Arm nerve pain post surgery
Hi everyone. Just wondering if anyone has had problems with nerve pain in arm after lumpectomy? I had surgery two days ago and they removed 5 lymph nodes but said they didn’t touch any nerves but the ...
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Dear @Newbie3312, it’s early days and numbness and pains are quite normal although can very very uncomfortable! Numbness back of arm is very common, I still have that 8 months later but some of the other numb areas got better, it’s hard to take a few Nodes without hitting a small nerve that is connected to the back of the arm.
Rotten shooting pains are a bummer cos they take you by surprise. There’s a lot of healing going on in the arm tissues and nerves can get irritated and they dont like it!!
Try upping your pain relief a bit, avoid over stretching early on, ice packs or cold packs may still help.
Hope this helps
lots of love Tinks xx
Rotten shooting pains are a bummer cos they take you by surprise. There’s a lot of healing going on in the arm tissues and nerves can get irritated and they dont like it!!
Try upping your pain relief a bit, avoid over stretching early on, ice packs or cold packs may still help.
Hope this helps
lots of love Tinks xx