Lymphedema
I had a mastectomy in late april for invasive ductal cancer. I was to have a sentinal node biopsy but due to the feel/appearance of nodes in surgery, ended up with axillary dissection. My surgeon didn...
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I am so with you. I thought, ok take the whole damn thing off and it will all be over. What a load of shit. Even though I had a heap of nodes out my surgeon told me I would be low risk! Breast care nurse and onc both said any more than 3 or 4 puts you at risk and bloody tamoxifen has that as a side effect too. So when you have it off they dont tell you the "scars" physical but also mental, that come with it. Cut nerves to get to all the nodes, had a nerve block for that yesterday and did shit. My armpit feels like sludgy putty fat and full. Even though its only a few cm it feels heavy and uncomfortable. yep cancer is fucked. As for the tamoxifen, apart from the lymphedema, there are so many side ffects. The one I hate the most is the drenching sweats. Could be 6 degrees in orange and the back of my hair is drenched with sweat. its a bitch night tonight sorry ladies. Get fitted for sleeve on the 26th, hope thats the alst of the dramas. I just want to put all this behind me!LMK74 said:Bevvsy, it's good to hear from you again. This journey just sucks. I'm heading for a mastectomy in August and full axillary clearance. This is my very fear of having lymphedema. I too will be put on tamoxifen. Fuck cancer!!.