Right breast surgery
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Surgeon suggested 3 month follow up.But just right after my surgery I felt a shooting pain in my right breast upper quadrant and after8 months surgeon advised to me go through another surgery to remove the newly formed lump.Surgeon says it is better to remove the area than waiting it to turn malignant.
You really do need to have a breast surgeon do the surgery if at all possible. The sentinel node biopsy eliminates the need for complete axillary lymph node removal unless cancer is found in the sentinel nodes. The fewer lymph nodes removed, the less the chance of complications such as lymphedema.
A great deal of your decision should be based on the actual tumor, i.e. the size, the type, the grade.
It is common for the CA 125 to go up after surgery just from the irritation of the lining of the abdomen. It does not mean the cancer is growing.
I cannot comment on your lymph nodes and would rely on your doctor's judgement.
It is a very stressful experience!
At 40 yrs. I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had a radical right mast. Dec. 15, 2004. My cancer in the breast was microscopic and throughout the breast, also had lymph nodes they took out 31 and had cancer in 30nodes. I received AC chemo then Taxotere, radiation and received Herceptin for 1yr.
This past Sept 2008, I was finally ready for reconstruction. The surgeon took the Latt. muscle from my back to help with reconstruction and put in a expander.
t want to deal with the fact it may turn cancerous. But breast surgery is nothing compared to kidney surgery, and it is good to know the risks going in.
I would also talk to your family doctor. They can sometimes help you interpret the 'specialist speak'. I personally would want some statistics behind what they are saying. If it is a 1% or 2% chance of turning cancerous - then I'd let it be because surgery carries much more than a 2% risk of bad outcomes.
I recently discovered a lump in my breast under my right nipple at 3 o'clock. My GYN sent me for a diagonistic mamogram and ultrasound. The report states: FINDINGS:In the patient's palpable area there is an area of architectural distortion which somewhat holds up on spot compression views. It goes on to say: In the patient's palpable area there is a 2.1x1.7x1.6 cm echogenic area with a hypoechoic area measuring approx. 1 cm centrally. Biopsy is recommended.
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Your doctor is doing the right thing by giving you an MRI in light of your breast cancer diagnosis. She is erring on the side of caution, and I totally understand why here.
I can't imagine how hard this is, and people telling you that you're over reacting isn't helping, I'm sure. They're probably trying to be helpful, but I think waiting for results is one of the hardest parts of the medical process.
It was there when I went to bed the night before my surgery and when I woke up it was gone. My mother has had breast cancer 3 times in her left armpit. So anyone would understand why I'm so scared. The doctor will not tell me anything except that the surgern will tell me what is going on. This time is very different from the last time. My lump does not move and it does not hurt. Anyone that would be able to tell me anything would be great.
There appears to be a new cluster of microcalcification identified within the immediate subareolar zone of the right breast.The right breast stroma is moderately dense with scattered heterogeneity noted as well.
I found two female General Surgeons that only do breast surgery in my town.. One of the doctor's has had a bilateral mysectomy for cancer in one breast. The other Doctor did the surgery.
Let me know if you think I should still wait six months.
I found a lump in my right breast. Had a mamogram last September and one last week. Did not find anything wrong with the new or previous mamogram and no difference between the two mamograms. Had an ultasound that did not find anything wrong. I went away happy. Then the doctor called and recommended I see a surgen due to my lumpy (his words) breasts and this makes the detection of cancer harder. Went to see the surgen today. He said that upon examination could not find any thing wrong, but !
My wife has a DCIS in her left breast and she did a mastectomy and the Microscopic Description is as follows:-
1-Extensive DCIS of intermediate to low grade with two foci of early invasion. One is of conventional invasive type and the other is of mucinous type. There is accasional foci of lymphovascular invasion.
2- Fibrosis, adenosis and cystic changes. The nipple shows DCIS but with no Paget's disease.
3- Eleven reactive lymph node but with no tumor spread.
4- Muximum tumor size is 8.0cm.
m finally going to have surgery to remove part of it. You would not believe the fight I have had to get this far and it's only by insisting the consultant look again at my scans that it was discovered how bad things are. He dismissed my symptoms of fatigue, weight gain, pain, difficulty breathing/swallowing etc said that thyroid difficulties would not cause this, I said I could no longer cope so he literally looked at the scan from a different angle and low and behold he was shocked!
I think your term "left there" is not quite correct. It isn't unusual at all that there will be some bleeding following most types of biopsies. A hematoma is NEVER "left there" intentionally; it develops after the procedure. I am not aware that a hematoma can encourage cancer growth. I'm also not familiar with the breakdown of a hematoma .... they are usually absorbed but this may take a considerable amount of time.
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