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I have recently finished a regimen of 6 FEC 100 for stage 2 grade 3 breast cancer and am going on to have 33 sessions of radiotherapy. I also had 1 -3 nodes positive and had 12 removed. I am hormone positive. I had a Lumpectomy before treatment, tumor was 2.5cm
during my chemo my sweat glands under both arms stopped working. I never had any kind of sweat or odour from my armpit during chemo, it seems unnatural
I am a bit worried about this as I am a month since the last of the chemo and it has not returned to normal...

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This is a normal side effect of your treatment and NOT dangerous in any way. You can also probably expect similar effects of your upcoming radiation therapy. These effects are normal and not dangerous. Are you also going to have hormone treatment? Good luck!




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