Its a long time since I wrote on here. Diagnosed with bc in 2015. Mastectomy and lymph node clearance right side, chemo, rads, tamoxifen.
I had an LD reconstruction in 2017. I was initially very pleased with the outcome. However, over time the implant has become ripply and I am not at all happy with it. My breast surgeon ordered an MRI prior to referring me to plastics for possible diep. I have been to see her today, and the MRI shows enlarged lymph nodes on my non cancer side. She said that it could be a reaction to whats been done on my other side but due to my history I am booked in for an Ultrasound in 10 days. Obviously I am terrified!!!! Has anyone else had anything like this? They had already booked my scan apt so obviously following the 'suspected cancer' guidelines. I am preparing myself for bad news, i think once we have gone through this once we are subconsciously waiting for the when, not if.
Any thoughts /advice welcome xx
It's been a while since I've written on here myself. I went through something similar and found myself looking on here for similar situations.
I had a right sided mastectomy with recon and full node clearance in Oct 18. Since then I currently have grade 3 contrapulization (basically my right boob has become hard and hurts every day)
This year due to pains in my chest which led to further investigations an xray showed enlarged lymph nodes in my sternum. I then had a biopsy in this area which came back fine but then said they wanted to monitor them. 3 months later had another PET scan which showed no change so they were happy with that but it picked up an enlarged lymph in my left axillary (non cancer side). So again I had to go for another biopsy which thankfully also came back clear.
The surgeon and BC nurses seem to think I have reactive nodes caused by the implant. To me this makes sense as before all this cancer stuff my body has never liked foreign objects and has reacted adversely. I still have an expander in and was meant to have surgery again to remove some scarring and replace the implant, however each time an investigation begins into something else it keeps pushing it back.
I like you had convinced myself of the worst but I was wrong. For me and I'm sure many others the constant fear of recurrence is always there but somehow I've managed to get by but it's by no means easy!!
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