Cancer Symptoms

Uncategorized Cancer Symptoms:

• Absolutly NONE
• bloating,pain in lower left side of stomach
• had swollen lymph node
• I started bleeding...knew that wasn't right because I had a hysterectomy seven years ago.
• Low grade fevers, fatigue, extreme headaches, anemia, bone pain
• lump on neck
• My Granfather James died of Lung Cancer in 1981, my Grandmother Elizabeth died with a rare liver cancer in 1999, At some point or another my aunt Ruby had a full masectomy, my aunt Betty had several surgeries to remove lumps in her breasts, my Grandmother Lois had a lung removed in 2003, my Mother had Cervical Cancer in 2004
• night sweats,fever,headache,severe back pain,sore lymph nodes,blured vision, swolen stomach,sore stomach,bone pain,excess sweating,shortness of breath,tired- tired-very sore teeth, tired....feels like a bubble in my chest in centre
• None
• Not sure as of yet
• Pain in my left thigh.
• Pain in my right hip

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Symptoms:

• Anemia, enlarged/distended spleen, low white count, weight loss, fatigue, constant bloody noses, occasional blood-vessel bursting rashes (especially along left/spleen side of torso and feet.
• Bruising, weakness, bone pain.
• high fever for months. pail skin, red rash on face and body, leg and back bone pain, tired, mood swings,
• I had spots that looked like bruises on my skin and my left sinus was completely clogged. I had none of the traditional symptoms of leukemia.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Symptoms:

• For 3 weeks I was told the bloody noses were due to the lack of humididty in our home and the leg pain and fever were due to flu. Finally, knowing that my child , although a great actor couldnt possibly be holding onto this just for some attention. Saturday February 16th, 2008 I took her to her regualr pediatrician'S office.
• None really. Just some bruising and I was tired a lot.

Anal Cancer Symptoms:

• Blood in stool, itching at anus
• Lower back pain Vaginal pressure Low energy
• Sporadic bleeding (bright red) uncontrollable itching.
• vaginal dryness 9 mos pre-dx vaginal/rectal pressure 1 mo pre-dx change in bowel habits 3 mos pre-dx rectal bleeding 2 weeks pre-dx

Bladder Cancer Symptoms:

• I began passing blood in my urine. That'll scare the daylights outta ya.

Bones and Joints Cancer Symptoms:

• Aches in the knee and swelling
• Back pain
• I had pain in my hip during my second sons pregnancy, it never went away and by the time I had time to think about myself I was pregnant again. I lost this one 14 weeks in. My doctor the whole time was telling me my son caused my sacrum to turn he could feel it no x rays nessasary! I believed him until finally I wanted to die so bad. But my babies who would love then as much as I do! I made it to a different clinic begged and cried to a PA. Of course he said. I laid on the xray table when I heard him swear and call me in. Half my hip was gone. A tumor the size of a football took its place. The tumor was what my doctor was feeling not my sacrum. Thats when my whirl wind began.

Brain Cancer Symptoms:

• Severe Headache, personality, vision, coordination changes
• grand mal seizure
• headaches, short term memories, long term memories, hand-eye coordination, seizures.... that all I can thank of but I do have memory problems. HAHAHA
• Progressive neurological failure of fine motor coordination in left hand. Headaches. Dizzyness. Slurred speech.
• seizures, MRI showed grey mass on brain

Breast Cancer Symptoms:

