Pain 4 months after lumpectomy

Anonymous

It's been about 4 months since my lumpectomy. I had 2 cm tumor removed and another surgery to clear the margins 4 days later when the tumor was found to be cancerous. I didn't think the pain was very bad after surgery, but it never completely went away. I started taxol treatments a week after surgery so I understand that the healing process would take longer. However, it's been 4 months since surgery and I still have pain at the surgery site. I have fluid build up and bruised scar tissue that came up on the ultrasound and MRI I had done a couple months ago. Just recently the pain seems to be getting stronger although the surgery site still feels the same as it did a few months ago. Has anyone else had lingering pain and soreness this long after lumpectomy? I'm so tires of sleeping in certain positions and adjusting my bras which rub right o n the site.

Eleanor1960

I am exactly 2 weeks post-op from my lumpectomy and truthfully discouraged that I am still having pain. My surgeon told me prior to surgery that many women don't even take the pain pills but just use Tylenol. My leave from work is supposed to end tomorrow, but I still do not feel like I can return to a regular schedule. I have pain in the breast as well as in the underarm area (above the sentinel node biopsy location). I have numbness under the arm, shooting pain in the nipple and my arm begins to throb after using the keyboard for any length of time. I wince when we go over speed bumps in the car. I think my expectations for a "quick" recovery were not realistic. When I am going to start feeling like myself again?