Numb arm!
Hi everyone! I had surgery last week to have a lumpectomy and sentinel node biopsy - when I woke up however, they had done an axillary clearance as cells had been found in both nodes they removed for...
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The post op pain will calm.down then flate up again and down the road you may have some recurrence...
I have only had sentinal.node removed on 31st March and while I did notnhave a huge amlint of paon post op I found 2 to 4 weeks later mode pain to increase as was advised it was just nerves knitting over...
Then no pain for a while with some flare ups post chemo sessions and now again 3 months in more flare up... It is not a distressing as I found it to be in the early days.
Yes it can irritate you but I would speak to the breast vare nurse anout the best way to manage and minimise it... With me she suggested massage woth moisturisers and it did help.
With such comprehensive clearance as the one you had you really should speak to the nurse on the dos and donts and also best ways to massage plus what you need to be doing to avoid getting the locked shoulder as well as lymphoedema.
Also you can get a treatment plan for lymphoedema related physio covered fully or partially through Medicare so definitely soeak to both the nurse and your dictors to make sure they help you make this as managable as possible
Hugs
Jel.