• A large mass in right breast found during self-exam. Swelling, itching, and pain in breast. The mass continued to grow, and right breast become enlarged to almost double the size in two-month period. CT Scan later found out that the mass was about 5cm x 4cm x 2cm. I was finally diagonsed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
• Aching and hardening in my breast. I can see the tumor growing and pushing my breast aside.
• annual mammogram~at age 40 (1st) found! Not until next mammogram at age 43 detected though I'd had physical exams annually!
• Bloody nipple discharge from one breast only. Tenderness with (initially) no palpable or detectable (except by MRI) tumor.
• Cancer did Not Show up on Mammagram for five years. I found the mass in September after using my arms a lot to pick up my AVA BABY Granddaughter. Thought I had a new muscle. Went to the Dr. anyway. It was Cancer.
• Fatigue, hard lump
• Feeling sometimes bitchy I put that down to arimidex. I hate the revisiting of menopause, night sweats, etc. Sometimes I just feel tired and can't keep up. UPDATE AUG/08. Not as tired anymore, but the rest is the same.
• Felt a lump in my breast that hadn't been there before.
• Felt a lump.
• Found a lump at the age of 38
• Found a lump on upper left breast
• Found lump in right breast.
• I discovered a small lump on my right breast one night lying on the sofa watching Tv.
• I felt a lump about the size of a grape on my right breast. Just after I had my baby of 8 months old.
• I felt a lump by accident and brought it to the attention of my Gynecologist. Initially I was told that I was too young...but, obviously, he was wrong. It took 5 months to be diagnosed!
• I felt a lump in the shower and I was concerned and had it checked out. Turns out it was positive for breast cancer
• I found a large lump while showering.
• I found a lump during a self exam.
• I found a lump in my breast. It was hard and big
• I found a lump in my left breast while putting on my bra that snaps in the front. I don't think I would of found this if it wasn't for the placement of it being so close to the edge of my breast and close to the snap. I also would feel a tingling sensation in the area every now and then, sometimes it would itch a little.
• I found a lump in my right breast during a self-breast exam.
• I found a lump myself one month after having my mammogram done.
• I found a lump on L breast after a shower, I had some discomfort under my arm, and thought it was from my deodorant.
• I found a pea size lump around Thanksgiving of 2007. No symptoms at all.
• I found a pea size lump that hurt!
• I found lump in my breast by a self-exam.
• I found lump in shower; had acute pain there; mammo didn't show; ultrasound did.
• I found the lump myself during a self breast exam. I had no history of breast cancer in my family. I was 38 years old.
• I had no symptoms, just a small little lump on my right breast.
• I had NO symptoms. Breast cancer runs in my family (Mom's side) and so I had been getting mammograms since my 20's. The tumor was little and could not be felt by me, nor seen on an ultrasound. I probably would not be here had I not gotten a mammogram.
• I had none
• i had spontaneous discharge for a number of years. my gyno kept telling me it was nothing and the more i played with it, the more it would leak out. i was sent for mammograms year after year, but nothing was detected. then after about three years, i was given an ultrasound and it showed that I had four tumors. The biggest was 1 cm and that's how they determined that it was stage 1.
• I have had no symptoms. My diagnosis was from a yearly mammogram.
• I only had a drop of blood on my husbands tee shirt
• I really had no symptoms that I noticed. I accidentally found the first lump in 1994 myself. The second one in 2005 was detected during my annual mammogram. I would never have found this one because it was in the center of the breast at the back wall.
• I was rather quite fortunate; I did not experience any true symptoms.
• Lots of itching in my breast, but was never really sore or painfull.
• lumb in my breast
• Lump
• lump in breast and back pain
• lump in my breasts
• Lump that grew very fast. Very tired.
• Lumps (multifocal), itching, bee-sting like pains during PMS.
• No symptoms!
• No symptoms, found during a routine mammogram.
• No symtoms, went for a routine mamogram and ultrasound. Large mass found, biopsy showed tumor to be cancerous.
• no symtoms; tumor was found during a routine mammagram
• None
• None at the time Found by Mammogram.
• none found on mammogram
• None just lump on my right breast.
• None really....
• None, found on routine mammogram
• None, went for my annual mamo and they said I had to have an ultra sound done because of this abnormal reading.
• None. Found via yearly mammogram.
• None. Absolutely nothing. I work a 60 hour work week and thought fatigue was inherent to the job.
• None. The lump was found on the mammogram and the surgeon said she wouldn't have been able to feel the lump if the biopsy hadn't enlarged it.
• Nothing other than a annoying lump.
• occaisional sharp pains(in right breast). throbbing-from rt.shoulder to my fingertips.Gradual increase in size of lump while forming an indentation.
• Originally, a lump in my right breast, then a lump in my left breast, then trouble breathing and now bone pain
• pain from site, open cavity that bleeds and releases other not so pleasant things,weak
• Pain in the breast, which I ignored. I was also very sick. Later I did a rare self-exam and discovered a lump. The rest is history.
• RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG METS. CHEST PAIN
• recurrence of breast cancer now mets sm. tumor in liver
• Sharp pain across my right breast like a streak of lighting.
• Sizeable lump in right breast 6 months after taking the hormone pill estradiol.
• Tenderness in right breast. Lump in right breast.
• Tumor, yuck!
• When I did a self breast exam I felt a lump and pain in my left breast and I know at that very moment something is wrong so I decided to go to the hospital and see the doctor.
• While removing my clothes for bed I looked into the mirror and was shocked to notice that one side of my breast was larger than the other, fell to the inside, and felt like it had something in it. It made me think of the patients who came in with breast implants, since that’s what it felt like. A few months earlier I had noticed several times that my breasts seemed to be hot to the touch and I wondered if I had an infection.

