One warm, one cool
I’m just putting this out there to see if anyone else has experienced this, or if I should go for full-blown panic.
Nine months ago I had a lumpectomy, and radiotherapy for 20 treatments. During the recovery from surgery I developed breast lymphoedema which settled in for good during the radiotherapy. I do manual drainage massage every day which seems to keep it under control.
My query has to do with the temperature of each breast. The unaffected breast is usually cool to the touch. The bc breast is warm to the touch.
The bc breast is a little heavier, has various bumps (which the doctors assure are ‘normal’), and it still has a bluish dye in one area. The skin is a bit tougher but I think that’s because it gets all that massage every day.
Is this the usual result of the chopping, sewing, cooking and pummelling my breast has endured?
Nine months ago I had a lumpectomy, and radiotherapy for 20 treatments. During the recovery from surgery I developed breast lymphoedema which settled in for good during the radiotherapy. I do manual drainage massage every day which seems to keep it under control.
My query has to do with the temperature of each breast. The unaffected breast is usually cool to the touch. The bc breast is warm to the touch.
The bc breast is a little heavier, has various bumps (which the doctors assure are ‘normal’), and it still has a bluish dye in one area. The skin is a bit tougher but I think that’s because it gets all that massage every day.
Is this the usual result of the chopping, sewing, cooking and pummelling my breast has endured?
