She began growing hundreds of lumps on her forearms. My doctor didn't know what they were from. The lumps disappeared. She also was troubled by swelling in her right hand, which doctors had no explanation for. Through information from members of the support group, Frisius discovered that she had lymphedema, which had resulted from the removal of lymph nodes in her armpit.
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Doctors can only tell you what they know from scientific evidence. The chat room the group met at was originally part of the Lifetime television site. Frisius said that last summer ads were put on the site. Some rotated, others flashed and blinked or ran continuously through the chat, and a lot of members found the stimulus too diffiucult to cope with when they were sick. Her doctor told her the lump was nothing to worry about.