Aching pain in breast

Yolande1976

Hi everyone. Its been about 5 months since my lumpectomy and during which time I also underwent 3 months of chemo which is now done (I was diagnosed with stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma). After the opp my breast was quite sore for about 6 - 8 weeks as can be expected but only recently have I started started experiencing a slight throbbing pain in my breast which worries me. Has anyone experienced aching in the breast so long after a lumpectomy? I'm extremely paranoid (as I'm sure many of you are) so any ache or pain immediately worries me...

Doubting-cw

My lumpectomy was in February and I still feel dull pain in breast once in awhile. The bs told me at last checkup (in november) that it's not unusual for a year or more. I had no chemo but did have 25 zaps of radiation. Seems to happen when I'm in bed and changing position and only lasts a short time (a minute or less).

I suggest you ask your BS so you don't have to worry so much. I know it made me less paranoid to actually hear her say it's not unusual.

Take care!

Anonymous

HI everyone,

This is another example of a huge problem in the cancer industry. In June 2011 a study was released that the majority of women who receive lumpectomy and radiation will be in moderate to severe pain for a year. Was this ever explained to you by your doctor? Did they explain how much radiation would help you? In some women it only lowers the chance of their cancer coming back by 7%. Is that worth a year of pain...and is that right for your doctor to decide that for you by telling you you must have a treatment. Also, did he tell you that there is treatment? The only treatment is HBOT with is FDA approved for radiation pain and damage. MOst radiation oncologists do not know this. SO they give you a treatment that causes you pain, don't tell you how much it is helping you and then they don't even know how to treat it.

I need your stories!I am currently writing a book on stage 1 breast cancer as I had a horrific experience that didn't need to happen.These ranged from gender bias where my symptoms and pain were not believed, resulting in unnecessary suffering and damage, to doctors having very little knowledge in their fields, for example Hyperbaric oxygen specialists that not only unaware that it is the only approved treatment for radiation damage, but even after giving them studies to support this, they still didn't believe me and refused treatment.

On top of this, there is the industry's constant over simplification of guidelines (mastectomy or radiation and lumpectomy for every stage 1 BC case) and the over treatment of patients.In 2018 a study came out that 70% of early BC patients did not need chemo.Then why were they giving chemo patients that didn't need it!Why were they testing a treatment before it was administered! Women are never told how much each of these treatments will help them so they cannot weigh the benefits and costs to treatment.They are just told they have to do it.For example, some women will only receive a 7% reducing in the chance of their cancer coming back from radiation and this is according to the NCCN the governing body or cancer research. Shouldn't these women get to decide if that benefit is worth permanent damage and the possibility of severe side effects?)Then to top it off, there is no accountability in the industry (please read "Unaccountable" by Dr. Makary) and completely driven by money (please read "The Price We Pay" also by Dr Makary. Dr. Makary is a surgeon and teacher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health)

So I want to hear from you.Were you ever told how much different treatments will help you?Were you ever in pain and a doctor said it was in your head or it wasn't that bad?(Both of these were said to me.)Were you told about all of the side effects of treatments, before you started the treatment, such as a long-term safe effect of chemo is cardiovascular damage?Or that you would have permanent damage to your skin, muscles, ribs (and heart of it was done on your left side) from radiation?Post-cancer did you have issues and no doctor had the knowledge to help you?

To all of my BC sisters I want to thank you for your time and we will get through this!!