Topic: Pain from lumpectomy and arimidex

May 22, 2012 07:07 PM Jennt28 wrote:

Mine hurts too Mary! BS even sent me off for an ultrasound but it showed nothing... The pain is constant and hard to ignore. Will watch here with interest to see what others say or suggest...

Jenn

May 22, 2012 08:43 PM Lee7 wrote:

Mary  & Jenn,

I still have pain, a year out from my last rad. It started shortly after my lumpectomy and ALND surgery and I think it's from trapped nerves in scar tissue in my armpit. The pain goes from there down my arm but also shoots down into my breast.

I did have Physical Therapy for a couple of months until my insurance ran out. It seemed to help some.  I'm hoping to go back again since I feel its tightened up more now and the pain has increased again.  I take Arimidex and I think it contributes to the pain.

Aside from seeing a PT, I'm not sure what else to do either.  I did have my mammo already and it wasn't taht bad. Just remember to tell them you hurt and they can go easy.   

Lee

May 23, 2012 01:47 AM, edited May 23, 2012 02:01 AM by amritunjaykumar

my wife has finished radiation of breast ca on 28th march12 now she is facing breast pain and the operated are become very hard.she became nurvous.ER(-) ,PR(-)cerbB+2(+)

HPR(6.01.12) auxillary nodes0/9 apical 0/1 all CM free LV(-)PN(-)PT =0.2cm scanty viable residual IDC

May 23, 2012 02:47 PM Jennt28 wrote:

I'm now thinking my painful spot in the breast is the clip the surgeon left in to mark the tumour bed. I haven't had rads yet so it can't be brachial nerve damage, which is usually only a risk after supra-clavicular rads.

Jenn

May 23, 2012 09:47 PM, edited Mar 17, 2013 11:34 PM by Lee7

May 24, 2012 08:51 PM, edited Mar 17, 2013 11:43 PM by Lee7

May 26, 2012 03:50 AM MaryTex wrote:

Thanks Lee. I'll check that out.

Jun 27, 2012 10:25 AM, edited Jun 27, 2012 10:27 AM by Rosemary1049

Hi,Believe777, your story is similar to mine.July 2008 I had a lumpectomy and a second surgery in August because of the  margins showing more cancer and 6 lymph nodes removed showing clear. then 16 radiation treatments. Because the cancer was so small they gave me the choice to have chemo if I wanted to or not, it would onlly give me another 1% survival so I opted not to get it .  My skin survived the radiation well as I used the cream they recommended faithfully.   I have been using Arimidex since.  After about a year, gradually I started noticing pain in my muscles and joints , worsening with excerise ,  some cramping in my feet and lower legs and sometimes in other muscles off and on.  My breast (RIGHT) has been tender since the treatments and tender when the nurse does an examination.  I try to do my own exams but I feel that my breast is more lumpy feeling especially under the breast against the chest wall . almost like fibres have develped there.  My doctor dosent seem to be able to feel it and it doesnt seem to be showing up on mammograms.  My last mammo was the most painful I have had but that could be the tech.  I am hoping that the muscle problems will go away when I stop the meds in about a years time.  I tried some anti inflammitory meds that my gp recommended and they really hurt my stomach then he gave me another precription for the stomach pain so I dropped both of those and I am tuffing it out. All in all the pain is tolerable, better than the alternative,  like my Doctor said "Do you want Cancer". the answer was No. Anyway, keep a good attitude and you will get through it.   Good Luck

Jun 30, 2012 10:11 PM Believe777 wrote:

Rosemary,
I hope you are improving every day. I haven't had a mammogram since my surgery. I usually take an 800 Motrin before a mammogram, I will continue to do that. Thanks for the heads up!
I get leg cramps too, especially in the am, they wake me up, so much for sleeping in. I guess I can live with that.
I just re read that your surgery was in 2008! Congratulations. I was getting concerned that so many people have talked about reoccurances. Stay healthy!

Jul 1, 2012 11:44 AM bluepearl wrote:

I read a post from a fellow who had lung cancer removed and he said it took 3 years for the pain and nerve recovery to complete..now pain free. I also read that post mastectomy pain mostly goes away for the majority who get it...years down the pike sometimes....and I noticed it can happen fairly quickly once it happens. Strange. On lady thought she'd have it for the rest of her live...all kinds of pain killers...then, within a month, it disappeared! So, always keep hope alive! I have some still, after a year and a half but boy, every little improvement, I TAKE it!!!! Exercise helps too.

Jul 2, 2012 10:01 PM Lee7 wrote:

Ruthevans41,

I did have the rads but I had the pain before I went to rads. I think the rads can make it worse, but I know my nerve and cording pain was already there from the surgery.

Jul 4, 2012 09:59 PM Lee7 wrote:

KS1 , that's a great website.   It helped me to understand what cording is, and it has tons of info on Lymphedema.

Jul 7, 2012 12:02 PM Allagashmaggie wrote:

I had a lumpectomy last October then once the path report came back and based on my onco-type score, I did chemo.  Originally after the biopsy they thought I would just need radiation. I I had 36 treatments of radiation, which ended April 26th, 2012.  I have absolutely no pain in the diseased breast (left) but after about 3 weeks on arimidex, I started having some pain and burning in my right breast.  It seems to have subsided now but with my 6 month followup mammo on July 23rd, I feel anxious.  Side effects listed in my info with Arimidex says painful and swollen breasts can be a se.  Other than a few aches and pains that come and go in the joints, I am pretty much pain free.

Aug 24, 2012 06:03 AM wendywoo wrote:

 Hi I had lumpectomy in 2009, chemo in 2010 but no rads, I had cord but with lots of stretching and exercise it has passed, i do though get pain in the breast where i had the lump removed, not excruating but enough to stop me doing what I am doing, all scans reveal nothing