TNBC: Pain in armpit, how do I ensure it's not cancer coming back?

I had radiation therapy six months ago, and I still experience some pain in my breast. I've been doing stretching exercises because I was losing mobility in my arm due to my lumpectomy. The pain has been triggered since then, but my mobility has improved a lot—I think I'm almost back to 100%. However, the pain persists. The last ultrasound showed that everything is fine, which is a relief. I believe we need to be compassionate with ourselves and give our bodies the time they need to heal.

Hi, I have axillary tenderness and completed ACT/immunotherapy/lumpectomy/radiation. One month out from radiation (RT) so I am attributing my achy tenderness to RT. They spent so much time educating me on skin care but I don’t recall achy-ness being discussed.

Healing fr surgery insist on Mamm & U/S didn’t detect
Mine either
Dense breasts
I had a lumpectomy
Toldmrhemntontakemoitntje benign one in my L breast &!thats how they found it
I insisted
In ONCO & my recurrence score was high so I’m getting chemo, then radiation then AI’s then maybe fat transfers for
My deformed disfigured breasts
Feel so abhorrent

It might be useful to know. 🦋

I don’t know if I tested negative for AR?

It sounds like Zarxio that I took during chemo…

Me too

Hi - it is actually quadruple negative breast cancer. At first classed as a subtype of TNBC, but should be in its own category. It means you also test negative for (AR) or Androgen Receptor.

(What is QNBC?)

It’s a granulocyte colony stimulating therapy that increases the neutrophil count. The injection is not painful but causes extreme bone pain in the following few weeks. It works like magic to prevent neutropenia.