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Surgery on "taboo" arm
Hi, Just wondering if anyone has had experience with the need to have orthopaedic surgery on the arm that had most lymph nodes removed at time of mastectomy? I also have mets in my sacrum. My last...
It shouldn't be an issue but you will take a little longer to heal and you will need to massage that arm to make the lymph move out. What about asking your physiotherapist for one of those pressure sleeves to wear? Then you wouldn't have to really worry too much about the arm swelling at all. You might need someone to help you get it on and off at first.