NaomiV
9 years agoMember
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...
I had mastectomy one side and a second surgery for the lymph node clearance. My numbness is right across the chest, under arm and inside the arm down to the elbow. This doesn't mean I don't still get an tingling or occasional sharp pain from out of nowhere. I think it will take a number of years for everything to settle and nerve damage takes absolutely ages to heal by itself. Its annoying but liveable with and beats having cancer.