HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post - Possible arm use restriction after mastec?

juanita · 04-14-2006, 02:36 PM

I didn't have the masectomy, just lumpectomy, but I still have limitations on that side. I'm only supposed to lift no more than 15-20 lbs. And it's for the rest of your life. It's because they removed the lymph nodes and with them gone your body can't make up for the difference and the fluid would build up in your arm. I've over extended myself several times and never gotten a lump there, maybe it's scar tissue building up. I'd ask the onc just in case.

04-14-2006, 02:36 PM	#2
juanita Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: indianapolis, indiana Posts: 1,544	I didn't have the masectomy, just lumpectomy, but I still have limitations on that side. I'm only supposed to lift no more than 15-20 lbs. And it's for the rest of your life. It's because they removed the lymph nodes and with them gone your body can't make up for the difference and the fluid would build up in your arm. I've over extended myself several times and never gotten a lump there, maybe it's scar tissue building up. I'd ask the onc just in case.