How do I figure out if I have more MRSA or New Breast Cancer?
After mastectomy for DCIS, I tried reconstruction twice. Silicone leaked and was explanted less than 3 weeks after implantation. Then I had a lat dorsi flap and expander. Less than a month later I got a MRSA abcess in the excess skin from the June operation. I had surgery in July. Since then my sternum hurts so badly and I have a lump by the cartiledge. My GP sent me to oncologist. I think I have MRSA osteomyelitis, and now I wonder if they think I have sternum cancer. I am worried. Denise
Denise, you say, "I wonder if they think I have sternum cancer" - why not ask directly what they think? I'd guess your GP is sending you back to the oncologist because this could be a treatment-related issue - scar tissue from the operation, something along that line. It would be incredibly rare to develop a metastasis from DCIS; and that's what bone cancer would almost certainly be. So please try not to worry; I'm sure among them, your doctors will get to the bottom of this issue soon, and provide you some relief. Good luck - PJH
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