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I still have pain and swelling too.
Had lumpectomy with re-excision and 23 nodes removed in Dec. '09, finished chemo in May, just finished rads 3 weeks ago. I still have pain, swelling in my breast (along with a seroma) and pain and swelling along my ribs/trunk on that side. I see a PT who specializes in post-op breast cancer patients. I have exercises to do and a massage technique. They have helped somewhat. However, my surgeon said this may be a forever thing (yippee). I think this happens to more than 2 out of 100--just from people I've talked to. Having the pain really sucks--more so because it's really hard to have a day when you can actually forget what you've gone through.
Let me know how you're doing and if you get any good advice.
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Oh my gosh, this is terrible to hear...missrenee said:I still have pain and swelling too.
Had lumpectomy with re-excision and 23 nodes removed in Dec. '09, finished chemo in May, just finished rads 3 weeks ago. I still have pain, swelling in my breast (along with a seroma) and pain and swelling along my ribs/trunk on that side. I see a PT who specializes in post-op breast cancer patients. I have exercises to do and a massage technique. They have helped somewhat. However, my surgeon said this may be a forever thing (yippee). I think this happens to more than 2 out of 100--just from people I've talked to. Having the pain really sucks--more so because it's really hard to have a day when you can actually forget what you've gone through.
Let me know how you're doing and if you get any good advice.
Hugs, Renee
I sure hope both of you get better from this situation, I've been thinking a lumpectomy would be a walk in the park compared to a mastectomy, boy was I wrong. I hope this doesn't happen to me, my lumpectomy is September 15th, I hope to get a prescription for plenty of pain pills after hearing this.0 -
No, I never had this. I2Floridiansisters said:Oh my gosh, this is terrible to hear...
I sure hope both of you get better from this situation, I've been thinking a lumpectomy would be a walk in the park compared to a mastectomy, boy was I wrong. I hope this doesn't happen to me, my lumpectomy is September 15th, I hope to get a prescription for plenty of pain pills after hearing this.
No, I never had this. I certainly hope they can help you without your having a mastectomy. Keep us updated.0 -
Antibiotics?
I had radiation to both breasts, and had very similar symptoms to what you describe (one breast much redder than the other and hot to the touch) -- only in my case, this happened during radiation, not months afterward.
My radiation oncologist also said it was probably mastitis from the radiation, and prescribed a course of antibiotics, which worked quickly and very well for me. Maybe my situation was different than yours, but he never once mentioned any of the options your surgeon did.
I'm wondering if you should maybe get a 2nd opinion from your radiation oncologist, who's probably going to be more knowledgeable about radiation aftereffects than your surgeon may be?
Traci0
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