Surgical Wound Reopens - Radiation Treatment Delayed

It takes about a week for the radiation oncologist to plan out the treatment and to get insurance approval.  The latter seems to occasionally cause delays, but mine seemed to have gotten through just fine.  I was slated to start radiation treatments later this week.  I had a business trip the week of September 29th, and the goal was for me to finish my 25 whole breast radiation before I leave, and then to come back and do the 5 boosters after I get back the week of October 6.  I was supposed have the practice run on August 21 and then start treatments on the 22nd.  However...

Now nearly 6 weeks out from surgery, I had gotten the all clear from my surgeon on physical activity the week before.  I hadn't resumed my indoor climbing gym membership yet, but I had my rec center membership and was making an effort to go to the gym few days a week.  Up until now I had been sticking to stationary bikes and really easy weights. Although some pain remained at the surgical site due to fat necrosis in the area, I was starting to feel pretty good and wanted to start doing more so I can get back to climbing.  Yesterday, I decided to try the elliptical machine.  Then after that I decided to try out assisted pull-ups and dips.  Big mistake.

I pulled my back muscle a little but that's not the problem.  I ended up busting open the surgical site on my outer right breast.  This was the surgical site for the actual cancer (if you recall I had two other surgical sites that turned out to be benign findings).  Unlike the incision site at the nipple, I had not had any issues on the side so I was startled to see a bit of blood.  It was a tiny amount, but it indicated that the wound had reopened.  I had to go in to see the radiation doctor who confirmed that there is now an open wound.  I had to delay my treatment start by about 5 days, at which time the doctor will check to see if I'm good to go before starting.  They also had to rearrange my schedule so that I would have couple of days where I would go in for two sessions 6 hours apart, so that I could finish my 25 treatments before my business trip.  I was also told to take it easy on my upper body for a while.  I had to be sure not to stretch out that area and do anything that would risk opening the wound again.  I guess I will not be resuming my climbing gym membership just yet.