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HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 11:34 PM on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
JM mentioned feeling something strange on his chest and asked me to check it. There is a mass just below his sternum. Midline, about an inch in diameter. It doesn't feel mobile, but doesn't feel like bone either. He said it was a little tender when I palpated it.
Of course it was time for him to go to work and I can't call the doctor until tomorrow am. I'm going to call and get him seen tomorrow if possible. I am scared. My best friend from 5th grade lost her brother (who I always had a crush on) to lymphoma which metastasized to his brain. It was discovered due to a mass in his chest.
I can't say anything in front of our boys because I don't want to worry them.
Dr. PJ or any other medical peeps, you got something reassuring for me???? 
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
MovingUpward ( member #14866) posted at 11:44 PM on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
jrc1963 ( member #26531) posted at 11:47 PM on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
Sending Prayers!!!
FWSO just finished three years of chemo for Lymphoma... He's cleared and in remission.
I'm praying that this isn't even Lymphoma for JM... but if it is... I wanted to give you hope.
Me: BSO - 56 Him: FWSO - 79 DS - 23 D-Day - 12-11-09, R - he finally came homeYour life is an Occasion. Rise to it. - Mr. Magorium, "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 11:53 PM on Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
(((((JM & HF))))) Sending it all your way. Keep breathing, hon.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
fireproof ( member #36126) posted at 12:32 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
You can call the on call doctor (call the office line) and if he doesn't feel well go to the ER.
I knew someone who waited and passed. Better to be safe than sorry.
Sending positive prayers!
tryingagain74 ( member #33698) posted at 12:35 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Sending you positive mojo.
(((HFSSC)))
FBS; now happily liberated!
Two DS and One DD
It matters not how strait the gate,/How charged with punishments the scroll./I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul.--"Invictus," William Ernest Henley
ThoughtIKnewYa ( member #18449) posted at 12:38 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 12:53 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Here is to lipomas. Does he have any irregular bumps or lumps other places? Some people are prone to fatty tumors. Others develop them as we get older. He is heading into middle age and may have some hormone changes that make him more prone to growing these. That's what I am betting on. But I will send awesome SI mojo and prayers your way.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
purplejacket4 ( member #34262) posted at 1:19 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Excactly where was the lump?
Most lymphomas that can be felt are noticed above the collarbones. I've never heard of any chest mass being palpated. The only "bad" thing I've seen was a patient with a rib muscle sarcoma (cancer of the skeletal muscle).
Me: BS 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
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HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 1:32 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
PJ, it's almost exactly midline, just below the xiphoid. I guess it's more upper abdominal, perhaps? I wondered if it could be a lipoma. I'm just thoroughly freaked out and scared.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
purplejacket4 ( member #34262) posted at 1:42 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Is it soft? Does it feel like if you move the skin you move it? Is it circular?
Me: BS 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
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"band aids don't fix bullet holes" Taylor Swift
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HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 1:44 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
It feels circular. Not soft, but not hard either...firm, I guess. The skin moves over it...doesn't feel like the mass is moving.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
caregiver9000 ( member #28622) posted at 1:49 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
((((hugs))))
Here is a weird question... Can you feel anything similar on you? Cause I totally went to that area and feel "something..."
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5454real ( member #37455) posted at 1:50 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
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purplejacket4 ( member #34262) posted at 1:54 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
It still sounds like a lipoma. Try not to be too worried.
Me: BS 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
Limboconsiliationish
"band aids don't fix bullet holes" Taylor Swift
I NEVER mind medical ???
HFSSC (original poster member #33338) posted at 1:57 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
caregiver, I don't feel anything similar on me.
PJ, thanks! 
He's at work. I'm going to call our primary doc 1st thing in the am so I can quit worrying.
Me, 56
Him, 48 (JMSSC)
Married 26 years. Reconciled.
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 2:08 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
(((JM & HFSSC)))
Sending prayers.
thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 2:14 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Acute SI Mojo for it to be lipoma (as i sit here palpating the one I've had for more than 30 years). I'm with Dr. PJ and the others. Always a huge worry, I know. You're right to want it checked asap. Hugs to you both.
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fireproof ( member #36126) posted at 2:51 AM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
If he gets worse take him to the ER or call his doctor's office. There is someone on call and they may have access to your husbands history.
You are your best advocate. Once I was in a room full of doctors and they called a specialist to help another doctor who was having issues because things were unclear. There are abnormal things etc - best to be safe. That is why they are there.
Good luck!
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 1:55 PM on Thursday, March 13th, 2014
The other thing it could be if tender, is a sebaceous cyst starting up. I actually sent a 96 year old to a surgeon yesterday for one. It started as a pea sized hard mass, and by the next week was quarter sized, red angry, and sore.
The Dr excised it in the office, and she is all better.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
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