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Posted by Lucy on 1/12/2009, 7:13 pm, in reply to "Re: discomfort post-mastectomy"
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Hi, I had a mastectomy in 2005 still thinking about going thru recon, but one thing or another stops me when i'm close to doing it, i've suffer with lymphodema since my surgery, ironic when i was a certified nurse assistant i though well after i become an lvn it will go away i will not be lifting patients, turning and changing using my arm so much, but now i'm in a unit where i crush pills all day long using repetitive motions with my arm, i went to my theraphist for the last 2 years and will help for the time i go to see her then after the swelling under my arm comes back, it seems it will never go away, i'm so tired of this swelling, sometimes i ignore it and focus on my children and my husband, but it comes to a point when i even get so depressed. I should be thankful that i'm alive and can be with my family. i need someone to talk to i can't talk to my family about it i just don't want to worry them. At this point i don't know what i want, if i want recon, more therapy, remove the tissue expander, or just keep ignoring this pain physically and mentally.
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