Worrying About Cancer Return After Finding Lump Under Arm

My thoughts are with you

I’m so sorry to hear that you might be having a reoccurrence but so glad you are able to already have had the mammogram and ultrasound

I hope you get good news. Glad your medical group is on top of things. Stay positive.

Did you do radiation with your first treatment? I’m currently doing Taxol and Herceptin for my IDC stage 2A but I’m on the fence about radiation because it has a side effect of creating reoccurrence after 5 years.

I did radiation and will closely monitor- I will take the 5 years because by then much more will be available

Yes, I did radiation. I had and now have a recurrence of triple negative breast cancer. It is more aggressive but does respond to chemo. 💗 PET scan on 6/24. Praying for no spread. 🙏🙏🙏

Barbara coulson what was your first diagnosis breast cancer and what stage

I had a recurrence after 7 years on Anastrazole. Now Stage 4. Spread to my bones.

Karen w Is it the same type of cancer you had the first time or an entirely new one because I have been told that if it comes back, it is not necessarily the same kind

Barbara did you do chemotherapy in the first place the first round

Carole, They haven’t said, but to me it appeared different. This time it appeared on my skin instead of inside. Seemed more aggressive.

Waiting for biopsy results can feel overwhelming, and finding a lump after being cancer-free brings up so many fears that are completely understandable. The waiting period is one of the hardest parts, but taking action with the mammogram, ultrasound, and upcoming biopsy shows strength in facing this uncertainty head-on.