Now I have constant back pain. What's next?
BY Laura Yeager
PUBLISHED February 27, 2018
As well as being a cancer blogger, Laura Yeager is a religious essayist and a mental health blogger. A graduate of The Writers’ Workshop at The University of Iowa, she teaches writing at Kent State University and Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Laura survived cancer twice.
One of the results of my breast cancer surgery in 2016 is chronic back pain. Two years ago, my doctors discovered that I had an angiosarcoma on my right breast. My plastic surgeon performed a latissimus dorsi procedure, where he took a muscle from my back and moved it around to my chest area, replacing the breast tissue he had removed. This procedure is also commonly known as a "flap."
I had little pain from the operation for about two years, but recently, within the last few months, I've experienced chronic pain. I'm not sure why this discomfort has flared up (it might be because I slammed into my mom's parked car in our driveway and the force of the blow traumatized my incision area), but I am finding ways to relieve the aching sensation.
I had little pain from the operation for about two years, but recently, within the last few months, I've experienced chronic pain. I'm not sure why this discomfort has flared up (it might be because I slammed into my mom's parked car in our driveway and the force of the blow traumatized my incision area), but I am finding ways to relieve the aching sensation.
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