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AlaskaAngel · 01-19-2009, 12:59 PM

We have a furo (a more vertical hot tub) as part of the shower area we built into the house. I had just the sentinel node removed. Even 7 years out I am cautious about using the furo.

I still don't use that arm for heavy things or lifting much. About every two months the arm acts up and is painful clear down to the fingertips of 2 fingers and there is no position of comfort that I can find. It feels like the circulation is partly shut off. This weekend it was like that again. There is nothing I know of that brings it on in particular. Since lymphedema can happen years afterward, I do find it pretty spooky every time.

AlaskaAngel

01-19-2009, 12:59 PM	#19
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	puzzling We have a furo (a more vertical hot tub) as part of the shower area we built into the house. I had just the sentinel node removed. Even 7 years out I am cautious about using the furo. I still don't use that arm for heavy things or lifting much. About every two months the arm acts up and is painful clear down to the fingertips of 2 fingers and there is no position of comfort that I can find. It feels like the circulation is partly shut off. This weekend it was like that again. There is nothing I know of that brings it on in particular. Since lymphedema can happen years afterward, I do find it pretty spooky every time. AlaskaAngel