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lymphedema started
About 3 weeks ago my left hand felt like I hit it and was bruised. I did not see a visable bruises nor did I hit it. As you can see from my signature: I had surgery on 11/30. A week and a half ago my hand started swelling. I now cannot see my pinky and ring finger knuckle and my whole arm feels tight. I went to chemo on tuesday and today I am going for a lymphedema evaluation from a therapist.
I went to the surgeon yesterday and showed him the swelling. ( I remember sitting in the same room before surgery talkking about how this may happen and how he said it is so rare.) Well after examination by the surgeon he thought I had a seroma under my arm,and drained it. I wish this had something to do with the lymphedema but I know it dosen't. He is sending the fluid to the lab, I just cannot even imagine it comes back something other than fluid.
Otherwise, I am real excited to see what the therapist says today about controlling the lymph and cannot even imagine what swelling I am in store for with radiation coming up in 6 weeks.
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Laurie
Diagonsed 8/10/06 (found own lump)at 35
Her 2 +++, er-/pr-
4 A/C 8-29-06 to 11-06
Lumpectomy, node dissection- 11/30/06
Pathology report stage IIIC
1 tumor 3 cm
10 of 15 nodes +
12 Taxol 12/18/06-03/06/07
Herceptin 12/18/06- 12/11/2007 done!!! yeah!!!
33 rads started 3/22/07, done!! yeah!! 5/07/07
Lymphedema diagonsed 2/1/07
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
port out 1/10/08
pregnant after 6 yeas of trying- due mid feb.
Ryder David Kessel Hunter born feb.6th 2009
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