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Mightystar
Member
6 years ago

Cording 7 months post surgery?

Morn all, I had cording in my arm during RT, had physio and all ok after it snapped. I’m not 7 months post surgery.

The past week I have noticed my arm being tight, yesterday morn I put my arm up in the mirror and saw the cord from my breast almost down to my belly button. I managed to snap it. This morn there is a small bruise at the top of the cord, I could still see it and managed to snap it again 😩
Its a little sore.

Do I need to see someone? What can I do apart from stretching and massaging to manage this better? Is it normal to have cording downwards? I thought it would only form in your arm.
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  • Beryl_C_'s avatar
    Beryl_C_
    Member
    6 years ago
    Mightystar I had cording months after surgery, the physio at the Breast Assessment centre massaged a few times and things returned to normal. That was a few years ago, only recently I wore a blouse that was a little tight under the armpit (vanity!) and the next day there was cording down the length of my arm. Physio was beneficial. I also did the stretching. Can you contact your Breast Care Nurse? If not I would return to physio as soon as you can. Hope this settles.