I was wondering if anybody else has had experience with hospitals and alerting them that they cannot access your mastectomy / lymphodema arm for blood pressure cuffs or bloods?
If so, what policy/meas...
Published 14 years ago
Version 1.0
Blog Post
The lympoedema physio did say that it doesn't hurt to have the occasional blood pressure taken on the bad arm but if it is a blood pressure testing that is on continually then definitely not to use that arm.
Calf is a good idea because what do you do if double mastecomy and nodes removed on both sides?? I am very thankful that isn't me but there are lot of pink ladies out there who are probably in that situatioin, so calf is a way to go I guess.
Mich x