About ten days ago my right arm started hurting and I started having difficulties lifting it up. It feels like there are tight cords in my arm, pulling it down, it is actually visible when I pull the arm up, two or three rope-like lines sticking out from under my arm, a bit like in this picture.
As during radiotherapy I need to be able to hold my arms straight up, I decided to call my surgeon to show him my arm and ask what to do. He believes there's nothing to worry about and that it doesn't look like lymphedema. He recommended some more physiotherapy sessions where I will get massages and stretching exercises to try to soften the cords. Last time physiotherapy helped, so I can only hope this can be solved quickly, preferably before the 17th, when radiotherapy is due to start.
Today I also had to go to the clinic to have my port flushed, something I have to do every four weeks, give or take.
I can't get rid of hospitals, doctors, nurses, therapists, and the like!
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