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What are warning signs of triple negative breast cancer recurrence?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Sep 15, 2023 | Replies (66)
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@sabithamayo

My left breast lumpectomy dissection is done on the areola. What are the symptoms of recurrence on the areola...is there will be any colour change or noticable lump on my areola

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Chris, Volunteer Mentor | @auntieoakley | Jul 28, 2022

This would be the same rule as for nodes and deep breast tissue. If you see or feel any new changes (know your normal) you should ask that it be checked out. I know that many of these turn out to be nothing important, but isn’t it better to have peace of mind, than to lay awake worrying.
Are you see changes in your breast and nodes that are worrying you?

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anjalima | @anjalima | Aug 13, 2022

Hi. My diagnosis is not triple negative BUT I had a change in the color of my Areola that led me to my BC diagnosis. Essentially when I lifted my right arm to apply deodorant one day, while facing a mirror, I noticed that the areola depigmented ( from pinkish to pale yellow/blue) arm down and returned to pinkish. Did not happen on left breast. Persisted! Got an earlier than scheduled mammo AND ultrasound AND breast exam = breast doc/surgeon ( of 35 years) did not understand the symptom and never encountered the symptom SO all good? Persisted… two months later I had an MRI = 2 tumors and one Ax node light up!

The de pigmentation of the nipple was due to a positional occlusion of the blood vessel being impinged by the one tumor when I lifted my arm overhead.

Hope this is helpful as we self exam ourselves through our journey.

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