Lately I have been having pain like someone stepped on my chest. Then my stomach feels like someone punched me in the stomach. I am sick of feeling like this then I can't tolerate pain killers because I have trouble with swelling and I have liver problems. I want to have this to where this is tolerable.

Praise to Almighty, it's my 8th month post right breast lumpectomy, & right axillary lymph nodes(18) dissection due to right breast's Multifocal Invasive Duct Carcinoma. Post surgery, i experienced this kind of unbearable feeling of my skin being torn apart. As of this moment, there's a feeling of discomfort of numbness, and thickness @ my right armpit extending to my arm. I refused right breast's mastectomy, chemo, & radiation therapies because i believe in destiny ... and so, i lift everything unto God. Thank u for the information which is educational, & additional knowledge about my present health condition which provides a great relief from my anxieties. May God bless u more ...

Thank you, this video is, what I needed at the right time!! I'm doing my breast massage as you speak!😊

Thank you because doctors in the U.S are different. They never mentioned this after my double mastectomy.

Thank you feel good ❤😂

Thank you great information ❤❤ 🇨🇷🇺🇸

A big thank you from Phoenix Arizona your help has been immeasurable

Thank you so much! I ve been in constant pain for four month after the mastectomy with the reconstruction. +radiation. My surgeon told me "to deal with it". Your videos are so helpful. 🙏

thank you from Israel

I had breast cancer in 2013, and I've never had any of this Until 1 year ago, I also developed lymphadema. I gained 25 pounds. My weight has always been 105 . Any way I have no 1 to help me. Any advice from you would be appreciated 😢

I meant to say it’s not my underarm that feels NUMB. Sorry about that. Suzanne.

It’s been five months since I had my lumpectomy and radiation on my right breast. When I look in the mirror and compare the two, my right breast is darker and my nipple is darker than my left, it’s like there’s a brown circle around it. Also, it’s not my underarm that feels nimble, it’s my breast where the radiation was targeted. Is this normal? Also, where the radiation was targeted, my skin feels so hard and rough there. I would love to hear back from you. Suzanne, and thank you.

Excellent video and totally on-point. I just finished radiation on Friday and this has been my experience and feeling as to why it’s happening. Our body, mind and soul have been through so much in the past year we really need to be kind to ourselves 👍💖🙏

Thank you Jen, I wish I knew about your channel months ago.

You talk about “a compression garment.” If one has had a double mastectomy stage 3 breast cancer with about 30 lymph nodes removed and develops lymphedema, is it appropriate to wear only a sleeve and not a glove or gauntlet as well? I have read so much research that states the lymphatic fluid can then accumulate in the hand and cause further problems. What is your take on this if I may ask? Thank you!

Liquid vitamin E works great to soften scar tissue

Sending you a big thank you from Phoenix, Arizona your guidance has been immeasurable and oh so helpful ❤

Great video. I'm suffering from Extreme pain and swelling after months of radiation therapy to treat stage 3 breast cancer. I'm not understanding how daring the arm breaks ngs relief to my sore breasts 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Thank you for your help

Thank you!

Just about 2 months since my bilateral mastectomies with only 2 lymph nodes remove in my left side. But I have a lot of numbness feeling in my left armpit, arm, side chest area and towards almost a half of my back area. Thank you for the tips. I been exercising and doing heating pads per my plastic surgeon recommendation. I'm going to add massaging the area.

Can you wear a bra with side boning. 9:50 sm

Thank you so much for this.i have been worried sick about what is wrong.thank you

What is the medical term for rib pain

If I have a back problem sometimes I go to a chiropractor

Have you ever tried going to chiropractor the breast scanner thing helps too

Can you go to Saunas (Finnish Style) if you have had around 5-8 lymph nodes removed?

Hi there, I also find this video to be very helpful and assuring that I am not alone with my pain. I had 2 lumpectomies in the same left breast in a matter of year and a half. Then chemo and radiation. I am already going for a lymphatic massage and I am not so surprised from the pains (exactly as described in this video) in the operated breast but I want to ask - is it common to have same pains in the other breast that never been operated? My doctors are puzzled by it and are just watching it now by MRIs every 6 months. I would appreciate your feedback! Thank you in advance! Roumi (Canada)

Thank you

What if the pain begins 4 years post treatment and is more to the side? (Under the arm, but not up in the armpit?)

I am tolerating a light compression sleeve well, but when I go hiking or walking long distances, my fingers/hand swells (as it did before I ever got breast cancer). Should I remove the sleeve when that happens?

