Items Tagged ‘Lymphedema’
November 29, 2017
Microsurgery Provides Much-Needed Relief to Teen With Lymphedema
Hobbled with painful ankle swelling for a year, Amanda Garrett finally found answers and a solution at Mayo Clinic.
Tags: Dr. Antonio Forte, Lymphedema, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
October 23, 2017
Freed From Lymphedema by Unique, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Joni Carithers was forced to deal with swelling in her arm due to lymphedema for years following breast cancer surgery. But in 2016, microsurgery at Mayo Clinic finally relieved the discomfort that had vexed her for so long.
Tags: breast cancer, Dr. Antonio Forte, Lymphedema, Robert and Monica Jacoby Center for Breast Health
November 18, 2016
Relieving Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment With Microsurgery
In May 2013, at age 47, Angenette Monroe was diagnosed with invasive cancer in her left breast. After six months of chemotherapy, she had a mastectomy as part of her treatment plan. The former gastroenterology technologist had participated in many medical procedures and was well aware of the challenges people can face after surgery. But […]
Tags: breast cancer, Dr. Antonio Forte, Dr. Dawn Mussallem, Florida Campus, Lymphedema, mastectomy, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
December 5, 2012
By MakalaArce 
My name is Ardyth Carpenter, and in 1982, I went to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, after experiencing a TIA. While there, Mayo’s work up discovered a malignancy in my right breast. I had no ill effects from the “mini-stroke” and the clinic was just a 75 mile drive from my home in Mankato but […]
Tags: 1136, 2375, 5250, 5279, 5335, Ardyth Carpenter, breast cancer, Cancer, chemotherapy, Lymphedema, mastectomy, melanoma
October 27, 2011
By Joe Dangor 
By Annemieke van der Werff At the end of March 2010, my husband and I returned from a wonderful trip through India. During the trip I had noticed a swollen lymph node in my left armpit. At first I didn’t make much of it, but as it persisted I went to see my doctor in […]
Tags: 1136, 2375, 3640, 3726, 5250, 5279, 5335, breast cancer, chemo, Lymphedema, mammogram, mindfullness meditation
March 22, 2011
Mayo Clinic breast cancer survivors/employees take to the water to spread breast cancer awareness
Toni Kay Mangskau makes a living helping patients from around the world learn about the latest cancer research. Mangskau, 45, a clinical trials referral coordinator at Mayo Clinic’s Cancer Education Center in Rochester, Minn., never imagined she would one day be a patient possibly facing cancer herself. Numbed by the news of being diagnosed with […]
Tags: 1136, 2375, 5250, 5279, 5335, breast cancer, Lymphedema, Patient Stories