Hi
I feel like I’m in the deepest darkest whole ever.
I had a lumpectomy 5 weeks ago and snb with 2 nodes removed .
All came back clear .
Last week I started with a red itchy rash over the site of surgery on my breast.
3 lots of antibiotics later and my rash has continued to spread.
It has now started over my lymph removal surgical site now too.
So I have a complete red itchy sore left breast and the start of it over the other surgery.
I am absolutely convinced and petrified that I have Inflammatory breast cancer but am not being taken seriously.
I have been going back to my consultant and speaking to my bcn continually.
I feel frustrated with my consultant as she talks over me and just says she is 100 %sure it isnt.
She hasnt said why she thinks it isnt and she doesnt know what it is either but its spreading. She initially thought it was localized infection but obviously not now that it isnt going .
I cant start my radiotherapy next week now either.
I’m petrified it is ibc because I have read that it can happen over the site of incision post op from lumpectomy.
I looked at pictures and mine looks like some of them. I have the red, itchy , inflamed sore rash and its spreading very quickly over the space of the last week.
I had been very lucky to to this point as my cancer was very small and my lymph nodes were clear too.
Can anybody help or advise me ?
Has anybody experienced anything at all similar?