Hello @sandyjr, I moved your question about IVs and blood draws back to your original discussion on bilateral breast cancer so the members who you communicated with previously would see your new question and so that this good discussion could stay in one place.

I had stage 2 b on right side and stage 1 on left, had bilatetal mastectomy for right tumor and lab afterward found left tumor which landed me back in surgery less than a week later to have nodes removed. Right tumor had 2 out of 11 nodes positive, left had 0 out of 12 nodes that were removed. I can not use either arm for blood pressure or blood draws per doctor instructions, all have always honored blood pressure request though most have no idea how to read the pressure in the thigh or calf. My surgeon uses a wrist cuff. Once a nurse used a kids cuff on my wrist. I have had blood draws out of left arm bc no one can or will draw from anywhere else. They say theycare not certified to do that. Frustrating! I hope you are well. Bi-lateral is scary. My onc score was 16 but tumor on right was 4.2 so there is that but. God has taken care of me. Good luck, I am 5 year and. 6 months out from initial surgery. Still bc of those 2 nodes it could always come back.