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A good friend of mine who has just discovered the joys of mtb'ing has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer.
It appears they caught it in time & the prognosis is fairly good, however due to the risk of something called lymphodema she's been told she can't mtb again & is understandably pee'd off.
Anyone know about this & the associated risks with cycling?
I don't know anything about it specfically, but my mate's missus had breast cancer and still rides a MTB. Some info [url= http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Resourcessupport/Symptomssideeffects/Lymphoedema/Preventinglymphoedema ]here[/url]
Can't say owt from personal experience, but I coincidentally read an article about it the other day: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8014242.stm
There's a couple of links to various information sources on there, hope some of them might help.
Don't know specifically about the cycling but my sister had lymphoedema after having treatment for breast cancer - after 5 years of a swollen arm and hand it is now nearly back to normal, she had some specialist massage and exercises but continued to some exercise- I will get a contact e-mail for someone to ask.
Best of luck to your friend!
I don't see why lymphodema would stop you cycling.
Basically if they remove the lymphatics from under your arm you can get a swollen arm. This would be at more risk of injury as it makes the tissues more fragile. However a bit of sense and I see no reason why not. Support bandage / body armour.
Sounds like an ignorant doc to me. ( ignorant about MTBing not medicine)
One for a survivors group I would think - far more likely to have practical knowledge
[url= http://www.cancerbackup.org.uk/Resourcessuport/Systemssideeffects/Lymphoedema ]Cancer Back Up - Lymphoedema[/url]Sorry to hear that. Go to this website. Or try going to Cancer Research website, maybe of some use. Hope this helps
The OP's friend could see if anyone on the Macmillan 'after cancer' forum has more experience - they are a really helpful bunch on there and very 'approachable'.
Best of luck to her. 🙂