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Lymphedema and does anastrozole cause swollen feet?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 3 4:41pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your story. I do yoga, but not frequently enough. I'm going to up my game on that. My lymphedema therapist said they don't know enough but it could be that people who don't have a "sentinel" lymph node but just nodes that all work together may be more likely to get lymphedema when one is removed. It's an interesting theory.
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It IS an interesting theory. The doctors never addressed that part of the pathology report and I never advocated. I frequently wonder in my head if the lymph node dissection was accurate because that one wasn’t found.
If I think of all my doctor groups, the only one I can ask is my oncologist. A lot of practices are only starting to release electronic health records and I recently discovered that in my MRI report (I get 1 every 2 years), it said ‘benign finding on left side, been there awhile.’ It’s a long story…but to sum up, it wasn’t well received when I called to ask what that meant because I had unresolved feelings from realizing that there had also been a record of an “inconclusive ultrasound” (which was on my left side) and the answer was that those were different doctors. Then I was told that whatever it is, (they aren’t sure,) didn’t enhance on the MRI so it was benign, but I could have it biopsied when I have my next one. And I certainly intend to.
Sorry I got off the lymphedema topic!