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How to handle my rib pain?

I have had 2 rounds of SBRT on lower left posterior lung and upper left lung.

  1. Hi @Jeanne.13, did you complete treatment and how are you feeling? Please don't hesitate to share with us, we are here to support each other. Wishing you all the best, Alisa, LungCancer.net Team

    1. Hi Jeanne.13. Have you had a chance to discuss this rib pain with your doctors? I ask because there is a risk of chest wall injury after SBRT (for example see: https://www.redjournal.org/article/S0360-3016(1😎34022-7/pdf). Of course, there are other possible causes and only a doctor can provide the proper diagnostics. Wishing you the best. Richard (LungCancer.net Team)

      1. My doctor warned me that it could happen before I had the first round of SBRT in July of 2019 I had the second round February of 2020. Shortly after the first round I started having pains in my left side so after several more CT scans and another pet scan they decided that it was damaged from the radiation

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