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Anyone having right breast radiated and holding breath?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 27, 2024 | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
Hi
I had right breast lumpectomy and sentinel node surgery. I did not have to hold my breath and was in a comfortable position during the treatment. Seven months post Treatment and now I have been told by my Respiratory physician I have some lung damage. I had asthma prior to treatment and was controlled with my inhaler. He had to give me a stronger inhalor I also have to take Cough syrup because I have a wet cough now. He said it shld heal on its own hopefully. WTH does that mean.
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Hi @sue417
I don’t know enough to help you with the lung damage although I have read that it often will heal itself. I don’t think the radiation damage has anything to do with the asthma as those are two different types of breathing issues.
My guess is how well the lung can repair itself is affected by the health of your body’s ability to either generate new tissue or have other parts of the lung work a little harder to adjust for the non functioning cells.
I know for myself that I try to do the the best I can to be healthy to help my body repair itself, but I do have my days of failure 🥴
After my diagnosis, and before any treatments had begun, they had me undergo a bronchoscopy (hope I spelled that right!) that ultimately discovered some weird node formation in my lungs, but no further involvement with the cancer in my breast. That was the good news, the bad news was the bronchoscopy really tore me up, leaving my lungs sore along with a wet cough that lasted weeks.
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@sue417 I am so sorry to hear that. Of course that makes me feel better about the trials I've had with holding my breath (with the help of YouTube videos I did learn how to do it) but I'm so sorry you have to deal with an additional health issue. Hopefully your respiratory doc is right and it will heal. If you had asthma to start with, I am a bit surprised but there are so many factors involved. May time bring you healing. ❤️