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pins and needles with some numbness ? just had surgery
Hi everyone, I just come through surgery Wednesday just been (8th Nov) for a lumpectomy and lymph node clearance, I'm home now with a drain, and experiencing a lot of pins and needles and numbness, I'...
@Maree72 I had sharp pains in the back of my arm after my axillary (lymph node) clearance. It felt more like a knife stabbing me than pins and needles. My surgeon told me the pain was very normal as the nerves had been damaged. The numbness is still partially there even five years later.