Pain in back

I agree with Kerry... I doubt it is mets.  I have pain near my surgery side in my ribs underneath the incision area and around my back and side.   I had ribs mets so I was worried.   It is just scar tissue from the surgery and radiation that builds up fluid.   Every so often this builds up or gets inflamed with motion or use.   I have had these pains which are painful to the push and pain that comes and goes. I just had a PET scan and am still no evidence of disease.   

I would also agree... ask for a scan if you are really concerned.

Jennifer

Cclady,

I happened to be awake, yes it is 3:30AM... and I was trolling the boards as I have been dealing with a dull ache in my back, the same side as my bc! I have been beside myself contemplating who to see about it... is it the surgeon, the radiologist, or the oncologist! Finally, went to the radiologist who literally helped sooo much! I have been dealing with thickness in my breast and he sent me to a lymphedema clinic. My first visit with the LE therapist and she says I have truncal lymphedema... it is in my breast, through my back... and she could see the fluids... subtle but enough in her professional eye to see it in my back! I have been going to therapy 3 times a week and this has helped me immensely! I had only heard of arm lymphedema so when I got diagnosed with it in my back and breast I was shocked BUT relieved there was help!

Now, the reason for me "trolling" the bc website so late... the ache in my back can wake me at times and oh how the brain can take you places!!!! ALWAYS at night... I keep contemplating if I need to get a scan to cofirm this is fluid or if it could be something more... the therapies have greatly relieved my breast, but my dull back ache continues to haunt me. I have talked to my LE and she says I have been so focused on this for 2 weeks it is time I see my onc... she suggested ativan, anti-anxiety! Of course I took that as, you paranoid survivor you are FINE... but much like you I want to know 100%, so off to the onc tomorrow to see what they say. I'm hopeful this is just a confirmation to say this is fluid.

Sorry for rambling, my botom line is, perhaps this is lymphedema!.. and please keep me posted on you. We all have so much to learn from each other. It is better for me to come on these boards in the middle of the night than wake my husband about this dull backache for the 3rd week in a row, hey maybe ativan is not sucha bad IDEA!!! Gotta work in the moring, too... oh, and get my 2 yr old and 10 yr old ready... just the day in the life of a survivor, eh... fitting the dr's appt in my lunch hour!