<prompt> If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patients description.I just noticed some redness on my upper arm, wondered if this could be celluitis? 26 nodes were removed in 2010 because breast cancer had spread into 14 of them. I was diagnosed with stage 3 estrogen receptor positive br. cancer in my left breast. I had carpal tunel surgery on my right hand on Dec.11. so I have probably overused my left arm. I put on the quilted Carisa sleeve tonight. Dont know for sure if I should wear it with possible cellulitis? I am also getting over some type of cold virus. Thanks for your time!  <response>: HI. It is difficult to say the real reason for swelling. To develop lymph-edema after 3 years of nodes surgery is difficult to sayalthough it can. Have you got a swelling with elevated local temperature? Any malaise, fever? Has it got a throbbing pain and pain on movement ? If yes - it can be cellulitis. I would advise consulting a Doctor urgently if this is the same arm where surgery of lymph node removal was taken, as the lymphatics are already less to work. 