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Any tips for underarm node clearance op?

Dahlia
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Hello all

I had a mastectomy on 21st Nov and they found it had gone into my nodes so I'm having a clearance op on 2nd Jan. I'm moving my arm etc but still have quite a lot of pain. I'm expecting to go back to square one with arm movement after the clearance but was wondering if anyone else has had it done as a separate op and how you got on with it?

My chemo will start some time in January and I was hoping I'd be able to crochet my way through the sessions to pass the time. The op is on my right underarm and I'm right-handed so I may be being a bit optimistic there. 

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    I had a mastectomy on August then lymph node clearance in October.

    had some good movement back after first op but a few weeks before 2nd op was starting to get a little stiff. Thankfully my cancer nurse referred me for Physio which j started 12 days after my 2nd op.

    unfortunately it has turned into a frozen shoulder and struggle exercising when feel poorly with the chemo but my physio is great and not giving up on me. She has promised to ‘go to town’ on my shoulder at the end of my treatment.

    ask for physio if you struggle it will really help.  Good luck x

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    Hi Dahlia this is my first post and just wanted some info about underarm lymph node clearance. I had a masectomy 20th August and 3 nodes taken ...which were cancerous, im having lymph node op 8th October ..dont know how many are being taken, would like to know what recovery is like what i will be able to do, was it painful?.  I sailed through the masectomy with very little discomfort and felt fine. 

    Now facing lymph node op, chemo and radiotherapy and am absolutely dreading it. 

    Breast cancer was found on a mamogram recall from results to op was 19 days.

    Any info would be greatfully received.

    Thank you

    August

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