Cancer of the Esophagus Symptoms:

• Difficult swallowing and am on liquid diet. No real pain as yet.

Cervical Cancer Symptoms:

• I didn't ever have any symptoms. It was found during my physical with my doctor.
• I had spotting at first, which I ignored, until bleeding was heavier, especially during sex, I also started gaining weight..when I was always little. I always thought you lose weight when sick, the weight didnt start falling off until chemo came into the picture
• I started having symptoms in Feb. 08'. I had severe vaginal bleeding. I filled a plastic cup up with smal blood clots in a matter of 30 minutes. I would wake up soaked in blood. I was taken to the ER multiple times and bled blood clots the size of golf balls. This continued through my diagnosis in June. I had 3 different doctors tell me that it was just low estrogen and progesterone and put me on birth control. I also had severe pelvic pain
• watery discharge that progressed to mucus/blood discharge, bleeding after sex, pelvic cramps all of the time

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Symptoms:

• Fatigue, bone pain, hemmorage, nausea, diahrrea.

Colon and Rectal Cancer Symptoms:

• 1)Suddenly feel acute constipation. 2)Narrowing the stool like rectangle (Tape) shape. 3)Smell in Stool & Fart like Putrid Sewer 4)Some time slightly blood found in the stool. 5)Feel sensation that bowl is not empty after going the toilet. 6)Mucus, Pus type, something like onion skin / net found in the stool. 7)Pain in Piles & Anus 8)Continuous feeling that I need to have bowl which does not resolve after passing stool. 9)Heaviness in abdomen. 10)Weakness, Fatigue & Tenderness 11)Loss of weight from 75 kgs to 60 kgs in 2 months 12)Feeling dryness in throat needs drinking water at all times. 13)Slightly pain in back. 14)Loss of appetite. 15)Too many embezzles in the day.
• animic--I also have lupus and this was found on a routine blood test. I had no other symtoms. Had I got a colonoscopy one year earlier at age 50, I probably would not have got cancer. Please have a colonoscopy at least by age 50! Earlier if there is a family history or if you have symtoms.
• Bart had indegestion. Brian & Bruce had none.
• Blood in stool (in previous years) Irregular movements, nausea, and loss of appetite (all not present until 3 months prior to diagnosis)
• Blood in the stool
• Bowel blockage, made my husbadn violently ill. Went to the ER and they sent him home the first time with suppositories to help end the blockage. Next time to the ER they did exploratory surgery and found the tumor. And so the rest of our ride follows.
• diffuse GI symptoms intermittent diarrhea and blood in stools.
• Dull pain in Abdomen
• fatigue, fecal changes in color size, finally blood in stool
• I could feel the tumor. Alternate constipation and diahorreah. Clonoscopy ,scope could not get past the tumor.
• I did not have any symtoms unti;l the tumor perforated the colon wall, as it had gotten to big
• Indigestion, shooting pains in stomach area, lack of appetite, diarrhea and blood in stool
• Intense stomach pain, nausea & vomiting.
• Multiple flushes of bloody stool, spontaneous initiation & resolution, over four hours in mid-December 2004. Analyzed by a PA to probably be a manifestation of diverticulitis shown on sigmoidoscopy 2 yrs before. Six weeks later further flushings resulted in ER admission to Holy Cross Hospital January 31, 2005.
• narrow stools, anemia,stomach upset
• No initial symptoms.
• no symptoms really except for stomach pains once in awhile and going to bathroom after each meal
• none, allergist noticed blood loss and severe anemia, contacted GP who ordered tests.
• Really had none but in hindsight there were signs. My abdomen was bloated - no pain, I could fall asleep sitting up. Crying for long periods of time for seemingly no reason at all. Not feeling myself - thought I was depressed. Upon diagnosis there was blood in my stool and my stools were darker than normal but I never paid attention to that and never saw any blood. Also had reoccurent urinary tract infections in the 1.5 prior to diagnosis
• Sept. 05 I began having what felt like menstral cramping after my period. Timing was off, the cramps would come and go. After years of being told I had IBS, after 3 pregnancies, I had a colonoscopy in 11/07 & was told that day I had a malignant tumor. The troublesome part is that the Dr's could have caught this 2 years ago. I was even in the ER in 10/06 complaining of severe abdominal pain & was sent home. They thought it was food poisoning & pregnancy. For a whole year I suffered with 'blockage' symptoms (vomiting & pain).

