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    • October 25, 2011 at 4:16 pm
    NYKaren
    Participant

    Hi all,

    I hope someone here might know what this is:  (I have scans this thursday night and PET on Monday, so I'm quite worried)

    I feel a pain and a golfball size lump, palpable, just to the right (my right) of my belly button.  My measurements might be off 'cause I had tram-flap reconstruction following mastectomy so that area was moved around quite a bit.  Also, there is mesh from hernia repairs just underneath the lump

    Does this ring a bell to anyone?

    many thanks,

    karen

    Hi all,

    I hope someone here might know what this is:  (I have scans this thursday night and PET on Monday, so I'm quite worried)

    I feel a pain and a golfball size lump, palpable, just to the right (my right) of my belly button.  My measurements might be off 'cause I had tram-flap reconstruction following mastectomy so that area was moved around quite a bit.  Also, there is mesh from hernia repairs just underneath the lump

    Does this ring a bell to anyone?

    many thanks,

    karen

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      • October 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      And I just reached down and felt about 3 more a little higher up, but further under the skin.  Thanks again.

      • October 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      And I just reached down and felt about 3 more a little higher up, but further under the skin.  Thanks again.

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm
        King
        Participant

        Karen,

        Any chance it is another hernia?  Do the lumps/bluges change in size at all with position changes?

        Stay Strong
        King

        Stage IV 7/05  Liver mets

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm
        King
        Participant

        Karen,

        Any chance it is another hernia?  Do the lumps/bluges change in size at all with position changes?

        Stay Strong
        King

        Stage IV 7/05  Liver mets

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm
        King
        Participant

        Bulges…not bluges

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm
        King
        Participant

        Bulges…not bluges

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:28 pm
        King
        Participant

        Bulges…not bluges

        • October 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm
        King
        Participant

        Karen,

        Any chance it is another hernia?  Do the lumps/bluges change in size at all with position changes?

        Stay Strong
        King

        Stage IV 7/05  Liver mets

      • October 25, 2011 at 4:23 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      And I just reached down and felt about 3 more a little higher up, but further under the skin.  Thanks again.

      • October 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm
      MariaH
      Participant

      Hi Karen,

      Goodness, I can certainly understand your anxiety over this.  I would contact your onc today if you feel uncomfortable about it.  Just to let you know, Dave had swelling and pain after IL-2 in weird places… and some were areas of previous injury (back to when he was a kid).  I am wondering if maybe the IL-2 is to blame. 

      Keep us posted, and hopefully somebody else on the board can answer your questions better.

      Maria

      • October 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm
      MariaH
      Participant

      Hi Karen,

      Goodness, I can certainly understand your anxiety over this.  I would contact your onc today if you feel uncomfortable about it.  Just to let you know, Dave had swelling and pain after IL-2 in weird places… and some were areas of previous injury (back to when he was a kid).  I am wondering if maybe the IL-2 is to blame. 

      Keep us posted, and hopefully somebody else on the board can answer your questions better.

      Maria

        • October 25, 2011 at 10:34 pm
        NYKaren
        Participant

        Thanks for the concern and suggestions. my commute is 1 hour on the LIRR, and heaven forbid my blackberry's not working.  They do not seem to move (or hurt anymore) upon sitting.  Boy do I hope this is the IL-2.  Scans Thursday night and Monday morning, doc.  next Thursday…it can't come fast enough  And this time I will remember to ask for written copies of the reports.

        Thanks again!

        karen

        • October 25, 2011 at 10:34 pm
        NYKaren
        Participant

        Thanks for the concern and suggestions. my commute is 1 hour on the LIRR, and heaven forbid my blackberry's not working.  They do not seem to move (or hurt anymore) upon sitting.  Boy do I hope this is the IL-2.  Scans Thursday night and Monday morning, doc.  next Thursday…it can't come fast enough  And this time I will remember to ask for written copies of the reports.

        Thanks again!

        karen

        • October 25, 2011 at 10:34 pm
        NYKaren
        Participant

        Thanks for the concern and suggestions. my commute is 1 hour on the LIRR, and heaven forbid my blackberry's not working.  They do not seem to move (or hurt anymore) upon sitting.  Boy do I hope this is the IL-2.  Scans Thursday night and Monday morning, doc.  next Thursday…it can't come fast enough  And this time I will remember to ask for written copies of the reports.

        Thanks again!

        karen

      • October 25, 2011 at 9:23 pm
      MariaH
      Participant

      Hi Karen,

      Goodness, I can certainly understand your anxiety over this.  I would contact your onc today if you feel uncomfortable about it.  Just to let you know, Dave had swelling and pain after IL-2 in weird places… and some were areas of previous injury (back to when he was a kid).  I am wondering if maybe the IL-2 is to blame. 

      Keep us posted, and hopefully somebody else on the board can answer your questions better.

      Maria

      • October 26, 2011 at 10:52 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      I'm so happy that Memorial Sloan Kettering is staying open late tomorrow night to accomodate me for scans…MRI and CT.  The whole radiation department.

        • October 28, 2011 at 10:50 am
        MariaH
        Participant

        Now THAT's a good hospital!  Let us know your results – we're all pulling for you Karen.

        Best wishes,

        Maria

        • October 28, 2011 at 10:50 am
        MariaH
        Participant

        Now THAT's a good hospital!  Let us know your results – we're all pulling for you Karen.

        Best wishes,

        Maria

        • October 28, 2011 at 10:50 am
        MariaH
        Participant

        Now THAT's a good hospital!  Let us know your results – we're all pulling for you Karen.

        Best wishes,

        Maria

      • October 26, 2011 at 10:52 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      I'm so happy that Memorial Sloan Kettering is staying open late tomorrow night to accomodate me for scans…MRI and CT.  The whole radiation department.

      • October 26, 2011 at 10:52 pm
      NYKaren
      Participant

      I'm so happy that Memorial Sloan Kettering is staying open late tomorrow night to accomodate me for scans…MRI and CT.  The whole radiation department.

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