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Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 10, 2024 | Replies (40)
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@sharon44r

Yikes.! You had less than I did .. I better 🙏🏻 that I don’t get bad fibrosis . Right now I am getting a bit more sore.
They told me the sane thing that wouldn’t hurt lungs and heart. .
You did have to hold your breath alot during treatments right?
How long had it been since you had radiation? I read long term effect could happen even after a year. Well I hope I made the right choice. It was mine to make.

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ginny100 | @ginny100 | Nov 28, 2024

I had radiotherapy in March, so approx 8 months ago. No I didn’t have to hold my breath, just keeping very still. My physio told me she has a lady who developed fibroses 12 years later!!!!.

I always felt it is a crazy thing to do, being radiated! As we all know radiation causes cancer! BUT in my case it seemed to be the only thing that could reduce my locally advanced breast cancer which had spread to the skin. So I guess I have swapped my cancer for fibroses which I think is a good swap! However I still have very high cancer markers in my blood. CA 15-3 680 !! And CA125 53

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