Can anybody help me with what to think about the following symproms that i have -(I had a mastectomy on the right side last August and 15 lymph nodes removed and then chemo and radiotherapy and have now been taking tamoxifen for just over 2 months)
dull ache in the left breast
shooting pains coming down from area treated by radiotherapy (not far below it)
pain deep in the chest which seems to move towards the back and emanates from near one end of the mastectomy scar.
i have had the left breast examined by my gpwho says she can’t find anything she would be concerned about.
All of the above are not really pains but annoying and worrying. Also does anybody else suffer from feeling cold when sitting still or lying down and it takes 5 or 10 minutes for the body to sort it out when active again. I never had this before these treatments.
Can’t help you with the dull ache. The shooting pains you describe may be from the rads. I still sometimes get pains in the rads area more than 18 months after finishing rads. Also my first winter on tamoxifen (07/08)I felt chilled all the time except when I was having a hot flush. It was very frustrating as if I put another layer on to warm up, it seemed to send me into an almost permanent hot flush, so it was more comfortable to stay cold. This last winter I have not had this problem, if anything I have been too warm all the time.
Hi I am now 2 years after diagnosis and still have some aches and pains in my right breast. I asked my oncologist last week about it as even now it sometimes feels a bit bruised and he said when removing the tumour etc the nerves are cut and this is why I could be experiencing the pains. It has got better over time and I tend to accept it as part and parcel of the treatment I have. I am on tamoxifen and am either really hot or really cold lol. It’s always good to know you’re not ‘the only one’. : )
I am also 2 years after diagnosis. I had mastectomy and chemo(epi/cmf) and the only way I can discribe how I feel is as if I have been kicked by a horse (Ha Ha). Some days I am worse than others, I am on tamoxifen now and don’t think that helps, but at least I am here to write this.