Guest guest Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Hi Carol, I know I am late catching up on my emails but thought I would add my 2 cents. I had a left mastectomy, NO node involvement, IDC and DCIS present in both breasts. No chemo, no rads due to complete mastectomy. I was told, from now on....no blood work, no blood pressure, nothing is to be taken from my left arm. Not even pin pricks in my left fingers. All these things can trigger lymphedema. sooo....I'm not taking any chances!!! My GOOD veins have always been in my left arm...now the nurse has to " hunt " for them in my right arm, but oh well, I'd rather have a " bad stick " than lymphedema. Hope this helped answer your question, even if it was a few days late! peace........kimmy > > Hello everyone, > I just came home from the hospital after my hysterectomy and got to > thinking. The hospital where I was a patient was very careful not to > draw blood or take BP in the arm on the side where I had my > lumpectomy/sentinal node surgery. I was told that would be the case by > the oncologist. but, I only had 7 lymph nodes removed and was wondering > if anyone knew if there was a set number of nodes that had to be > removed before they put on that restriction. It made it difficult at > the hospital with the IV in the other arm, they were always taking my > BP in my ankle! Thanks gals! > Carol > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 If I could add my 2 cents as well, everyone think for a minute, if we have a mastectomy, there are nodes involved when they remove the breast. Our breast goes from front all the way around to the back of our shoulder where they remove tissue. There is definitely going to be node removal just from the masectomy alone. Makes ya think huh? Love Michele kimmy68_98 kimmy68_98@...> wrote: Hi Carol, I know I am late catching up on my emails but thought I would add my 2 cents. I had a left mastectomy, NO node involvement, IDC and DCIS present in both breasts. No chemo, no rads due to complete mastectomy. I was told, from now on....no blood work, no blood pressure, nothing is to be taken from my left arm. Not even pin pricks in my left fingers. All these things can trigger lymphedema. sooo....I'm not taking any chances!!! My GOOD veins have always been in my left arm...now the nurse has to " hunt " for them in my right arm, but oh well, I'd rather have a " bad stick " than lymphedema. Hope this helped answer your question, even if it was a few days late! peace........kimmy > > Hello everyone, > I just came home from the hospital after my hysterectomy and got to > thinking. The hospital where I was a patient was very careful not to > draw blood or take BP in the arm on the side where I had my > lumpectomy/sentinal node surgery. I was told that would be the case by > the oncologist. but, I only had 7 lymph nodes removed and was wondering > if anyone knew if there was a set number of nodes that had to be > removed before they put on that restriction. It made it difficult at > the hospital with the IV in the other arm, they were always taking my > BP in my ankle! Thanks gals! > Carol > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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