Is anyone else finding that they have a very weak arm after op on Breast, despite doing all the exercises as suggested ? If not full recovery to normal mobility, (as before the op)what should be done about it ? N.B. I should add that I had to have implant, then got haematoma so actually had 2 ops in all.
Hi sayan25 - I’m so relieved to hear that someone else has experienced the same outcome as me! Are you following the same six excercises recommended in the cancercare booklet which was issued to me by the nurse in the lymphodoema clinic I wonder? Do you find that they help? I’m worried that the fluid seems to be accumulating in my arm. Also, having looked on U tube I found some more detailed excercises which logically worked from neck through shoulder, then arm followed by hand and then back in reverse order. They seem to ease the problem a bit.
Have you been shown how to do any simple lymphatic drainage? Do you do it before or after the other excercises? My problem is that the strokes are meant to be towards the other armpit ( where the healthy lymph nodes should be) but I’ve had those removed also and I don’t know where my healthy lymph nodes are! Also have you found the glove impractical? Especially when because of Covid we are supposed to be washing or sanitising our hands at every opportunity! 
Sorry I’ve asked you so many questions but you are the first person I’ve come across who has recently been diagnosed with lymphodoema like mine.
