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Ongoing pain or discomfort can happen after any type of breast surgery, including a lumpectomy (wide local excision), a mastectomy, lymph node removal and breast reconstruction. It can also happen after radiotherapy.
If your ICBN was damaged during surgery, you may have arm pain that does not go away on its own. It can be pain in your upper inner arm, shoulder, chest wall near your breast and armpit, or your upper back. Because a nerve was damaged, this pain is often called “neuropathic” or nerve pain.
For one to two weeks following a lumpectomy, you should avoid heavy lifting, jogging, or any other physical activity that could cause pain in the surgical area. Arm exercises, however, can be helpful during recovery and can help you regain movement.
What is lumpectomy recovery like? Shortly after lumpectomy is complete, the patient will be able to go home. Thanks to our Enhanced Recovery Program, most MD Anderson patients recovery quickly with little pain. “Some don’t even need pain medication or can take over the counter drugs, like ibuprofen,” Singh says.
After this type of surgery, you may feel a type of nerve pain called post-mastectomy pain syndrome (PMPS). This affects 20 percent to 30 percent of patients, according to the American Cancer Society. You may feel a shooting or burning pain in your chest wall, armpit or in an arm.
Pain from surgery. You will have some pain after breast surgery (lumpectomy, mastectomy or breast reconstruction). For most people, this pain is temporary and goes away after you heal from the surgery. About 20% of people have pain that lasts longer [268].
Arm and shoulder exercises. Doing arm and shoulder exercises will help you get back your full range of motion on your affected side. Your affected side is the side where you had your procedure. Your range of motion is how much you can safely move a part of your body. With full range of motion, you will be able to: