Breast worries

Hi Mum45 

Sorry you’re having worries about your treated breast. I’d always err on the side of caution and get changes checked out. Radiotherapy can have many side effects further down the line ie not always straight away. I think they are known as late effects. In my case it caused lympheodema in my treated breast which made it bigger than the other (and it had always been the smaller one). Mine was pretty much immediate - diagnosed about 3 months after radiotherapy. 
I would suggest getting in touch with the breast clinic to be seen and then possibly asking for a referral to the lympheodema service. I have self referred several times over the years since my surgery in 2018. I can’t anymore as I’ve passed the 5 years self referral period but each time I did, they checked me out, did any tests necessary, and thankfully they were all ‘false alarms’. But always better to be checked. Love and hugs, HFxx

Hi Mum45 

As HappyFeet1 says, it’s quite common to get oedema as a result of radiotherapy. I still have it, more than 3 years on from radiotherapy. I was eventually referred back to the radiotherapy consultant who examined me and wasn’t concerned. As ever with anything that is concerning, it’s best to go back to your team to get it checked out. 

Hi thanks for replying can you get  lympheodema without pain as I’ve no pain? Hope you are okxx

Hi thanks for replying can you get oedema without pain as I don’t have any. Hope your ok xx

I don’t have pain although the skin in the area can get irritated. 

I don’t think the lympheodema itself is painful but that breast is still sensitive 7 years on - as in, painful if poked and prodded (eg breast examination) or squashed (eg mammogram). And I did have a skin issue about a year after my op, when a large red patch appeared. GP prescribed antibiotics which cleared it up.

I’m doing well, thanks. Completed 7 years of Anastrozole just before Christmas. So far, so good! Xx

What does the skin look like. When I had lymphedema after DAD's the BC nurse spotted it from the skin. It looks just like orange peel But skin coloured. The breast was former too and larger. Orange peel skin is the most obvious sign.

I was going to say my skin looks like orange peel well esp the area my scar is. With having no pain though I’m not sure to ask them or not 

Aww happy to hear that for you that’s great ️ xx

What did you do?