Help, need ideas on what to use for pain of late effects from radiotherapy. I have been checked and basically told it’s normal and to use ibroprofen gel and take paracetamol , which worked for a couple of months but has now stopped working. My breast is so hard , I have been massaging with the cream hospital gave me ( zerobase) but don’t know what else to try. Pain is getting me down. I’ve tried so many different bras and no bra but nothing helps much.
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