Hi there, hoping you can provide some advice. My mum has mild lymphedema in her left arm where lypmh nodes were removed from her underarm at the time of breast conserving surgery following chemo for breast cancer last year (her surgery was in June 2022).
She has a compression garment which works well for her during the night. However a month ago she lifted a heavy suitcase using her non-affected arm and ever since this has been painful for her and displaying similar symptoms of lymphedema. She originally thought she may have pulled a muscle but it's been a month now so perhaps not.
It's sore to move and the pain is mostly in her upper arm but does move down. It is also causes her problems at night. At her last lymphedema clinic appt she was signed off but when they took measurements of both her arms, the right one (which is currently the sore one) was slightly swollen than the affected arm. Therefore I wondered if it is possible to get lymphedema in your non-affected arm too?
She currently has high blood pressure too and her practice nurse increased her blood pressure tablet dosage up from 5mg to 7.5mg last Thurs. I'm trying to establish what is wrong with her arm as I know it's causing her discomfort. She intends to go to her local lymphedema drop-in clinic on Wed to see what they say but I'd be so grateful for any help/advice you can give me and my mum x
