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It really hurts around the site of my drain tube scar?
Hi everyone, I have pain that seems new (? Last fortnight or so) all round the area where my drain tube would have been, internally. If that makes sense. If you visualise the line the tube would h...
You're right about the cost @chocolate70. A specialist physio is not cheap and not much is picked up by private health. As I understand it, the numbness may never really go if at all as it is due to a major nerve being damaged. However, the pain associated with cording and scar tightening can be worked on. I have done my exercises from the start but still developed problems. I have had 4 sessions on mine over a 5 week period, working with traditional (excruciatingly painful) massage, laser therapy and something called physio touch which is a suction cup pulling the skin away from the scar. Things aren't perfect but completely the other end of the spectrum from what they were. I've still got tenderness and a little tightness, and the cording hasn't disappeared but I feel my arm is usable now. The numbness of course is still there. I also massage - stretch the area under my arm every day using Bio Oil.