posted by Josephine
06 October 2012
Cording of lymph vessel
Last reply:
09 October 2012 19:27
Hi all
I had mastectomy in may and I have developed cording of lymph vessels under my arm. It's like a long hard cord is running from my elbow bend all along under my arm and down my chest to the spot where the drain was under the op site.
The first physio in the hosp told me to massage the scar where I had the node biopsies. I was doing that but no improvement. Last time I saw a different physio and she advised massaging along my arm with quite a bit of pressure. If you try this, it is not easy to do yourself! So I called in the troups, meaning got my poor husband to do yet another job for me! And hurray, it seems to be working!
Only along my arm though. Now, the cord is really hard under my arm and down my chest. I'm to keep massaging but I'm still sore there and can't use much pressure.
Did anyone else have this and find a solution? I'm getting more anxious about it now as I will be moving on to radio in a month or so and I know that can cause more trouble.
Josephine
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