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Another bad start to the year
Hi guys I was diagnosed last week with Breast Cancer after my GP did a boob check at a routine Pap Smear in Nov. She sent me for another mammogram in early Dec (altho the July 2017 one was clear ...
@arpie the sore rubbed feeling armpit could be neuropathy which is caused by them having to move around the major nerves when they do the axillary dissection. I had it really badly with the wide excision and it's still there a little from the mastectomy. I found that putting padding through the side of my bra and tucking it over the top helped a bit. Or you can use some of that paper tape and tape some padding across the sore part. There doesn't seem to be much you can do about it - just wait for the nerves to sort themselves out.