Underarm prespiration & node biopsy

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mawhinney
mawhinney Member Posts: 1,377
edited June 2014 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

After a node biopsy, gals generally do not prespire as much as they once did? Why?

When I asked my surgical onc about using antipresperants, she said I would prespire very little. I didn't really believe her. It was true as I no longer prespire.  What caused the change? The removal of the sentinel node or the breast tissue?

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited October 2009

    I've never had a node biopsy.  I would guess that if someone removed axillary nodes, they would also be removing some sweat glands in the underarm area, at least in order to sew up the incision.  Maybe I'm totally wrong about this; I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

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  • mbordo
    mbordo Member Posts: 253
    edited October 2009

    I had 9 nodes removed - I still sweat as much as I ever did (unfortunately!)

    M.

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  • Leah_S
    Leah_S Member Posts: 8,458
    edited October 2009

    I have almost no sweat under the arm that had the ALND. The other arm is less now, but during chemo I didn't sweat on either side.

    My, my, think of all the money I saved on deoderant and disposable razors during chemo. Lucky me.

    Leah

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  • MarieK
    MarieK Member Posts: 911
    edited October 2009

    I still sweat on the SNB side but then again my nodes were removed during the mastectomy so I have no scaring under that arm.

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