A Side effect of Axillary Dissection I never thought of and a warning

Yesterday, I was stunned to discover that a spider (I assume) bit me on the back side of my arm pit.   I only happend to catch a glance of the red, angry welt which is about 1 1/4" long and quite raised as I was getting ready to go to bed and had walked past a mirror. 

I was horrified that this was so big and I wasn't aware of it.  Why? Because of my axillary dissection, my tricep and the area on my side hasn't any feeling.  Normally, I don't give this a thought, but now, I'm going to have to watch the area to make sure it doesn't get infected and I'll probably make a doctor's visit just to check this out.

While I have regained quite a bit of feeling over the last 15 years, I never noticed that this area was pretty much dead to sensation...it's not an area that I usually feel, even when working in the garden. 

I just thought I would give everyone the heads up because this never even occured to me that this could be a problem.

Lisa Quintana

Breast Cancer suvivor blog: http://michigoose-longtermbcsurvivor.blogspot.com/