Hello. I am 2 months into taking Tamoxifen following lumpectomy, bilateral mammoplasty and radiotherapy. I have a pain in my rib on the side of radiotherapy (completed 3 months ago). It is very painful to the touch has anyone else experienced this? Thanks
Hi
Yes I finished RT about 7.5 months ago and I still have painful / tender ribs . I did ask about it and they’ve said it’s normal and can take quite a long while to settle down
hugs xx
Thanks, keep getting weird feelings popping up. Quess this is the new normal lol x
Thanks, all these weird aches and pains I quess are the new normal xxx
Yeah unfortunately and for me I then need to try to stop my mind going into overdrive !
I will say though that the rib pain for me has improved from the stage you are at now . I used to get nerve type pain too and I don’t get that so much now
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I've had nerve pain from day 1 but this has only just cropped up. I wonder what next week will bring lol xx
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