Linda was saved from cancer - but bungling doctors left her suffering for life - Daily Mail 27th November 2007

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

When Linda Parton defeated breast cancer - twice - she thought it was the end of her problems. In fact, it was just the beginning. For, as a result of poor post-operative care, she developed lymphoedema, an incurable and hugely debilitating condition which causes painful swelling. Lymphoedema is caused by an impaired lymphatic system and affects 100,000 people in the UK, 25,000 of them after breast cancer surgery. The others are largely due to injury to, or infection of, the lymph vessels.

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