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How much pain can I expect from 1st mammogram after radiation?
I am scheduled to have a mammogram on March 12. This will be my first since having radiation. My onc said that it will be "very painful" because I've had radiation treatments.
Is it much worse than the usual?
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
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