I had a small operation on my right breast on 4 June when BC was discovered. Had first chemo on 13 June (taxotere) and for the last couple of days my breast (which is still scabbed from the operation) is now feeling achey and itchy.
I am really worried that the tumour is getting bigger rather than smaller, but I know that after only 1 chemo I shouldn’t expect too much really. (I need 8 chemo’s before mastectomy)
My next chemo is next Monday so I will talk to the Onc about it but I have been having some dark thoughts about this and getting so scared that the chemo is not going to shrink it.
Sorry for sounding neg, hope its ok to share these thoughts with you?
Hi Peacock
It is totally understandable about worrying and having dark thoughts, my treatment was the other way round, surgery then chemo so I can’t reassure you as to whether the cancer is growing or shrinking. However I do know that the chemo you are on is one of the best regimes, I had this too. I feel that the itching and aching is more likely to be the operation scar healing because in my experience the tumours I had never hurt in anyway.
Take care, one day at a time.
Carol
Hi Peacock,
I had a very itchy achey boob following surgery (done before chemo) which was diagnosed as infected seroma (pocket of fluid). Had to have antibiotics and it cleared very quickly. Hope you’ve been sorted already?
Shelagh
this may b helpful or may be irrelevant! … I started with 4 x Epi and on this i found that any recent wound used to hurt a lot … recent chemo holes, cat scratches (by mistake of course!), bruises where i bumped into something (honest!) basically any wound to my body was quite painful … like I said it was with Epi but it was also my first chemo so hard to know if it is relevant in this case …good luck - love FB xx
I am so glad that wounds in others become painful ( not YOURs of course, just that they DO!) as I’m right back to not being able to lay on my left side…
Hi Peacock - not many people seem to get chemo before op - Debs 66 has - she has a thread in newly diagnosed called ‘looking for friends for support’ - I’ll bump it up.
Thing is - you will SEE the tumour shrinking. And hopefully, the reassuring comments on the scabbed area are helpful!!
BIG love & hugs ((((((((((((((((((((((p)))))))))))))))))
Td xx
hi
I had a Wide Local Excision to remove my tumour before the chemo, they also took lymph nodes and some surrounding breast tissue - if it is any consolation I still have occasional aches and itchy sensations around the scar and where I was reconstructed - the body takes a long time to heal up and i have been told this is commonplace.
HTH x