Endometrial / Uterine Cancer Symptoms:

• Unexpected vaginal bleeding, 10 yrs. post-menopause

Eye and Orbit Cancer Symptoms:

• Blurred Vision slight headache
• Straight lines look wavy, flashing lights, floaters.

Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors Symptoms:

• abdominal pain fatigue
• pain in side, fatigue, shortness of breath, weight loss
• swelling being very tired sometimes pain in bones sometimes no symptons that you associate with cancer silent ones

Hodgkin Lymphoma Symptoms:

• lump in the left side of my neck.
• Night sweats, sever weight loss, fever, cough (bronchitis type symptoms)
• None
• Painful swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, fatigue, and constant fever.

Kidney Cancer Symptoms:

• Frequent fevers, right-sided upper abdominal pain, right flank pain, fatigue, and microscopic hematuria.
• Just get tired does unbidden tears count as a symptom
• My husband has lost 45 pounds in about 2 months. The tumors in his liver are consuming all the calories he takes in. He is extremely fatigued and often is nasuated.
• Shortness of breath.....seriously that was it!

Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Symptoms:

• MADDY STOMACH WAS HARD AND EVENTUALLY WE WERE ABLE TO FEEL A BUMP
• Swollen belly, feels hard Vomiting Pain

Lung and Bronchus Cancer Symptoms:

• 9 yrs ago, voice loss,fatigue,thirst,stomach pain, ear pain,low grade fever. Jan/08-shoulder pain,fatigue.Low grade fever.
• At first just cancer of the right lung.
• back pain
• Chronic coughing.
• I had suffered from right side pain in my rib area when I coughed or sneezed for about 3 years until my cancer was finally diagnosed. We looked at EVERYTHING else, but no one would have thought I could have lung cancer.
• My boyfriend thought his shoulder pain was due to pulling some muscles. After a couple of months of it getting worse...he thought ...oh my Lord...I bet I have a torn rotor-cuff. We only wish it was so... He went from those thoughts to the doctors finding a tumor on shoulder..(no problem, odds are that it is benign)...to hearing lung cancer with metastisis to shoulder and large bones... and 12-18 months??? I started logging this "journey" from MY perspective. The thoughts, feeling and poetry from someone who loves someone...who has cancer.
• My left thigh was giving me pain for months
• None! Cancer was found while investigating for a gall stone surgery, by xray, CT scan and MRI
• Pain cough
• Pain. The metastasis is skull, spine, ribs, liver, lung and lymph nodes in chest and pelvis, liver, pelvis, hip. Half of my tongue is paralyzed due to c-spine involvement so talking, chewing, swallowing are difficult.
• Shortness of breath, cough, back pain.
• There isnt any symptoms with this type of cancer. Its a soft tissue it moves with the body.

Melanomas of the Skin Symptoms:

• Assymetry of Mole on Back
• bad skin
• mosquito looking bump that appeared out of nowhere and then a black dot appeared in the corner 4 months later
• Really did not have any - went to see dermatologist for something completely different and was told he did not like a mole I had - biopsy done - call came in - went back for full removal of mole and surrounding area - very very lucky . . .

Multiple Myeloma Symptoms:

• fatigue, aching joints
• None, and I am cancer free.
• tired, tired, tired

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Symptoms:

• Almost nil except a feeling of wind trapped under my ribs from time to time.
• coughing, low grade fever, couldn't breathe while laying down
• distinsion of the stomach, swelling of the feet.
• Enlarged lymph nodes, Tired, depression, some pain, hair loss, neuropathy, blisters from the doxil, memory loss, sleeplessness, my blood sugar is on the whack other than that I'm GREAT!
• Fatigue,Shortness Of Breath Itchy Skin and Enlarged Lymph Node In Groin
• Feeling pain in abdomin and imagining all those tumors growing
• fever, sweating, articular pain
• I had no symptoms. Chest pressure and shortness of breath due to iron deficiency anemia resulted in the CT scan that found my tumor.
• Lump in neck,
• Nausea, chills, fever, sweats, depression, infection, tooo many
• None; I was diagnosed accidentally, through an unrelated ultrasound - although, in retrospect I realize I was having night sweats.
• sickness no appetite,no taste,sores like skin tears so painful, dry mouth,nausea,
• started with lump on neck. Only one year after the lump that it got diagnosed, and that is because the lymphoma has already spread to the lower abdomen, the intestine, have to remove part of intestine too!
• Sudden appearance one morning of mass (lump) under my right arm.
• Thought I had strep throat - face swollen - large lump on coller bone - had hoarse voice

