swelling and pain after lumpectomy, chemo, rads and now on tamoxifen!!!

dyaneb123 said:

Hey Taina
Just got your private message a minute ago. Sounds like we are pretty much on the same track. I had my mastectomy in May, finihed chemo in Sept. and finished rads. in Nov. Now on Arimidex. I too have noticed more pain in the same area. I didn't know whether to attribute it to the rads, the arimidex , or the extremely cold weather...I still have an expander under the muscle of the mastec.site though, waiting for reconstruction...and it is this muscle that hurts like heck now. I'm seeing the rad.onc and the reconstructive surgeon on Monday so I hope to get some answers. Great photo by the way! You look great with the "Julius Caesar" hair. Mine's about that length now too, but doesn't look that cute.
Dee

crselby said:

spread the knowledge
Hey, Girl. I had my lumpectomy in July, accelerated rads (5 days) in early September. No chemo, no reconstruction. Like you, I am now experiencing some odd, new things. I have a hard, sore lump under the scar area, within the deep breast tissue, maybe in the cavity. That has been within the last 2 weeks.

Prior to that, though, like a few weeks post-rads, I got chest-muscle tightness and a sore lump under my arm. Now, my DCIS was assumed to have no lymph node involvement so none were tested. The medical onc was the last to feel it at the end of November and he assumed it was from radiation. That underarm lump eventually elongated, is still sore, and now I have the lump in the cavity. So, when you find out something from your docs, will you please post it? I know we're all different but I'd like to hear what they tell you. Thanks.
~~Connie~~