I have arthritis in both shoulders which has become much more painful over the last year ( by co-incidence this is since I started to take Arimidex!)
My GP referred me to an orthopaedic consultant and I am now on his list for shoulder joint " re-lining". I think this is a new technique for shoulder surgery though now quite a popular op. with hip replacements.
I am having my ‘good’ side done in April with a view to seeing how I get on before consideration of my BC side.
In 2008 I had WLE followed by level 3 axillary excision,then chemo and rads. As a result of an infection in my finger nail just as I was starting rads, I had very extensive cellulitis in my arm; this eventually disappeared completely - though I do now have mild lymphoedema of my breast and am being monitored at the excellent lympho. clinic at my local hospice. .
If anyone has had surgery near their op site - particularly anyone who has had experience of lymphoedema - it would be really helpful to hear from you. (the ortho consultant involved is in a hospital in a different health authority from where I wa strated for my BC. and thus far has not communicated with my oncologist or breast surgeon. At my request I saw a locum onc this week but she had not even heard of the op and asked me for more details - which I didn’t have!