30 years after my mastectomy + 6 months of CAF chemo (age 43) & no recurrences, I had a breast MRI that showed a suspicious mass within my chest wall. It was large, about 9cm x 2cm! Without a breast MRI we never would have seen it under the bones.
I was tried on 2 different aromatase inhibitors to attempt to shrink it since it was inaccessable, but they gave me very labile hypertension, so was taken off them after 4 months. Then I was given Fulvestrant shots, another type of hormone blocker that works in a different way. The first month is "front loaded" with 2 shots every 10 days, then once a month after that. I just had my second breast MRI to check for shrinkage of the tumor, and it was reduced by 2/3 of its former size! I could feel little pin prick sensations in the tumor vicinity occasionally, so I'm thinking it was the shrinking going on. Its now 2.8 cam x 1 cm.
The doc is going to bring the images to the "tumor board" to see what's possible now. I'm wondering if it will shrink down with more Fulvestrant to nothingness. But doc says I'll need to stay on it.
Has anyone had surgery for this once it's small?
Thanks all, Patty