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New Lymphedema caused by breast radiation

Lymphedema | Last Active: Jul 12 11:45am | Replies (13)

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Thank you for your reply. I think this lymphedema was just unexpected on my part, so it has taken awhile to adjust to "new normals" along the way. Once again, I'm grateful there is help to manage symptoms and hopefully keep things stable over the course of time! And, 4.5 years out from diagnosis, I am also grateful to be doing well otherwise!

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@jlimb, yes I understand being unprepared and it being unexpected. Mine was too, a shocker. The doctors didn’t tell me about lymphedema and only after 3 months of begging, they relented and gave me script for PT lymphedema. It shouldn’t be this hard. And I wasn’t prepared from the toxic side effects of the lymphatic dumps. Take good care.