girls, I went swimming for first time since recon over a year ago. really enjoyed it. my arm (lymh removal side) is now bit swollen at the wrist, long line of redness down the inside and I cant straighten it fully. do you think I just over did it ? should I be concerned ?
thanks
Vez xxx
Hi Vez,
I’m not experienced emough to answer this, but someone with
more knowledge will, hopefully, be along soon.
Just bumping this up.
Annabel
Hi Vez
Could just be sore muscles as you have not used your arm for such a long time. But if there is redness, might be something else. I would suggest that you have it checked as soon as possible, better safe than sorry. I swim regularly, despite total auxillary clerance and my arm gets heavy, but always recovers after a few hours, so I carry on with it. My lymphoedema nurse said that swimming is such a good all round exercise, that I take the chance. But I am very careful about bites/scratches, that sort of thing, to avoid infection. And I try not to lift heavy object on that side.
Hope it turn out to be nothing serious and you can enjoy your swims.