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IBC after lumpectomy?

cantabrigienne
cantabrigienne CSN Member Posts: 3 Member
in Breast Cancer #1

Hello,

I’m new to this - was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma in August. Had a lumpectomy 4 weeks ago with clear margins and no lymph node involvement. Everything seemed to be healing well until Thursday of this week (exactly 4 weeks after surgery). I woke up with red/swollen breast that was suddenly tender and uncomfortable. Got in to see my surgeon that day, he removed a bunch of fluid via syringe and gave me an antibiotic rx just in case, but seemed a bit perplexed by the sudden symptoms after a month of good healing. It hasn’t improved at all, and I just found a study about how breast surgery can potentially trigger IBC when it wasn’t there before. Now I’m kind of freaking myself out. Does anyone have any experience with this???

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