Thank you for this video! This explains a lot why I have neck pain and back pain. ☺️🙏

I had a lumpectomy with sentinel node biopsy followed by SAVI internal radiation. 2 years post surgery I have developed swelling (diagnosed by my medical oncology team as mild lymphedema in my armpit). Self lymphatic drainage massage was recommended. Is it best to do the entire arm or just the area of swelling? Thank you. (July 28, 2024) 14:32

Ok, I just replied to one of the other videos. I am 67, 3wks post op, with expanders for reconstruction. I am doing great, but wanting to get more movement. I wanted to hear when can you start each item you speak of. I suppose at this point I need doctor to answer my question. Your information is wonderful. Thank you so much.

I have just had surgery with a bilateral mastectomy. I appreciate the three videos I have watched so far. Your presentation is wonderful. My only problem is I haven't heard when can and do you start the massage, etc. Thank you

So helpful, thank you x

I had a lumpectomy on 6/13/2024 for stage 0, grade 1 DCIS. All ofl the DCIS was removed but I've had 6 weeks of post-op complications (an allergic reaction to steristrips caused blistering along entire incision, followed by infection & seroma that refilled after 2 aspirations of 165 ml & leaked through incision). I'm seeing progress in healing, but radiation oncology is saying I need 4 weeks of whole breast radiation, just as "an insurance policy" to be sure there's no lurking DCIS cells. This is the same treatment as if I had invasive breast cancer, & my concerns over side effects, both short term & long term, are being minimized as "patients tell me they have a new normal." I've been doing research, & I am at higher risk of skin problems from radiation, being very fair skinned & having larger breasts. I'm also an asthma sufferer, & worried about possuble lung scarring from the radiation as well. After 6 weeks of dealing with wounds on my breast, I am not eager to sign up for some more. But at least you are offering helpful information on what can be done, as well as validating that these are real concerns. Thank you so much for that. I haven't decided whether I will agree to radiation, but if I do, I feel I will have a better sense of what help to seek for side effects.

I had BC with sentinel node biopsy and 33 rounds of radiation in 2014.. completed treatments July 2015 .. I’m still having scar tissue pains to my arm pits and surrounding areas. Is it possible to have chronic long term pains ? Thank you

Thank you. Very useful

11 wks ago..lumpectomy!! TY..!

I had this too but my husband massaged my arm every night and my numbness is gone 11 months later! I also had itching under my skin. It’s gone too except in one area. Please discuss this condition too on your channel. Thank you!!!

You videos have been very useful to me. I am two months post right breast mastectomy. I have recovered well but have some cording and a tight scar ending in a dog ear. It is the dog ear I am struggling to beak down with scar massage. The cording seems to go down to this point and is more problematical into the scar and chest than in the arm itself. Have you any advice, and do you cover the dog ear in any of your videos?

One week post mastectomy. Your video is informative and reassuring. It also boosts confidence and helps in the healing and recovery process. Thank you!❤

Jen, should I be doing the massage sitting or laying down?

Thank you so much for information and analogies.

Why as an Australian professional do you used Americanised spelling? It really does make one wonder. In Australia we use s not z in many words like personalised. As an educator,I find this disturbing that ‘influencers’ such as yourself cannot get the basics of correct spelling.

Thank you for your video Jen. I have recently had a lumpectomy and am due to have radiotherapy when a haematoma has resolved itself. My problem is that I have had rheumatoid arthritis for many years which has badly affected my shoulders and I have very restricted movement, particularly in the left shoulder. The surgery was done on the right breast but I have been told that I will need to raise both arms for the radiotherapy. I'm starting out with a physiotherapiest this week but I wish I'd been told this right at the start of the process although even then I'm not sure how much I can improve the situation due to torn rotator cuffs and other long term damage. Is there any way I might be able just to raise my right arm do you think?

Should the L-Dex be completed prior or post surgery?

Actually my 2 oncologists were men and would not even mention this to me, I when I asked they said no you don't have RF I SAID WELL NO I HAVE PULMONARY FIBROSIS FROM THE RADIATION THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE PET SCAN YOU ORDERED MAYBE YOU DIDN'T LOOK AT THAT PET SCAN OKAY.. I can't believe what this medical so called specialist oncologist in hematology/oncology. And I'm not saying because they're men because even if they're men and they wouldn't know what it feels like or would know anything but they are oncologist that are supposed to look at the scans evaluate them see what the notes were and what the radiation oncologist interpreted but not they don't care if it ain't they're dealing with they don't want to do s***

Well pulmonary fibrosis is more like it, and that's worse than my breast cancer reading into to this ... Thank you so much for your knowledge and sharing with US