Hello, I'm hoping you can help me. I had a lumpectomy in June of this year, lymph nodes were clear. I then had 19 sessions of radiotherapy which finished at the end of August. I had moderate skin reaction to the radiotherapy, but the skin quickly settled down once treatment finished. I have seen the oncogist in October, who told me they were almost certain the tumour was removed in its entirety, no nodes were affected and that they were very happy with the result. He said he would see me again in 6 months.
My question is this. At the start of this week I noticed the nipple on the operated breast has been itching. It's not sore, the skin looks normal, but it's itchy all the time. I never had this during radiotherapy at all. Is this normal, or should I get someone to check it out? I don't want to waste anyone's time, but I'm wondering why now, just about 4 months after all treatment finished, I'm now experiencing this itching on the affected nipple?
Your advice would be really appreciated!
