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ronnie61
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12 years ago

Still in pain from Lumpectomy/ Sentinal Biopsy

Hi everyone, it's been 17 days today since I had the Lympectomy and the Sentinel Biopsy and I am still very tender under the armpit, but what is upsetting me more is the burning and tingling sensation in the left breast, not just near the incision either. It seems to be so sore all over the breast and I saw the nurses last week and they said there's still abit of swelling but no infection.

I haven't taken Panadol all the time as it will aggravate my diverticulitis condition, but I am getting so fed up with this. I am seeing the surgeon and other specialists on Tuesday to get my full pathology results and treatment plan and I will let them know that the pain hasn't eased off at all, if anything I feel it's worse and I am very upset.

My gut feeling is that I have an infection there. I know one thing for sure is if the pain doesn't improve then I won't be ready to do a treatment plan of any sort until this eases off. Have others had this pain for nearly 3 weeks after surgery?  

Ronnie xx

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