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Breathing difficulty after radiation for lung cancer
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Mar 19 1:51pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
SBRT treatments have caused rib pain and 1 fracture. Does anyone have experience with this and, if so, does it heal?
I am getting desperate for answers.
I have tried to speak with the Radiation Oncologist as, prior to the treatments, he did say that this may happen and inferred treatable. However, I have not been able to contact him as my messages go through his physician’s assistant who insists this rib problem has a different cause and seems to be comfortable contradicting her supervising physician and an ER physician, leaving me to search for answers.
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I had Radiation on left side, and yes a cracked rib which turned into a break over time. It has consequently healed but overlap-if that makes sense. When they took out 2/3 of my left lung it crack rib #5, eventually breaking when my lung. When they took out by lung, they also removed the muscle which is located between ribs. So yes it heals, but it is uncomfortable when I sit back in a chair or car.
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@trfb , This sounds so painful. Radiation is great at killing cancer, but it certainly comes with its own set of side effects. I'm sorry that you haven't been offered a follow up appointment with the radiation oncologist. It seems that this would be the best solution to providing answers. Is there any way that you can get an appointment with him? Possibly reach out to your primary care provider and see if they can get an appointment request to the radiation oncologist's office. Did you have a scan that showed the broken rib? Ouch!