I am not glad to hear others are having pain, but am glad to learn I'm not the only one because the pain had been scaring me. I see my Oncologist Feb. 10,2015 and will ask if she can help with this. Thank you to all who gave answers.

Been 1 1/2 years since surgery and one year from my last treatment. I still have sore spots from my incisions and according to my surgeon I just saw he says it's normal.

I developed chronic pain r/to radiation , following partial mastectomy with sentinel node biopsy.. Costrochondritis is inflammation of tissue between the ribs. Costrochondritis and in general chronic pain from radiation is more common then they let on too.
I was oncology nurse for 20years and a survivor for 26 years. For me radiation knock my socks off comparatively to Chemo. The estrogen inhibitors do not help. Since beginning of taking them my long bones and joint plus increase in rib pain through axiallary has grown steadily worse. I was an world class athlete who broke, sprang , dislocated and had several orthopedic surgeries of which all I fully recoved. Played final nation volleyball tournament in Dec. 2010. Jan. 2011 diagnosed for 2nd time with BC(IDC). The pain was always there from beginning but returned to work, Then started hormone therapy and had total radical hysterectomy. From there it began to worsen. Bone density in June 2012 was normal. Bone density Aug 2014, osteoporosis in spine ribs and pelvis, osteopenia everywhere else.
EVERYONES BODY REACTS DIFFERENTLY! Have read much on women complaining about pain following radiation and breast surgery and way too many were told that it is unusual! Well, all new studies since 2013 have been correlating data that it is MORE LIKELY TO HAVE CHRONIC PAIN FOLLOWING BREAST SURGERY AND RADIATION WHICH CAN LAST YEARS OR INDEFINITE! Check mayo clinic, john Hopkins , MD Anderson, New England journal of medicine and Cancer Centers of America; who all support the treatment notion that the pain is real and can be amplified by anxiety and depression.
Suggest all woman with diagnosis BC be evaluated for anxiety, depression and pain. Woman seem to be less likely to discuss pain with oncologist due to prevailing notion that we shouldn't have any.
HOWEVER IF YOU LOOK AT DATA FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND BREAST CANCER THE TREATMENTS AND SIDE EFFECTS RELATED TO HORMONE THERAPY, CHRONIC PAIN AND ANXIETY. MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE MEDICATED FOR PAIN AND ANXIETY WHILE WOMAN ARE TREATED WITH ONLY ANTI-DEPRESSIVES! I said to my ONCO, who said "just what you get from having cancer" and " I don't understand your pain": LET ME KICK YOU IN THE BALLS SO WE CAN BOTH NOT UNDERSTAND THE OTHERS PAIN"!
Remember, stand up for yourself, you are not a cry baby or weak! If you have pain then you have pain. Tell ONCO to refer to pain management and also CARDIAC ONCOLOGIST, which only now has made it importance known, especially for woman who have radiation over L Chest.
Fight 4 U!

I am a year from the lumpectomy and about 6 months from last radiation treatment and continue to be sore.

I still am sore and there is still tenderness around my breast 2 years after surgery but it is getting better.