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Cancer cells floating in the chest wall area

Posted by skooter1958 @skooter1958, 3 days ago

Can anyone tell me where I can find more information on cancer cells floating in the chest wall area after four rounds of chemo and a mastectomy? And is this called metastasized?

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anniez1943 | @anniez1943 | 13 hours ago
In reply to @aubreybill "I am scheduled to take Verzenio for 2 years - also after surgery and radiation. Since..." + (show)
@aubreybill

I am scheduled to take Verzenio for 2 years - also after surgery and radiation. Since you have been on this drug since DEC may I ask how you are doing (the list of drug reactions is terrifying)? Any tidbits/insight on how you feel/how it is going - I seem to be obsessing/sleepless thinking about how awful I will feel. Appreciate your input!

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Hi Aubreybill. I started on 200 mg of Verzenio twice daily. I lost my taste, my appetite, I had diarrhea, upset stomach, stayed in bed most of the day. I couldn't use metal forks, knives so I went to plastic everything, helped a tad. Lost some weight, couldn't gain weight, so my oncologist changed my dosage to 100 mg twice daily. After about a week, I started feeling like myself again. Now I'm eating like a horse, taste is back, no diarrhea or upset stomach. I believe Protocal is to start on 200 mg but 100mg worked best for me, at my oncologists' recommendation. I'm now doing great. Good luck to you. Just write down every little thing that happens to you, for your doctor. Blessings dear girl!!!

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myoga | @myoga | 8 hours ago
In reply to @worried1111 "Thanl you for your sympathetic reply. If you have a lump that feels like a bone..." + (show)
@worried1111

Thanl you for your sympathetic reply. If you have a lump that feels like a bone a CT scan and/or an ultrasound can also be used. Ultrasounds are much much cheaper. I had an ultrasound which confirmed a suspicious lesion which led to the biopsy confirming a recurrence. The radiologist then confirmed it with a post mastectomy ct scan which also showed the lesion. No one ever explained to me why this happened. I don’t know if the surgeon messed up or if I had a student operate on me that day. I could feel the bone-like lump on my chest wall before I had finished healing from the surgery. I thought that having a mastectomy instead of the lumpectomy (which was offered) would save me from future surgery to correct margins. FYI, it is very difficult for even the most experienced of doctors to feel a tumor with their fingers until it is at least 1 cm in size (that’s 1 million cancer cells!) so imaging is really helpful (even an ultrasound). I have now had the other breast removed to pre- empt cancer on the other side. Apparently a prophylactic mastectomy reduces the cancer chances to 5 percent versus higher than one in seven if it wasn’t removed. I also now have a double reconstruction. Who would have guessed that Angela Jolie had it right after all?Good luck with everything and hugs to you too!

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Thank you!!! I’ll ask for ultra sound if I can’t get the MRI.

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