treated breast is slightly pink and warm, after four months

bigsky2

Did anyone have the same symptom? Neither my oncologist and radiation oncologist knows why. I am afraid of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Could IDC become IBC?

gb2115

Did it just start or has it been like that since radiation?

MKTOC92315

Oh boy this sounds familiar! My breast turned pink and warm during chemo and continued through radiation and beyond. No one can give me any answers. They biopsied right in the middle of the area and found nothing. It has now been well over a year since chemo and radiation and my breast is still splotchy pink and warm in an area on the lower part. My surgeon said that I just might be one of those rare unexplainable cases. Lucky me! I think that i have some mild lymphedema as the breast is noticeably bigger, at least to me, and my bras leave marks on that side. I saw a lymph specialist and she did some manual drainage. It helped somewhat. My oncologist thinks I should see a dermatologist. Just haven't got up the gumption yet. Sometimes I think I would have been better off with a mastectomy

Ruby3813

I don't have the pink and warm symptoms, but after 3 months, my armpit is still very sore and tender. I don't think it's lymphedema, but it hurts in the center of the pit as well as in the front (breast side) of the pit.

ChiSandy

Mine was slightly warm for a couple of months, and my derm (whom I consulted for an unrelated matter requiring full-body skin mapping) decided it was too pink not to be treated. She prescribed triamcinolone (steroid) ointment (my RO offered it during rads if I wanted it, but I had no actual discomfort) and instructed me to use it every other day for three weeks, then off one week, then "lather/rinse/repeat" till the followup appt. three months later. Worked like a charm. Ask your RO.

ksusan

Ruby, might be good to have someone evaluate it. You may have scar tissue or adhesions (or LE).

Anonymous

Look up "radiation recall" and see if that seems to fit. I read about this when researching radiation treatment. It can happen months or even years later, triggered by something that creates an immune responsethere -- chemo drugs, other medication, even just getting hot like vigorous exercise outside in hot weather.