re: nerve damage/breast cancer

[Guest guest]

This is a timely article for me that sent to us. I was diagnosed with breast cancer (stage 1) recently. I had a lumpectomy with four nodes removed from my armpit. Fortunately, there was no cancer in the lymphnodes, but because they removed them, I am now having numbness and tingling in the back of my arm and armpit because they had to move some nerves aside to get to the nodes. Maybe exercise will help with getting more feeling in the back of my arm? I'm wondering how many other women with HIV/AIDS get breast cancer? I know of one other besides me. Good news is that I will not have to do chemo or tamoxifin type drugs. Next week I will be starting 6 1/2 weeks of radiation and some physical therapy to make sure I don't get lymphadema and to help with flexibility.

http://survivinghiv.blogspot.com/2012/06/exercise-may-improve-neuropathy.html