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Drains out...now tightness in chest
I had the drains on my left side taken out last Thursday, 2 days ago. The experience was pain-free, thank God, but later in the day my chest muscles started to contract and I started to hurt. The later the day got, the more I started to hurt. In the end I had to take my pain medicine, which I was hoping to be done with by now.
Now, I am thinking that perhaps I need muscle relaxants? I still have some pain meds left, but would really like to be done with those. I have been on Percocet since my mastectomy 2 weeks ago.
I have heard of people getting muscle spasms because of the expanders. Maybe this is what is going on? But it doesn't really feel like a spasm. It is tightness and it won't relax. I will go back on Monday to get the right side taken out and will talk to the doctor about it then.
Thanks,
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Norma,
June 7, 2013: Age 43, mother of 2, had just celebrated 16th wedding anniversary June 6th
Dx Invasive Ductal Carcinoma:
ER-, PR-, HER2+++,
Stage IIb, 5 cm. tumor, grade 3
Benign lymph nodes.
June 26, 2013: Begin 4 Rounds of AC
Sept 19, 2013: Begin 12 weekly treatments of Taxol/Herceptin
Oct 22, 2013: Skipped a treatment because of a trip to the ER. Turned out to be a blood clot in the inferior vena cava….Started Coumadin (aka Warfarin)
Dec 12, 2013: Last treatment of TH
Dec 20, 2013: CAT scan and nuclear bone scans show NED. Yay! Chemo worked!
Jan 24, 2014: Bilateral mx w/expanders inserted; 10 Lymph Nodes removed on left side;Pathology report shows no trace of tumor was left after the chemo. More proof that the chemo worked!
Jan 30, 2014: Emergency surgery due to hematoma on the right side. Had a filter inserted to deal with blood clot that had developed in October.
Feb 2014: Begin Herceptin only treatments
Aug 29, 2014 Expanders OUT and implants IN
Sept 4, 2014 Last Herceptin treatment YAY!!
Oct 8, 2014 Port Removed
Dec 5, 2014 Nipple Reconstruction
Current Meds: Daily - 150 mg Effexor; 50 mg Tramadol for aches and pains caused by treatments
Occasional - 30mg Temazepam (Restoril) for insomnia ; 300mg Neurontin for nerve pain in left arm; 1 mg Lorazepam (Ativan) for anxiety;
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