Pain on incision area or breast????

Hello

This is my first visit to this website that was recommended to me by a very good friend. I hope you guys can help me with my problem.

I had a right lumpectomy in Apri '08. Everything went well, surgery, treatments(my treatment was new called mammosite--which they inserted a balloon cath in the hollow area of the breast area where the tissue was removed and went for radiation treatments 2 times a day for 5 days only), no chemo was suggested.  As I said all went well.

Now, after almost a year I have having severe pain on the incision area so much that at times I cant move my right arm, it hurts alot when I cough or sneeze and the pain radiates to my chest at times.  I am unable to get out of bed in the mornings sometimes because of the pain.

Has anyone else experienced this before and if so what have you done? 

Hi Sandra08,

Unfortunately drs often aren't a lot of help with this type pain, despite the fact that it happens to a LOT of women who've had breast cancer.  There actually have been quite a few similar messages about post-surgery/treatment breast pain in the past month or so.  If you will go to the  breast cancer topics message board:  http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/cancers/breast-ca and search down through the message threads, you can find a lot of information about the causes and treatment for this pain. ( I've posted a couple of those message responses myself, but I don't remember in which particular threads, and I haven't been able to access my message center to get the links for you.)

If you haven't already, check with your drs about this pain to make sure it isn't recurrence - a PET scan should be sufficient, even if there is a lot of scarring from the radiation. Talk to them about getting on some pain meds, to help you with activities of daily living, and to get you through  rehabilitative therapy.

In terms of therapy, two things you might investigate: a form of massage/physical therapy called myofascial release, and  rebounding - exercising with a 36" mini-trampoline.  Here is the link that explains how this will help:

http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/rebounder.htm

Sincerely,

Tre

I to had alumpectomy april 08 i have had pain in my and under my with removal of 13 lymphnodes.Stange as it mite be i use lotion in these areas and it helps. I'm not into pain killers so i will try anything once.          Good luck