Hi Nige - welcome to the forum although I am sorry to hear what has brought you here. The nurses on this site are great at giving information like this and you can ring them during office hours on the number shown on this page (its free). I and several others have secondary BC and if you can be a little more specific, I am sure we will help if we can x
Thank you for your reply. Sorry I missed it when it was posted.
The primary cancer was removed (mastectomy), there was no trace in the lymph nodes. She went for a CT scan for something unrelated and by chance on the same scan they found 2 swollen lymph nodes behind her sternum.
The cancer nurse has been very good. She says that they are "very concerned" and there will have to be a biopsy to find out exactly what it is. Howver, she is almost certain it's cancer and is talking about whether it's secondary breast cancer or a completely new cancer (lung cancer?). She seems to be ignoring all the other possible causes, e.g. infection, virus, etc. These are the possible causes I'm clinging onto in hope!
We have to wait 2 more weeks for the biopsy. We have 2 young children (2 and 5) and are struggling to keep them sterile from it all. We're going through hell at the minute. I feel guilty for going to work, I feel guilty for talking about how it's affecting me, etc. (Sorry if I'm bleating a bit).
I just wondered if anyone had any real-life positive outcomes of our symptoms that might encourage me/us over the next 2 weeks that they might share with me, examples that are true and demonstrate other causes of this symptom (swollen lymph nodes in the chest area).
My wife and I are the type who research everything thoroughly. This forum is something I haven't explored and hope will help.
Thank you for the advice about the number to ring, though I can't see it attached so assume the Administrator of the forum has removed it for confidentiality reasons?
