really painful 8 months after treatment

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Hi all

not been on here for sometime can anyone help, i was DX November 13 invasive lobular had WLE and15 rads completed in March/April. i stopped meds in May personal choice. apart from now having a much smaller boob than the other also different colours all of which i can manage its the feel that it is full of cement so hard in places and bloody painful i  havent been to doctors as i dont want to appear paranoid and i have my check up in December eek fingers crossed. can anyone tell me if this is normal

:smileyindifferent many thanks for reading x:womanhappy:

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Hi

    Im 2 1/2 years drom dx and I still have pains, my poorly boob is quite hard from scar tissue and often quite tender lots of ladies seem to suffer with pain for years after, if you are really worried may be best to phone your bcn if just to put your mind at rest

 

x

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Hi…totally concur with Lottie63…I am over 2 years from end of treatment (WLE, SNLB, FEC-T and 23RT) and my treated breast looks very weird still :frowning: The scar is lumpy from time to time; the tissue damage from RT boosters is lumpy and a bit tender, and where the RT was targeted feels very ‘thick’. I got shooting pains for the first year or so, which is apparently from the nerve endings. At first mammo following end of treatment, the radiographer showed me the images and how different the treated breast looked…it was really an eye opener! Just had 2nd follow up with surgeon this week and all is fine…he said it could take up to 3 years and maybe even longer for effects of treatment to wear off!!!

Hope this offers some reassurance…I too would phone breast services if you are at all worried.

Take care xx

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 reassurance from other people who have been through the same helps so much time to stop worrying :heart:

thank you so much:smileyhappy: