Side Effects of Radiotherapy - What to expect
So, I've had 19 treatments with 6 more to go for breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy so my breast is still mostly intact. So far apart from being tired my skin has held up well with regular applicatio...
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Hi @adean funnily enough just back from gp as having pain/ burning sensation in chest bones LHS where I had radiotherapy. Just needed to be reassured nothing sinister - was told to do with radiation and can last for many months. Disappointingly when I rang for help about chest pains in August my radiation centre was told by doctor online that was too long ago to be the cause - both my gp and I agree is bs. I intermittently still have a very hot boob , have had a inverted nipple out of the blue in October , shooting pain down my eye treated with antibiotics September and my radiotherapy ended 28/5. There are longer term side effects of radiotherapy but DO always get it checked out to be sure that is the cause and not anything sinister eg inverted nipple is a sign of bc. All th best.xo