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Changes after lumpectomy & radiation - unexpected.
It’s now been 6 months since I finished radiation after lumpectomy for IDC With one node showing cancer. I coped easily with the 6 weeks of radiation and MANAGED with the burns etc after, BUT was tota...
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I was advised about the risk of lymphoedema, did my exercises religiously and still got it. No breast to massage, but I suspect the seroma didn't help!! One of the really nasty things about lymphoedema is that it can occur up to fifteen years post surgery. That requires deep devotion to elevating and massaging.