There are women who will show a good body response following a breast cancer surgery whereas some will show a poor body response. Women who have undergone this surgery can sometimes show symptoms that aren’t usual and this can be considered by medical experts as serious and even fatal in some cases. Some of the symptoms experienced by these women include the feeling of numbness, severe pain and stiffness.
The intense pain is usually caused by the removal of tissues of the breast or any other parts during the surgery. The pain worsens if any of the nerves on the walls of the chest are damaged during the procedure. On the other hand, there are some of the women who respond very well after the breast cancer surgery and do not show any unusual symptoms or even the slightest complication that might have risen from the surgery. Whether a woman shows any symptoms or not as long as they have been discharged by the doctors then they should be able to go back to their normal lives and even start exercising.
Normally, the doctor would recommend to any woman who has undergone the breast cancer surgery to start exercise as soon as possible. One day immediately after the surgery the patient is supposed to start doing exercises that involve deep breathing. The purpose of this exercise is geared towards improving and maintaining the movement of the lungs. All body cells require oxygen from the lungs to stay alive. The cells found in the lungs, pneumocytes, function by producing a fluid that prevents friction in the lungs that would otherwise cause atelectasis. Atelectasis is a very common complication that arises to patients who have undergone major operations without movement together with pneumonia. The doctors will always recommend that the patient should involve themselves in a range of exercises involving motion such as closing and opening of the hands and arm lifting. These exercises are geared towards reducing the inflammation as well as assisting in the movement of the lymph fluids in the chest cavity.
The week following the breast cancer surgery is when the removal of the draining tubes is done. The activities that the patient can do also increase. The doctors always recommend certain exercises for the patients at this point. These include a variety of motion exercises. They are bending and stretching of arms, lifting light objects above their heads, squeeze shoulders and moving arms from left to right. It is advisable to redo these exercises at least once or twice a day.
When one month has passed after the surgery the patient who underwent the breast cancer surgery should then observe the incision site. It is always a good idea to visit the surgeon regularly so that the healing progress can be monitored. The conditions around the incision site are what determine the activities that can be done by the patient. In the event that the operative site is fully healed the patient will then be allowed to perform full stretching and strengthening exercises. However, if the incision is not fully recovered then the patient will be limited from performing some of the strenuous exercises since they can accidentally tear the incision site open. This will not only cripple the healing process but also lead to the performance of another operation. Patients with incision sites that are fully healed are allowed to carry around a weight of about 2 to 5 pounds. These weights can only be raised at each side and also above the head as well as across the body.
These exercises prevent any form of complications that can occur to the patient after the breast cancer surgery. They also improve the flow of blood in the body thus accelerating the healing process of the incision point. The exercises are also known to greatly reduce the risks of blood clots occurring in the operative site. The occurrence of an organ failure such as the lungs or the heart is also minimized greatly by the doing of exercises. However, it is very important that the patient who has undergone a breast cancer surgery to seek the doctor’s advice before proceeding to do some of the exercises.
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