i having been comming and going on this site now for nearly a year, after my mum was diagnosed.
grade 3, 1.5cm tumor, no nodes involved, triple neg. - chemo, 25 rads.
she finished her rads about 4 month ago, she has developd a pains in her chest and slight difficulty breathing in because of these pains. she was sent for a chest x-ray, as she had a cough (they wanted a chest xray just to be sure) fortunatly this appeared normal.
i am going out of my mind with worry please can anyone reassure me or share there story. i have tried searching past posts.
thanks
jo
radiotherapy can cause slight lung damage as a part of the lung is included in the fields that zap you. It’s a known side effect that I was warned about
If is is anything else, it could be unrelated to breast cancer. I had back pain about two years after diagnosis. I was convinced this was due to secondaries. It lasted about 18 months, then stopped
it was due to driving 76 miles a day to and from Maidstone from East London
I am sorry to read you are worried about your Mum. Can I suggest you have a look at the BCC fact sheet on radiotherapy as there is a section on ‘side effects’, which you may find helpful. To find this publication just following this link:- breastcancercare.org.uk//docs/radiotherapy_mar_06_0.pdf.
Also if you’d like to talk this through with someone, please feel free to contact the BCC helpline as here you can share your fears and concerns, confidentially with one of our trained members of staff. The number is free phone 0808 800 6000 and the line is open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and Saturdays 9am to 2pm.