unheated. He had his water pipes leaking everywhere. His neighbor called him to come back from Portland. The funny thing was that after repair the bursted pipes, he still left the house unheated. That shows Ph.D's are not all smart.
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01-05-2010, 08:21 PM
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Location: "Love never fails."
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Re: Lump on sternum
They are smart all right. What they are lack of is 'common sense', as my Father-in-law says about his PhD daughter. I think 'smart people' refuse to believe things that they can't figure out logically. But keeping the house heated should be the rational thing to do. (He ought to know the fact that warm air goes up, cold air goes down...)
We had experienced the 'water on the roof (ceiling)' problem in summer 2007 just before my 2nd Sister arrived to take care of me after my mastectomy. It was summer time and preventing 'mold' became our priority. Luckily we got the roof replaced before another rain storm hit Central Texas...
Leslie, I'm so glad there's nothing to worry about.
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01-06-2010, 01:54 PM
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Location: Georgia
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Re: Lump on sternum
Leslie,
Glad to hear from you.
Amelia
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01-06-2010, 02:20 PM
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Re: Lump on sternum
Hi Leslie, I'm glad everything checked out positive with the lump. That has to be a sigh of relief. It's always good to stay on top of things and remain pro-active but it sounds like all is ok...that's wonderful.
I'm sorry to hear you had to deal with with the lump...but glad you checked in and let us all know your doing ok. You sound like you've been busy girl. Keep us updated now and then if you find time. Take care and hang in there.
Chelee
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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.
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01-17-2010, 09:40 AM
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Location: indianapolis, indiana
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Re: Lump on sternum
i've had a lump on my sternum for a couple years and have ct scans to follow it. the rad onc thinks it may have been from a broken rib along the sternum and it's a calcium build up.
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st 1, gr 3, er,pr-, her2 +,
2 tac,33 rads,6 cmf
1 yr herceptin,
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