I know you’re probably not going to be able to give me a definitive answer as the answer is to see my GP. I will be seeing my GP, I just need to put it in writing. I don’t know why. 

I was diagnosed with Mucinous Carcinoma of the Breast in September 2017. It only accounts for 2% of all breast cancers and is usually only occurs post menopause. I was pre-menopausal and worldwide, I think pre-menopausal cases are basically me, an American woman and 5 Korean women. 

It’s supposed to be slow growing, but mine was the size of a peach stone when I found it. It could have been there for quite awhile before I found it if it started in the centre of my breast, or even lower and closer to my rib cage. I have very large breasts (I hate them btw, especially after one of them tried to kill me), so even in the most thorough of self exams, there are areas it’s impossible to feel. 

It continued to grow until my lumpectomy in December 2017. In order to get clear margins, I had a tennis ball sized amount of tissue removed. This was followed by radiotherapy in 2018. 

Over the past two days, I’ve been experiencing a lot of pain in the rib immediately below where my breast joins my breast wall. I’ve just felt it and compared it to the rib on the other side. There’s a 3cm, irregular lump that wasn’t there before. 

There’s an outside chance it could be a bone spur as I’ve recently developed one on my heel. But realistically, given it’s so close to my previous tumour, I think it’s more likely to be cancer. 

I wanted to ask if this was consistent with localised metastasis. But given that my tumour was unusual in the first place, even if it isn’t, that won’t automatically rule out cancer. I think I just wanted to reach out to someone to confirm that I’m not over blowing something trivial. I guess I could be as my sister has just finished radiotherapy to treat breast cancer. This is the 4th for her because it keeps coming back. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this as I know it is stupidly long. 

Kind regards, 

Hecuba