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JanineG
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Re: Breast pain 2 years post
I had radiation in 2015. My radiated breast is still hard/ firm to touch. I can’t lay on it, don’t like a firm hard hug from friends because it hurts. The scar feels rigid and painful if it bends. Many many breast surgeons over the years have said it’s ‘quite normal’🙄.I was so aware of my breast! Finally a wonderful female breast surgeon has told me this is a typical radiated breast. It will not change now and will stay the same size and shape as when it was radiated. She is right. This knowledge has helped with acceptance and moving forward. I don’t think about my breasts constantly anymore. I look in the mirror with interest at how much the nonradiated breast has dropped… Oh and @Stormbird63 Daily life is definitely better. I don’t think about my breasts very often at all now. Wishing you well. JanineG xx61Views0likes0CommentsRe: Arimidex
Hi @Bevkk firstly congrats and wow! I finished my arimidex after 5 years at the end of October 2020. I’m actually finally noticing a gentle change in my body for the better. The weight is beginning to come off!! Hot flushes well I wasn’t really experiencing them in the true sense over the last couple of years. I just seem to run hotter than anyone else in my household but not anywhere as bad as I was when on the arimidex. I have chosen to continue on cattapress to keep me a little cooler for the moment (that is probably just a placebo now lol),I do feel more myself if that makes sense. Oh and libido..... probs not. Very happy for you well done💪🏻 JanineG30Views0likes0CommentsRe: Yay..last visit to oncologist
@"Michele B" thankyou for your thoughts. I’m so sorry you have had such sad news from your friend and yes so unfair when she’s already had a battle. I’m sure your friendship will be a comfort for each other. Enjoy each day as much as you can xx JanineG4Views0likes0CommentsRe: Yay..last visit to oncologist
Fantastic @Michele B I feel so excited for you. Well done to you! 💪🏻💕 Im due for my final oncology appointment next month and also off AI’s, can’t wait!! Can I ask you …do you have any suggestions for questions I should ask on this last appointment ? Kindest regards JanineG x7Views0likes0CommentsRe: Hard sore breast
@TonyM gosh that’s awful for you. I’m sorry you had to go through it all again. I’m becoming more anxious the closer I get to my five year mark. I didn’t feel my two tumours, they were picked up early in an annual mammogram. And now with my breast being so hard I’m doubting I would feel any lumps myself. I hope you are doing better and feeling a lot more comfortable. JanineG xx9Views0likes0CommentsHard sore breast
Hi all. I’d like to know if anyone else has a progressively harder breast post radiation? I am almost five years post surgery and radiation and I find that the comment I regularly make at each oncology appointment is that my breast has progressively become firmer, more painful to touch. It reminds me of a sore premenstrual breast. I can never forget that my breast is there, unlike the right breast which is...just a breast! Also my surgical scar...‘A very good scar’, it is quite rigid and uncomfortable. I’ve twice had steroid injections into the scar, the first one made a huge difference for a few months, the second time no improvement at all. I’m told this is a combination of post radiation and taking arimidex. The theory is when I am off the arimidex things may improve. My question is has anyone else had the same problem and had any other treatment solutions? Thankyou JanineG177Views0likes4CommentsRe: Warm breast
Hi @Kaye66 I’m the same as @Irb_03, radiation after early breast cancer in 2015. My breast is often warmer, sometimes hot, always harder and firmer, ( reminds me of a painful premenstrual breast): it hasn’t aged like my non cancer breast ie- hasn’t dropped or sagged, so now I have two very different breasts. You are right it is a scary unknown journey. There are some wonderful women on here who are just that further along and will have wonderful words of advice and encouragement , well done for asking :) janineg x12Views0likes0Comments
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