Is pain in my neck due to surgery?

Sandals
Sandals Member Posts: 104
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hi, I had two lymph nodes removed (negative) on 30th April but since about two weeks after surgery, my neck has been paining a little when I move a certain way.

I originally put it down to just a lot on my plate but now am wondering if it was the surgery that did it.  I asked the surgeon last week if it could be cancer and he said that my bone scan had come back clear so there was no chance of that.

 Just wondering should I go see my GP about it.  Its not bad but I feel it every day when I move a certain way. 

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  • tnt
    tnt Member Posts: 23
    edited June 2009

    You do have a lot on your plate.Ask your GP or Onc for ativan it works great for anxiety and works great for nausea from chemo that the other drugs dont clear up.

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  • Nanalinda
    Nanalinda Member Posts: 826
    edited June 2009

    Not all tumors show up on a bone scan.  My first PET showed activity in my spine (T4), I had a bone scan that was negative.  6 months later, my PET showed activity in T3, T4, and T5, and by that time I was experiencing pain in my back.  I had an MRI that verified the tumors in my spine, and I was started on Zometa.  Ask your Dr. for an MRI just to be sure.  Linda

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited June 2009

    You've already passed the "2 week rule" (if it hurts for more than two weeks, push for an answer). But, having said that, when they intubate you in the operating room, they normally drop your head off the end of the table and shove a tube down your throat. I have had so many problems in the past that they don't do that with me. I've come out with my ear on my shoulder and months of therapy and neck braces before I could lift my head again!

    You may be experiencing arthritis or just an annoyed nerve from April. But peace of mind is a wonderful thing. Push for more answers.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2009

    I will echo the advice of getting something else done until you get a solid answer.  I am a 3-timer for cancer, and the only way any of them were found was because I wouldn't keep my mouth shut. 

    Now, that having been said, Barbe is absolutely correct about how surgery really can be a pain in the neck (yes, pun intended).  I've also had weeks to months of issues as a result of post-op pain.   When I spoke up about the extreme pain in my neck after my bilateral, the doctors there (oddly enough) immediately jumped to action and had it checked out.  It turned out it was due to the shuddering description (sorry Barbe!) Barbe gave just now.  It was also attributed to my trying to use tons of pillows beneath my head and neck. 

    One other story-I had been valiantly using my Wii Fit (how I miss you, dear Wii!) until I was completely incapacitated by horrifying pain in my knee.I stopped using the Wii, went to several of my docs (we have so many when we have cancer, don't we?!), posted frantically here, and even went to the ER. 

    I forgot who it was, but someone here alerted me that I was simply a victim of Wii-knee.  She told me to google the term and when I did, I realized that it wasn't cancer in my knee at all!  I had just been doing step-class way to intently! 

    So, I give a similar response to Barbe's (the Elephant Sisters tend to think alike!).  It's worth pushing for an answer, but it is rather hopeful that you should be feeling fine in no time!

    Love and prayers, Deb

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