Back Pain post-mastectomy

Hi Pinchy 

I had same  - I’ve just had histology back abs there is no spread  jr was “just” dcis and no more treatment  

i Had a cry with the district nurse about how I was convinced I had lunch cancer or something  she had a feel about and said it felt like a muscular thing - maybe from holding myself badly or maybe because I use a stick for a dodgy knee  

it’s so easy to make everything into a spread   But you also have to find the balance because for some people on these forums sadly that is what has happened  so I appreciate how hard it is  - I think we will always be waiting for the next scary call - maybe for ever ….

sending you strength x

I have had back pain at some point and it made me frown, but my oncologist confirmed that nothing was seen in that area on any of the scans. If you had a relatively recent scan that looks from about the thighs to the neck and nothing flagged then my guess is that it's unlikely to be a malignancy.

Ah. Thank you for getting back to me. I am flipping between knowing it is just my anxiety to then thinking the worst. I feel to have so many aches and pains. X

The MRI just focused on breast area. Have had no full body scans. Thanks for response. I am just hoping my mind will be put at ease one way or another. X

I’m also 3 weeks post mastectomy and I have an expandable implant. My backs in half, which I put down to sitting around a lot and lack of normal, healthy movement. You know inactivity is the leading cause of back pain? Plus of course they pulled us around a lot in surgery and nerves have been cut… I assumed it was to be expected but do check out with your BCN

Hi Anabrock, hope you are healing ok. That is reassuring to hear. Any googling on breast cancer/back pain has just led me to ‘secondary breast cancer’ so I wanted to see if others had the same experience. Thanks for sharing. 

Oh no, you didn’t did you? You googled a symptom? I once Googled “Why are my toe nails weak?” and Google told me I had secondary lung cancer! My doctor, by contrast, suggested I moisturise more DOH! No, I do not have secondary, or any other kind of lung cancer. Keep off the Google, as my Irish nurse once told me in her gorgeous brogue. 

I hope your back improves once you’re well enough to move around more. I find sleeping on my back, because of the  implant, is also murder on my back and I’m definitely standing a bit hunched due to armpit pains - I’ve also had surgery on the other side.