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Palpable Lump not visible on scans..what now?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Mar 21 9:28am | Replies (43)

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@tracestew I am going to chime in and agree with the surgeon recommendation. Most of the time you cannot get in to an oncologist without a diagnosis, but a surgeon should be easier.
I had a walnut sticking out from my chest wall that came back nothing on a scan. My surgeon said you can feel it, and I can feel it, let’s take it out and get it under a microscope.
Sure enough, really aggressive, er+ her2+ breast cancer. This was before herceptin was even approved for front line therapy, so if I had taken “no” for an answer or my surgeon hadn’t been on top of this, I shudder to think how fast this thing would have taken over.
Hint; snippy never helps, but sometimes begging does, even if it is insincere. It is sad that we have to do that but……needs must.
Has your doctor felt this lump? I know you said the tech did, but has any doctor felt it?

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Hey can I ask where your lump was exactly? & was it a painless lump?
I have one that seems like it’s in my chest wall. Walnut size is perfect description and I can visibly see it but it’s not coming up on mammogram because of it’s location, it’s not even in the machine.