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A Postmastectomy Client Tells the Nurse,The Doctor Says My Arm

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A postmastectomy client tells the nurse,The doctor says my arm is so swollen because of lymph fluid.How much lymph fluid do we have?" How should the nurse respond?


A) Not very much.Most of your swelling is due to your cancer."
B) The normal amount of lymph fluid in the body is about 3 liters."
C) The lymph fluid is part of your blood,so it is hard to determine how much you have."
D) Everyone is different.Some people have lots of lymph fluid and some have very little."

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