Hi everyone. I had my final chemo in May this year and had my PICC line removed the same day and it’ll be exactly 24 weeks ago tomorrow. Since having the line removed, I have a shooting pain in the top of my arm every time I put my arm behind my back, ie grabbing a towel to wrap around me after a shower, fastening my bra and just pulling my jeans up! I’ve seen both my oncologist and breast consultant about this and they’re both of the opinion that it’s damaged veins or scar tissue from the chemo/PICC line and weren’t really much help with suggestions on ways to make it better myself. I swim five times a week and doing that doesn’t hurt at all and both suggested I just carry on swimming and it’ll go eventually. Has anyone else experienced this kind of pain or have any suggestions about how I can help myself to get rid of it? I’ve tried stretching and massage but it’s still really painful just doing everyday tasks. Also, if it’s going to eventually go by itself, how long does it take? It’s honestly driving me nuts!!!
@ allibot, I’m feeling for you, unfortunately I had a bad fall and caught my arm on the way down it turn out to be a tear in the cuff and sounds very much like what you are experiencing . Maybe a scan or MRI to confirm if you have any other damage in the shoulder.
I do hope you will be feel better very soon, wishing you well.
Hugs Tili 
Hi Tili. Thanks for responding. Your fall sounds horrendous and that’s one thing that scares me to be honest since I had surgery on one side - falling, sticking my arms out and really hurting myself (especially when I’ve had a few beers 
)! I’m honestly not sure what’s wrong with my arm but I did have an X-ray on my shoulder a couple of months ago and that showed nothing, apart from a bit of wear and tear, apparently normal for my age (I’m 62). My breast consultant told me last week that scans won’t show anything yet but if it gets any worse or it’s still painful in 6 months to go back and there’s all sorts of scans they can do to ‘see if it’s cancer related’. I feel like I’ve been fobbed off to be honest cos I know it’s PICC line related. It was never there before and doesn’t hurt when I swim so who knows. Thankfully my daughter’s a nurse at my breast clinic so she’s going to see what she can do going forward. Putting this on here was just desperation really to see if anyone had any advice. Hope your injury’s all cleared up now and you’re feeling better - cos it all really is a pain in the ar…m! 