Flying with Sleeve
Oh my gosh, I am so glad I read this post. I am getting ready to fly to Puerto Rico in Sept. (going on a celebratory cruise for having gotten through all treatements etc.). I never even thought about the implications of flying after having my mastectomy and lymph nodes removed.
I had a left mastectomy and 9 lymph nodes removed in April of last year. In Jan this year I had my right mastectomy but no lymph nodes beyond the sentinal node. Do you think I will need a sleeve for both arms or only the one? I have not had any lymphedema problems to this point.
I am going to call my breast surgeon Monday and talk about this for sure. Thanks for posting about this. Hugs to all Kool
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Kool
DX 3/05
Stage IIB 1.3cm w/ lymph node involvement
ER+++PR+, HER2+++ G3
Surgery - Left mastectomy 4/05, Lymph node removal 5/05, breast expander removal 6/05, partial thyroidectomy 7/05, Right mastectomy 1/06
Post Menopausal due to hyserectomy 2/03 (took hormone replacement)
Treatment - A/C, Taxol and Herceptin, Herceptin only (finish 10/06), Arimidex daily.
Age 50
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