Monthly Archives: June 2012

Yes, yet another new side effect to talk about. It turned out that the arm pain that sent me back to my PT/Lymphedema specialist was something called Axillary Web Syndrome, which is a not uncommon outcome when they go digging … Continue reading →

 Courtesy xkcd.com Last week I had my first appointment to get set up for radiation. I am going to have 25 doses to my chest wall, my underarm, and the lymph nodes above my clavicle.  I gather that it’s a … Continue reading →

I know that I’ve been quiet lately. There’s been nothing wrong, I just needed a short vacation from cancer. I was coming up on the one year anniversary of my diagnosis, I had just had surgery, and I needed a … Continue reading →

I had my second surgery in late May. Technically, it was an axillary node dissection, but I only had the tumor removed and left everything else alone. I got to the day surgery center and got settled in. I discovered … Continue reading →