http://gutsylady.com Live Well...With no Regrets Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:41:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://gutsylady.com/cancer-survivors-can-benefit-from-massages/#comment-441 kay smith Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:41:07 +0000 http://gutsylady.com/?p=449#comment-441 i am a massage therapist who also has survived breast cancer, twice. the first time was in 2/93, lumpectomy, chemo and radiation, and 17 lymph nodes removed. this time surgery was 12/23/2010, i had to have a mastectomy because it was the same breast and could'nt be radiated again,any way the reason i'm writing, is i am having a very hard time going back to doing a massage, i have tried 1 every other day, but i'm still totally exhausted. am i hurting myself? i know in 2 weeks i will have to have more surgery, because it has shifted and is causing me so much pain, i can barely do anything with my upper body. this is still just adjusting the temporary expander, i will have to go in again for the permanent implant and reconstruction on the other breast.. how long am i looking at as off time" realistically. i am 60 years old and have been doing massage over 20 years. i am a massage therapist who also has survived breast cancer, twice. the first time was in 2/93, lumpectomy, chemo and radiation, and 17 lymph nodes removed. this time surgery was 12/23/2010, i had to have a mastectomy because it was the same breast and could’nt be radiated again,any way the reason i’m writing, is i am having a very hard time going back to doing a massage, i have tried 1 every other day, but i’m still totally exhausted. am i hurting myself? i know in 2 weeks i will have to have more surgery, because it has shifted and is causing me so much pain, i can barely do anything with my upper body. this is still just adjusting the temporary expander, i will have to go in again for the permanent implant and reconstruction on the other breast.. how long am i looking at as off time” realistically. i am 60 years old and have been doing massage over 20 years.

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