Oral Cavity and Pharynx Symptoms:

• Initially, trouble swallowing and pain just below the ribcage ... gradually getting worse.
• palpable lymph nodes
• Sores in my mouth that would not heal. I told my GP Dr three years ago I thought I have cancer and he laughed at me. Said it was hepries or gingivitus. I took his dumb treatments until my teeth strted moving around in my mouth and turn black. Went to a dentist who I owe so much money to now but he sent me to my ENT. Biopsy came back possitive

Ovarian Cancer Symptoms:

• Abdominal pain, bloating.
• all the normal symptoms bloated nausea I even thought it was gall bladder or an ulcer after an inital ultrasound it was diagnosed fast
• Bloating, high blood pressure, cramping, bleeding inbetween periods, unusual periods, constipation, infertility.
• bloating, tired,
• Bloating, tiredness
• cramps (like the kind that you have when ovuating)just sort of different... slight weight gain being just a bit more tired than usual, but ultimately
• Electrolytes plummeted which caused -> no appetite, night sweats/fever, dizziness, headaches, inability to walk, fatigue.
• I was in my 60's and I had abnormal bleeding for years. Even after Hysterectomy I had spotting. Often, I had urgency to urinate. Just before being DX I had pain both in the gall bladder area and stomach.
• Just noticed a slight bump on the right side of my tummy one morning...
• low back pain, similar to ovairan but unrelenting, then it elaclated quickly
• None really, maybe a little bloating and abdominal pain. This is the scary thing about ovarian cancer; few women have any symptoms at all.
• None! Went to the ER for a pain in stomach that turned out to be a vein that was bleeding due to a strenous kickboxing class the day before. CT scan showed enlarged ovary! Thank god for the gym!!! Got it early!
• Not sure if there were any. I did notice a small bump on my lower front abdomen. Also felt pressure on my bladder and occassional pain in my belly prior to bowel movements.
• ovarian cyst, abnormal periods, bloating weight gain ,pelvic pain
• pain in side and some intestinal discomfort over a period of time
• Pain in stomach, bad cramping especially during menstrual cycles, bloating, the feeling of being gassy but none. Painful during urinating, energy loss.
• Severe abdominal pain, bloating (3 litres of ascites removed from abdomen in early Jan., 2006), severe Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms masked OVCA symptoms
• Shortness of breath that brought her to ER. Turned out t be fluid on lungs that tested positive for cancer cells. Further testing revealed primary site was ovaries.

Pancreas Cancer Symptoms:

• Pain in my side...thought is was post-surgery complication. But it wasn't.
• Pain in side, jaundice

Prostate Cancer Symptoms:

• None

Stomach Cancer Symptoms:

• extreme stomach pain
• Flu like In February, back pain. Most symptoms are now from chemo treatments.

Testicular Cancer Symptoms:

• After Hurricane Wilma, we had no a/c and in the heat and adjusting myself I felt a small lump/ridge on my left testicle. I ended up waiting 7 months before I went to the physician.
• just the markers in my blood and a small lump on my left testicle.
• Testicular swelling, intense lower back pain.

Thyroid Cancer Symptoms:

• Lump on neck
• None - was having neck/back pain. MRI showed an enlarged thyroid. Been taking thyroid supplements for 20 years for hypothyroidism.
• Swollen glands tired all the time and chronic ear infections

Tonsil Cancer Symptoms:

• Lump in right side of neck
• small lump on left side of neck lymph node tumours no pain no other symptoms
• sore throat, deeper voice, lump in neck.
• Swollen lymph node on the right side of my neck.
• swollen lymph node on the right side on neck. that's it!

Urinary Bladder Cancer Symptoms:

• None really. Just had to pee a lot and often but it was never painful just annoying.