IDC newly diagnosed-crawling sensation-lymph node thickening

Posted by cathd @cathd, Sep 30, 2023

Hello!

I was diagnosed last week w/ IDC and have read a lot of great information here. I have an appointment with a surgeon in early November but am worried about a couple of things.

1.) For six moths prior to the mammogram which found the tumor, I had a crawling sensation in my breast but ignored it because I figured it was a new cyst growing larger. This sensation is moving to my armpit - is a nerve being activated by the growing tumor or am I feeling the cancer itself growing?

2.) In reading the mammography/ultrasound report it states that ... "There is a single left axillary lymph node which demonstrates mild diffuse cortical thickening measuring 4 to 5 mm." I am concerned about this after poking around a bit on the internet. Is this always metastasis? If it is, then I want to get moving more quickly with the treatment.

Any stories of similar experience would be appreciated greatly.
Thanks!

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cancerwifemom | @cancerwifemom | Oct 1, 2023

I had 5 large lymph nodes “cortical thickening” and none of them had cancer in them. I’m not sure about the crawling sensation though. I feel like I had weird twinges of pain before I knew that I had cancer though. I spoke to a surgeon about a week after my diagnosis and had my surgery 3 weeks after that. Good luck to you.

cathd | @cathd | Oct 1, 2023

Thank you so much - hope you are doing well!

~Cathy

sirene | @sirene | Oct 2, 2023

I had what I describe as a gripping pain the month before being diagnosed. It lasted most of the day or maybe 2. My nodes were clear. I always tried to get on the cancellation list if there were not any appointments earlier. 🙏🏻🙏🏻