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Left breast radiotherapy
Starting radiotherapy after finishing 12 chemo and still have ongoing Herceptin till Sept. As it is on my left breast, after lumpectomy bit worried about it affecting my heart beneath. Has anyone ...
Hi Hillbilly
I had a lumpectomy and radiation on left breast in 2004. Since then my skin has been permanently itchy where the radiation was ( burns ) and my rib cage pokes out more. Just feels weird, sorry can't explain it well. I had a biopsy of that area last year and all was fine but I still don't trust it. I had left BC again in 2013 and had a mastectomy including muscle removed. I had chemotherapy this time as you can only have radiation once.
As a result I developed Atrial Fibrilation and I'm now on 4 different medications. The oncologist said it was a combo of both radiation and chemotherapy that caused it. This was only discovered in April 2014 when I had a ECG as routine before my first reconstruction - which was postponed til the end of the year. Unfortunately I don't have any symptoms , so I didn't know my heart was racing and still don't feel it. Hopefully you'll be ok , just ask lots of questions. Great they are now doing things differently to when I had mine done . Wishing you well xx