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Has anyone had breast lymphedema which then spread to the arm?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Dec 25, 2023 | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
Hi @timely, I'm tagging fellow members like @katrina123 @leolion811 @sarahmh @trixie1313 @cindylb and @flowerfarmerforever who have experience with breast lymphedema and who may have experience to add.
Timely, do you take calcium channel blockers for blood pressure issues? Did the therapist explain the criteria she used to determine that you don't have lymphedema in your arm? Is there anything you've been doing physically that would lead to muscle increase?
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@colleenyoung
Hi Colleen:
Thank you so much for reply and adding in others who have dealt with this.
1) I am taking calcium channel blockers for blood pressure.
I also take Eliquis for arrhythmias.
2) Asked cardiologist to give me another blood pressure med, He wanted to give me Digoxin.
I read the side effects and that it is dangerous to take with arrhythmias and declined. At least he believed the Pub Med study on calcium channel blockers and lymphedema.
Told him that I would get back to him after the holidays.
2) Re: PT therapist
She measured both arms and said a slight increase in both. She just said that she did not think it was lymphedema and did not state her criteria.
I really do not see anything that might have caused a slight muscle increase.
3) My Internist discounted the study and said that I had nothing to worry about taking the calcium channel blockers and effecting lymphedema.
4) The Canadian Lymphedema Association stated that the calcium channel blockers should not be taken with lymphedema. Saw this post after I saw Internist.