Lymphoedema/CDT/Surgery

Hi my Mum has lymphoedema in her arm following a mastectomy.. wanted to post on her behalf and ask for anyone's opinions/exepriences with Complete Decongestive Therapy or surgery related to lymphoedema? She is quite worried about her arm so any words of advice would be great! Thanks.

  • Hi emilys34,

    Welcome to Cancer Chat. I'm sorry to hear about the issues your Mum is experiencing. The first port of call regarding any concerns would be for her (or you) to talk things through with her doctor/specialist, so hopefully you have had the opportunity to do that or will be able to soon.

    Meanwhile if anyone here has similar experience with this then hopefully they'll be along soon. You can also try searching the forum (using the button in the blue bar above). There doesn't seem to be other discussions on here about Complete Decongestive Therapy, but there are a number to do with lymphoedema.

    Wishing you all the best,

    Ben
    Cancer Chat Moderator