Lymphedema a risky 2nd battle for some breast cancer patients
Virginia Harrod fought her way through stage 3 breast cancer. She survived the double mastectomy that followed her diagnoses. She bounced back after surgeons removed 16 lymph nodes around her armpit and breast. Harrod then underwent radiation therapy.
In the end, lymphedema—the swelling of soft tissue in extremities—proved to be the biggest challenge.
"Cancer was a piece of cake," Harrod said, in an interview with NPR. "It was the lymphedema that almost killed me."
Read more about the Kentucky county prosecutor’s struggle with the condition, along with an interview on NPR’s “Morning Edition” at the link below: