New pain - other breast - hypochondriac?
Do we all turn into hypochondriacs with every new pain? Or is it just me? :( So last Thurs my right breast (my left was treated) suddenly became really itchy in 1 spot and then I got sharp stabbing p...
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@JoeyLiz, glad you're having the scans this week. As many others have said, if you're concerned..... I'll be thinking of you on Thursday
@Flaneuse, I'm not sure if I'm correct here, did you have neoadjuvant chemo?
Both I and a friend/former colleague did. I used to get little throbs where my tumour was during tthose months of chemo. My friend did, also, possibly worse than myself. She was told (again, can't remember details now, so not sure who by) that it could be signalling tumour cell death.
The truth of it? I don't know, but she had a complete pathological response while I didn't have much more than a reduction in my ki67 number - essentially a marker of the rate of cell proliferation.
@Flaneuse, I'm not sure if I'm correct here, did you have neoadjuvant chemo?
Both I and a friend/former colleague did. I used to get little throbs where my tumour was during tthose months of chemo. My friend did, also, possibly worse than myself. She was told (again, can't remember details now, so not sure who by) that it could be signalling tumour cell death.
The truth of it? I don't know, but she had a complete pathological response while I didn't have much more than a reduction in my ki67 number - essentially a marker of the rate of cell proliferation.