“The ultrasound showed nothing abnormal, no masses. What we saw is consistent with a diagnosis of lymphedema.” I stood, stunned, not knowing whether to hurl my phone against a wall or dissolve into a puddle on the floor. Lymphedema. I have lymphedema in my right arm. This is the disease-which-is-often-named when you've gone though breast cancer surgery and treatment, but always in the context of how to avoid it. There give you several "simple rules" to follow, and a pamphlet with some frequently asked questions, and then you're sent on your way. The rules they gave me six and a half years ago were easy to follow: don't have your blood pressure taken on your right arm, and don't have blood drawn from your right arm (forever after). That was essentially it. And then, the parting words were: watch out for swelling and contact us with any questions. So all these years later, this happened. The last Sunday in January I discovered a kind of lump on my right forear...