Mediastinal Mass biopsy Has anyone ever been through this? My SO has a mediastinal mass and his doctor just referred us…

I guess I should add his lymph nodes in right arm and right nipple are hard too. The mass is close to his heart.

They say most of those tumors if cancerous are lymphomas which can be highly treatable. Non Hodgkin or Hodgkins. Depends where the mass is located usually gives them a clue to if it’s malignant or not. I wouldn’t freak out yet

It’s definitely a rarity

Yikes Ray that is scary. Is his cardio up at the u or imc?

Well that helps me. I’m trying to be positive and not freak out, but he’s stressing and freaking out. They are doing more blood work and said we might have a better idea of what’s going on even before the biopsy.

I just don’t know what to say to ease his mind for now. I’ll tell him what you said. I keep saying everything will be ok and we will get through whatever this is.

@not I’m not sure yet. I’ll be looking more into that.

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I'm sorry i have no idea but we went through a cancer scare last year actually getting a diagnosis and then it was later determined not to be just stay strong and try to be calm for him and don't GOOGLE just wait until you have all the facts i know it's hard but its rally what's best for your sanity

good luck!!

Thank you. I’ve tried not to google. But I want to learn more about the possibilities. My SO said he’s a wreck this morning. All I could say was ‘everything is going to be ok. we don’t have time to be a wreck we just gotta do what we gotta do to get through this day’. He converted cm to in and now knows it as 2.5 in instead of 6.5 cm. He even watched a biopsy. I told him he shouldn’t watch anything.

How am I going to keep his mind off of this until his appointment in 2 weeks?

praying for good news tomorrow!!

Thank you! We are kinda still where we were before the appointment. Next step is a ctscan with a biopsy needle, scrotal ultra sound and he might want to do a pet scan. Because he has 5 lumps we can feel and the mass in his chest. But we are waiting for the call to schedule both of those. I had no idea testicular cancer can form in the chest (scrotal ultra sound).... they keep saying they don’t want to say anything to freak us out. The then through out testicular cancer, lymphoma, Hodgkins, non Hodgkins, germ cell mass. The only way to get out of a surgery will be if it’s lymphoma. Because they would treat that with chemo and/or radiation.

Oh no! I hope it's not cancer. I am here for you if there's anything you need. Please don't hesitate to reach out. Hugs! ❤

How did I miss that this was 2 weeks ago?! I'm so sorry!

Thanks yaya. I still don’t know what to do, since we still don’t have answers. I know once we figure out what it is it will be easier to figure everything out. I’m being positive. But my SO is having a hard time after the appointment. It’s kinda hard not to freak out when a cardiothoracic surgeon is telling you what the possibilities are. His PA wouldn’t even talk about it. Then they made light of it by saying that he’s taken out masses as huge as a woman’s chest cavity. I don’t think that helped.

I'm sorry its soooo tough we went through somethimg similar last year and actually another scary thing over the past month where cancer was an option last year heat even came home with a cancer diagnosis went through appt ater appt mris ct scan us biopsy etc etc its horrible on ur nerves u can't help but be worried and scared!! and the waiting game and being sent back and forth no answers our last answer kid u not was thats just really weird lol its a mass in his neck thats calcified no idea what it is lol like a small wine cork in the images

i really hope u get the answers you need to help u find peace and that its something that can be treated GOOD LUCK!!