Lymphedema
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Water retention and leg discomfort
Had my third cycle of chemo a couple weeks ago. A few days afterwards I started experiencing leg swelling and tightness. Mostly in the calves but I'm now having buttock soreness, as if I did a ton of squats the day before. Anyone else have this?? I had an ultrasound which confirmed no blood clot. Now I'm asked to use…
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Additional lymph node dissection after finding micromets?
I recently had a mastectomy and sentinel lymph node dissection surgery with reconstruction. When pathology came back, the lymph node was found to have micromets. I've been struggling with the decision of wether to push for an additional surgery to remove a few more lymph nodes to be sure all cancer cells are gone. My…
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