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donnafischer
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10 years ago

Achey boob - starting to think I'm becoming a worry wart

I'm 1 week and 4 days from surgery (wide local excision and sentinel nodes). We've known about the cancer for a bit over two weeks. The lump is small but i get the occasional "ache" in that breast ab...
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Island_Girl
Member
10 years ago

Hi Donna,

I too had the ache you described , it reminded me of mastitis, a drawing deep ache. For me this has now gone and I just have very occasion, mild nerve pain. I think the ache lasted 2-3 weeks. I found and still continue to find it difficult to block out negetative comments.One of my standard lines is, ' This conversation is not helpful to me or I find that comment unhelpful'. It seems to stop most people in their tracks, although I have had occasion to repeat it to one person who persisted !!