Chest feels like it's on fire after 8 weeks out from Radiation

What does your radiation oncologist make of it all?

gwydiana, if it feels like it’s just on the skin/surface it could be nerve pain. Two weeks post-rads I went to the RO with unbearable burning, stinging, stabbing, itching pain across the centre of my chest. I couldn’t have anything touch it but it was still awful even topless, and no topical creams helped at all. Most made it worse. My skin was declared “normal” and not breaking down, and I didn’t have any muscle pain or breathing issues, so they diagnosed it as nerve pain. They gave me pain killers and said if it didn’t resolve in a week or two they’d want to look at gabapentin or amitriptyline. Apparently it’s rare, but more likely if you’ve had a mastectomy or alnd (I had both). It might be worth asking your RO if that sounds like your symptoms. Good luck. I hope they resolve soon. 8 week is a long time to be in pain!