rash under arm and on chest

lizzie17

Has anyone experienced a rash and bumps under your arm and near the incision?
I know we have had a bad heatwave, but it is only under one arm, and not the other.
I called my cancer center Friday, and no one returned my call---yet.

peanutcat

rash
If you had Radiation you would get a rash. Did you have radiation? When I had it I got a terrible rash (burn). That was after a mastectomy and chemo.

Megan M

peanutcat said:

rash
If you had Radiation you would get a rash. Did you have radiation? When I had it I got a terrible rash (burn). That was after a mastectomy and chemo.

You can get a rash from
You can get a rash from rads. Are you taking rads now? They have creams that can get rid of it for you, just show them and ask.

Good luck, Megan

laughs_a_lot

And the rash
can even be itchy. Not just like a burn. I had a bumpy rash for a short while towards the end of rads.

survivorbc09

laughs_a_lot said:

And the rash
can even be itchy. Not just like a burn. I had a bumpy rash for a short while towards the end of rads.

Did you find out what was
Did you find out what was causing your rash and is it better?


Jan

lizzie17

survivorbc09 said:

Did you find out what was
Did you find out what was causing your rash and is it better?


Jan

yes
I feel silly now, but apparently just irritation from the heat, and my prosthetics.

Corn Starch!!! to keep dry. But, glad it wasn't anything else. He thought at first it was

an infection, but it wasn't. Thanks for asking!!