First illness since surgery

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bethany66
bethany66 Member Posts: 12
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
First illness since surgery
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  • bethany66
    bethany66 Member Posts: 12
    edited February 2008

    Boy, it's been a while since I have posted to the boards.  Everything has been going along smoothly.  I do have my first wicked cold since having a double lumpectomy and I am noticing a super tenderness under my arm on the side that I had my surgery on.  They took a few lymph nodes to test at the time of my surgery and all came back clear.  Is it normal to have this tenderness? 

    Thanks!

    Bethany

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  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited February 2008

    Hi, Bethany,

    A cold won't cause problems with axillary nodes.

    Tenderness under the arm and feeling sick could possibly be an early sign of shingles, though.

    Sorry you're feeling under the weather. I have had 4 viral illnesses since surgery in October!

    Anne

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  • anneshirley
    anneshirley Member Posts: 1,110
    edited February 2008

    Bethany--I get tenderness from time to time--in fact it seems to have gotten worse over time.  My doctor says it's normal.  I should say though that in my first year (now in second) I constantly got colds and very bad coughs and they would last for weeks.   I suppose my immune system was shot from chemo and herceptin.  I did make sure that this year I got a flu shot, and so far, knock wood, I'm doing fine.  Unless your tenderness is very bad, it may just be the result of the nerves that were cut during surgery.

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