Rash

grannabeth
grannabeth Member Posts: 95
in Breast Cancer #1

Just curious if any of you have had the following or something similar.  I am now five weeks post rads.  Yesterday, I noticed some little red bumps in a cluster on my radiated breast near the incision line and close to where the boost was given.  They don't itch, just red raised bumps.  Then today I noticed that these red bumps have now spread almost in a straight line to the other side of my breast near the armpit.  It's almost going along the line where the rads were given.  Is this normal to start having red bumps this long AFTER radiation?  Anyone else experienced this? Any reason for concern?

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  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #2
    Beth, I haven't heard of this

    Beth, I haven't heard of this after rads.  I know rads rash can happen during rads, but they itch, besides being little tiny red bumps.  This is different.  Did you call your rads oncologist?  I would and see what he says.  Let us know and I hope they go away.

    Kathy

  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #3
    I did not expericince this-I

    I did not expericince this-I would call your dr and have it looked at.  We all have some same and yet many different reacations-so could be just how your body reacts.

     

    I would try to be seen by your Dr.

    Denise

  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #4
    disneyfan2008 said:

    I did not expericince this-I

    I did not expericince this-I would call your dr and have it looked at.  We all have some same and yet many different reacations-so could be just how your body reacts.

     

    I would try to be seen by your Dr.

    Denise

    Please do call your rads onco

    Please do call your rads onco as you shouldn't be suffering with side effects now.  Update us!

    Hugs, Jan

  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile Member Posts: 1,187 Member
    #5
    Grannabeth, have you heard

    Grannabeth, have you heard anything about your rash yet? Let us know when you do. I hope it is nothing major.

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #6
    cinnamonsmile said:

    Grannabeth, have you heard

    Grannabeth, have you heard anything about your rash yet? Let us know when you do. I hope it is nothing major.

    Beth?  Can you update us on

    Beth?  Can you update us on what you found out and if you're better.

    Kathy

  • grannabeth
    grannabeth Member Posts: 95
    #7
    Update

    Thanks for all your comments. I took your advice and contacted my rad onc and she wants to see me.  I have an appointment with her Monday afternoon.  Rash is still there, maybe a tad less red.  Just curious as to what is could be. I highly suspect the radiation since it is right along where my "rad tan line" is and no where else. Will let you know what my onc says on Monday.

  • Carlee
    Carlee Member Posts: 98
    #8
    grannabeth said:

    Update

    Thanks for all your comments. I took your advice and contacted my rad onc and she wants to see me.  I have an appointment with her Monday afternoon.  Rash is still there, maybe a tad less red.  Just curious as to what is could be. I highly suspect the radiation since it is right along where my "rad tan line" is and no where else. Will let you know what my onc says on Monday.

    Good luck Monday Grannabeth. 

    Good luck Monday Grannabeth.  I will be curious as to what it is and hoping your rads onco can heal it for you right away.

    Carlee

  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #9
    Carlee said:

    Good luck Monday Grannabeth. 

    Good luck Monday Grannabeth.  I will be curious as to what it is and hoping your rads onco can heal it for you right away.

    Carlee

    Glad you contacted your rads

    Glad you contacted your rads onco and I am sure he can answer your question and help you out.  Be sure and post as we all want to know.

    Hugs, Diane

  • survivorbc09
    survivorbc09 Member Posts: 4,374 Member
    #10
    DianeBC said:

    Glad you contacted your rads

    Glad you contacted your rads onco and I am sure he can answer your question and help you out.  Be sure and post as we all want to know.

    Hugs, Diane

    Never had this happen during

    Never had this happen during or after rads.  Good luck Monday!

    Hugs, Jan

  • Lynne P
    Lynne P Member Posts: 165
    #11
    survivorbc09 said:

    Never had this happen during

    Never had this happen during or after rads.  Good luck Monday!

    Hugs, Jan

    We'll be waiting to see what

    We'll be waiting to see what you find out.  I hope your rash is better today.

     

  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #12
    Lynne P said:

    We'll be waiting to see what

    We'll be waiting to see what you find out.  I hope your rash is better today.

     

    Did your rads onco have an

    Did your rads onco have an answer for you?  I certainly am hoping that he did, and, that soon,  your rash will be gone.

    Kylez

  • June Bugs
    June Bugs Member Posts: 167
    #13
    Kylez said:

    Did your rads onco have an

    Did your rads onco have an answer for you?  I certainly am hoping that he did, and, that soon,  your rash will be gone.

    Kylez

    I haven't seen you say that

    I haven't seen you say that your rash is gone. Is it? Crossing fingers that it is!

  • JJDS
    JJDS Member Posts: 258
    #14
    June Bugs said:

    I haven't seen you say that

    I haven't seen you say that your rash is gone. Is it? Crossing fingers that it is!

    I wonder if she is ok.  I

    I wonder if she is ok.  I haven't seen any post from her recently either.  I hope she's ok.

     

  • grannabeth
    grannabeth Member Posts: 95
    #15
    JJDS said:

    I wonder if she is ok.  I

    I wonder if she is ok.  I haven't seen any post from her recently either.  I hope she's ok.

     

    I am doing well

    Thanks everyone for checking on me.  I thought I had posted .  . . . and now see that I did not.   Sorry about that.  The rash faded away rather suddenly like over the weekend before my appt.  So after discussing with my rad onc via the phone that Monday morning I decided that it would be a waste of her precious time and there wasn't much for her to observe at that point anyway.  My rad onc left the decision up to me as to whether I came in or not, she is always so great and is there for her patients.  So the answer is we don't know what caused the rash to pop up like it did--I told the doc that if it came back I would call her the first day and not wait a week and a half.

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