Posted on: Jun 17, 2012 11:49 AM
San Diego, CA
Joined: Feb 2011
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kita wrote:
Its been a year since my surgery and my back is still hurting. It's a spot between my left shoulder blade and spine. My Dr's don't have a good reason for it to be hurting and it even went away for about 6 months but now it's back. I can stand it during the day but at night is when if really Botha. Now my back has been tense and sore also. Us anyone else still feeling or ever had pain in your back after surgery. I feel like I need a chiropractor or something.
"... I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”--- Nelson Mandela
Dx 10/15/2010, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2-Chemotherapy 10/20/2010 Abraxane, Adriamycin, carboplatin, Cytoxan, Gemzar, Ixempra, Taxol, XelodaSurgery 06/03/2011 Mastectomy (Both)
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Jun 17, 2012 01:08 PM 1openheart wrote:
Kita....you may want to ask your docs for a referal or Rx to see a physical therapist who specializes in myofascial release PT. Did you have reconstruction? If you have implants, they are under your pec muscles. Those are big muscles that attach in several places....sternum, scapula, spinal area. My scapula is pulled forward on my UMX side and so I often have neck and upper back pain along with neck pain. My PT helps me so much. I hope you feel better soon.
"The wound is the place where the light enters you." ~ Rumi
Dx 4/28/2011, DCIS, 1cm, Stage 0, Grade 3, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+
kita
San Diego, CA
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Jun 17, 2012 04:26 PM kita wrote:
Yes I have tissue expanders under my chest muscles.
"... I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”--- Nelson Mandela
Dx 10/15/2010, IDC, 2cm, Stage IV, Grade 3, mets, ER-/PR-, HER2-Chemotherapy 10/20/2010 Abraxane, Adriamycin, carboplatin, Cytoxan, Gemzar, Ixempra, Taxol, XelodaSurgery 06/03/2011 Mastectomy (Both)
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Jun 18, 2012 12:51 AM coraleliz wrote:
kita-I recently was referred to a PT who specializes in myofascial release. What a difference! If I didn't have BC I would have gone stright to a chiropractor or acupuncturist. My PCP order an xray & it showed that my arthritis went from "mild" to "moderate" since my last Xray 15 months ago. It's both my low back & neck. I still might go the chiropratic route but for now PT is helping. Hoping you find some relief soon.
Dx 2/28/2011, IDC, 1cm, Stage II, Grade 1, 2/4 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Jan 14, 2013 09:13 AM alilou7497 wrote:
I have been reading all the pain posts and I have similar concerns. I have a dull yet sharp at time pain on my right shoulder blade. Also the right brease where the mastectomy was performed burns and also has the dull yet sharp pains at time. Sometimes I am ok other times I can't even sleep. I asked my doctor and she said some women suffer from this pain for years and years but no explanation or help. I get so concerned and worried since when my breast cancer was detected I had suffered of pain and was advised that pain was good it meant nothing serious and it took 8 months before anything was actually done.
Any advise
alilou7497
Dx 7/27/2011, IDC, 5cm, Stage IIb, Grade 2, 0/8 nodes, ER+/PR-
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Powell River, B.C.
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Jan 15, 2013 11:12 AM bluepearl wrote:
Sometimes the pain is permanent....but that is more rare than it going away, sometimes over a few years. All of what has been said works, as well as low dose antidepressants. I found low dose ativan took away almost all the pain so I knew it had something to do with muscle tensness rather than actual nerve damage. Muscle tension is insidious; you don't even KNOW you are tensing them! I am thinking of Tai Chi now....that can help.
Dx 1/6/2011, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/7 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Jan 15, 2013 11:20 AM MelissaDallas wrote:
Allou & bluepearl, Kita has passed away.
LCIS, extensive sclerosing adenosis, TAH/BSO & partial omentectomy for mucinous borderline ovarian tumor.