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At age 45, I had a lumpectomy, chemo (2000) and 6.5 weeks of radiation on left...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/723851/

(I am lucky that I don't have lymphedema

Discussion: Anyone decide not to do reconstruction after getting the expander in?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2022

Just a little background. First cancer right breast 2007. Second cancer left breast 2018. Lumpectomy and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336518/

and does microsurgery if you have lymphedema

Discussion: Please share your experience with the Diep Flap Procedure

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2021

Hello Samy I tried Tamoxifen when I was first diagnosed (when I was pre menopausal) and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/87087/

still recovering from surgery and lymphedema

Discussion: Concerned about the side effects of anastrozole

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2019

Are you having photon (X-ray) radiation? Or is 30 the total dosage? Reason I ask is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/995720/

I have some issues with lymphedema (

Discussion: 30 gy radiation side effects

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

I signed up for this forum back in December 2018. I never heard anything back until...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/176146/

vacs, wound vac removal, swollen leg, lymphedema

Discussion: If you're living without a hip like me, please reach out to me.....

Support Group: Bones, Joints & Muscles

Posted: Jan 31, 2020

My Palliative care doctor increased my Morphine 30 mg every 4 hours , put me on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/117540/

site) but my request for eval for lymphedema

Discussion: Livedoid Vasculopathy or Livedo Reticularis (whole body face white)

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Mar 2, 2017

Hi Joy! You've already had your share of cancer stuff for sure. After reading your story,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/843275/

due to BRCA2+, physical therapy for lymphedema

Discussion: Survivorship/Care after treatment

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 14, 2023

Hi @canderson12, Please excuse my delayed response. I've read through your story twice now just to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/117533/

Specialized Massage Therapy: Lymphedema ... is trained with helping to treat "Lymphedema

Discussion: Livedoid Vasculopathy or Livedo Reticularis (whole body face white)

Support Group: Skin Health

Posted: Oct 24, 2016

I recommend that you try CBD (hemp only) to see if it works for you. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/108196/

spondylolisthesis (slipped vertebra), lymphedema

Discussion: CBD oil for pain

Support Group: Chronic Pain

Posted: Jul 18, 2017

Hello, My name is Rebecca and I am 52 years old. I have been dealing with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1151022/

type 2 diabetes, an umbilical hernia, lymphedema

Discussion: How long have you lived with COPD?

Support Group: COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Posted: Oct 3, 2024

My lymphodema on my neck is hard and swollen. Tried PT, but radiation caused a bleed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1310157/

My lymphodema on my neck is hard and

Discussion: Lymphedema of the neck: What did you do?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 22 9:09am

I was lucky that when I asked my PT what this was she said trigger finger...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291883/

and they had an OT who was also a lymphodema

Discussion: Aromatase Inhibitors & carpal tunnel and trigger finger: Anyone?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Apr 28 10:26am

My husband has been on Tagrisso for a year, following RLL and two doses of chemo....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1325960/

Had been receiving PT for lymphedemia

Discussion: Has anyone taken the targeted therapy osimertinib (Tagrisso)?

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Jun 12 7:17pm

Not sure what what saggy skin “like a frog “ looks like. Possibly edema? Lymph fluid?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1290207/

doctor may want to send you to a lymphodema

Discussion: After Effects of Radiation: Saggy skin under the chin

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Apr 26 8:48am

hi , yes had some neuropathy at end , tingling in toes and under feet ....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1303048/

nodes removed so have problem with lymphodema

Discussion: Dose-dense (dd) AC chemo + paclitaxel: How to prepare?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 13 7:06am

i had quite a few lymph nodes removed and now have a problem with lymphoedema, particularly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1312245/

removed and now have a problem with lymphoedema

Discussion: Lymphedema in the chest wall

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: May 25 6:22am

I had cording (axilary web syndrome), caused by surgery and radiation. I had OT with a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1177525/

I had OT with a lymphadema specialist

Discussion: Breast Radiation: I feel very tight in rib area, anyone else?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Nov 21, 2024

Dear Support community -I had a radical prostatectomy 4 months ago. As a result of lymph...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1202177/

before the surgery.CT scan showed lymphedema.Did

Discussion: Lymphedema after radical prostate surgery: How to improve it?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 2 7:24am

You are so brave to keep seeking help after all the discouraging encounters trying with a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156291/

I think a lymphadema support group sounds ... because she has recently had a bout with lymphadema

Discussion: Discouraged with lymphedema: How do you cope?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Oct 13, 2024

It does, if I don’t take some precautions. Compression sleeve on the affected side is a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1146002/

compression sock since that isn’t lymphadema ... the swelling in your feet and the lymphadema

Discussion: Lymphedema and does anastrozole cause swollen feet?

Support Group: Breast Cancer

Posted: Sep 23, 2024