Mastecomy numbness following surgery

Logang

StaceySue2u...I take care of a lot of cancer patients in home health too. One positive thing that I got out of my journey was being able to truly relate to what these patients are going through and feeling. Sometimes I do feel some anxiety when getting a new patient with mets. I just started seeing a gentleman diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer, mets to liver, lung, and bone. We are doing chemo connects and disconnects. It is sad to see so much cancer....

StaceySue2U

You're right about relating, Logang. I definitely have a lot more empathy and feel closer to my patients than ever. It has given new meaning to my job.

Falconer

New York Times article reporting on this issue

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/well/live/after-...

bareclaws

Falconer, thanks for that article link. I just found this topic after searching for others' experiences with numbness after MX. I'm eleven days post BMX (no reconstruction) and the numbness around incisions took me by total surprise. I am wondering if there are things I can do to promote nerve connections? It doesn't extend under arms or my back and for that I'm grateful, but stil...

Dafne

6 weeks out of bilateral mastectomy and lymph node biopsy (3 from right side, 2 from left) and I still have numbness under both my arms (worst on right side) that extends a little bit to my back. My chest is mostly numb too. I do have feeling in the middle of my chest (where my cleavage would normally be). Not great but I can live with that. My arms though worry me a lot...