tamoxifen and breast swelling
Comments
-
I bet it's the radiation. My breast started swelling about 2 months afterwards and then there were some changes in texture. I'm 9 months away from rads now and although they had hoped it would settle down, I still have swelling as well as fluid retention, much like lymphadema in your arm.
I did have a bout of cellulitis, vasculitis with this so if you notice anything that looks like an infection, make sure you talk to your doctor so you can be treated. Other than that, it's just one of the lovely side effects of rads and hopefully yours won't last as long as mine has.
I'm large breasted and they did tell me that it's harder to get the fluid to leave larger breasts.
That makes sense I guess. Good luck! Diane0 -
Thanks Diane. I didn't realize the breast swelling could continue for months after radiation. Maryksfc said:I bet it's the radiation. My breast started swelling about 2 months afterwards and then there were some changes in texture. I'm 9 months away from rads now and although they had hoped it would settle down, I still have swelling as well as fluid retention, much like lymphadema in your arm.
I did have a bout of cellulitis, vasculitis with this so if you notice anything that looks like an infection, make sure you talk to your doctor so you can be treated. Other than that, it's just one of the lovely side effects of rads and hopefully yours won't last as long as mine has.
I'm large breasted and they did tell me that it's harder to get the fluid to leave larger breasts.
That makes sense I guess. Good luck! Diane0 -
Neither did I Mary. It's amazing how these treatments just keep on giving :-) DianeMarymomof3 said:Thanks Diane. I didn't realize the breast swelling could continue for months after radiation. Mary
0 -
Same hereksfc said:I bet it's the radiation. My breast started swelling about 2 months afterwards and then there were some changes in texture. I'm 9 months away from rads now and although they had hoped it would settle down, I still have swelling as well as fluid retention, much like lymphadema in your arm.
I did have a bout of cellulitis, vasculitis with this so if you notice anything that looks like an infection, make sure you talk to your doctor so you can be treated. Other than that, it's just one of the lovely side effects of rads and hopefully yours won't last as long as mine has.
I'm large breasted and they did tell me that it's harder to get the fluid to leave larger breasts.
That makes sense I guess. Good luck! DianeThanks for these osts. I am exactly 2 mos post radiation and swelling has started. I thought I was nuts. I see my oncologist in 2 weeks so will discuss with him then.
0
Discussion Boards
- All Discussion Boards
- 6 CSN Information
- 6 Welcome to CSN
- 121.2K Cancer specific
- 2.8K Anal Cancer
- 440 Bladder Cancer
- 306 Bone Cancers
- 1.6K Brain Cancer
- 28.4K Breast Cancer
- 391 Childhood Cancers
- 27.9K Colorectal Cancer
- 4.6K Esophageal Cancer
- 1.2K Gynecological Cancers (other than ovarian and uterine)
- 12.9K Head and Neck Cancer
- 6.3K Kidney Cancer
- 666 Leukemia
- 789 Liver Cancer
- 4.1K Lung Cancer
- 5.1K Lymphoma (Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin)
- 235 Multiple Myeloma
- 7.1K Ovarian Cancer
- 53 Pancreatic Cancer
- 486 Peritoneal Cancer
- 5.3K Prostate Cancer
- 1.2K Rare and Other Cancers
- 532 Sarcoma
- 717 Skin Cancer
- 647 Stomach Cancer
- 190 Testicular Cancer
- 1.5K Thyroid Cancer
- 5.8K Uterine/Endometrial Cancer
- 6.3K Lifestyle Discussion Boards