Ceasing hormone therapy
Hi Everyone. I am 43 and was diagnosed in October last year with Stage 1 ductal breast cancer in my left breast. I had a lumpectomy and sentinel node removal in November with clear margins and clear nodes. Completed a three week course radiation in January and started zoledex injections in December and exemestane tablets in January. Since late January I have had extreme pain in my right shoulder I’ve had an ultrasound, x-ray and a cortisone injection. My joint pain is quite significant and is really impacting on my lifestyle. I have pain in both shoulders, my hips and arms. I can’t get comfortable to sleep. I’ve been told that this all due to the hormone blocking therapy. I am seriously considering stopping therapy. I was pre-menopausal before commencing hormone blockers and feel that the impact of these side effects on my life outweighs the potential of reducing the chance of the cancer returning. has anyone here experienced the same and stopped treatment? If so did your side effects subside? Any information would be gratefully appreciated.
Radiation Side Effects Broken Skin Tips?
Hi everyone. I am on day 8 of post radiation and the skin in my under breast and just below breast in the crease has peeled and is basically red raw. Is truly distressing and awful. I have large breasts so it's so hard to manage due to the weight. I am putting on StrataXRT and trying to let it dry by lifting the breast up but when working and walking around it's so painful and is so red and sore. I wanted to ask you all if you have any tips on this and how long it takes to stop weeping and breaking off? I got very upset about it as is so horrible and will be speaking with my nurse but wanted to reach out to the community to ask for any advice or similar situations. Hope I haven't over shared on the details of the horribleness.Scar Tissue
Hello Members, I am new here. I had bc in my left breast in 2018. After 18 rounds of radiation I was all clear. I am just wondering whether anyone else here has pain that radiates from under their ribs up to under their breast. This started for me about 8 months after radiation with just a stabbing pain in my upper belly under my ribs if I deep laughed. It has now progressed and when I get the pain it moves from the upper belly up to the breast. I have had X-ray, ultrasound which were all clear and the GP thinks it is scar tissue. Has anyone else had treatment for this? Your feed back/thoughts would be appreciated.