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Women 30 - 49
Interview 14  

Interview 14

Age at Interview: 49
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 30
Background: .
Brief outline:Found a malignant lump and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1982. Underwent a mastectomy and was given radiotherapy. In 2000 diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) and was given a another mastectomy.


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Describes lymphoedema and recommends ways of avoiding making it worse.

 



The lymph in the arm, if it's not been drained properly, can cause the arm to swell up and that doesn't go back to zero. I mean you have a permanent problem then because once the vessels have swelled up they don't go back.

So it's very important to look after the arm really well, to do exercises as given by the hospital, not to have massage from anybody that doesn't know what they're doing, because if you massage too heavily and in the wrong places, in the wrong order, you can cause lymphoedema.

The condition is called lymphoedema.

And not to wear tight bracelets, tight arm bands of any sort, to be very careful about infection. Gardening, actually I don't wear gloves gardening a lot of the time, but I am quite careful. If I cut myself, I'm very careful to keep it clean.
Jenni Murray - Breast Cancer
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