This is going to be a long one, but I am honestly desperate and do not know where to turn to. My mother had breast cancer on her right breast 17 years ago; she received radioactive treatment near the chest area. Last May 2012 she was diagnosed with cancer on her right breast again and breast removal with silicone implant placement was the solution implemented by the doctors. About two months later, she started feeling a lot of pressure from the implant, and her right arm started going numb with mild pain. The implant was taken out after three months due to bad healing and constant pressure and meanwhile her numbness and pain started getting worse. After many doctor visits and no answers to her rare arm condition, we visited Mayo clinic in Jacksonville where a brachial plexus specialist diagnosed her, and recommended surgery with electrical signals to see what was going on in that area. The surgery took place on August 2013, and the doctor described the results as morphological problems with some of the nerves, and some connections from the brain to the brachial plexus were not responding. He stated that it could have been due to the radiation treatment she received 17 years ago that put her in this state. She is currently in physical therapy, massage treatment, medication and even tried acupuncture. Her condition seems to be worsening by the months; she has no motion of the right arm and is in chronic pain almost every day, from pain from medium, to mostly high and severe. I do not know if to try another doctor, what treatments are available, or how to cure it. I researched to find something but this disease seems pretty rare in occurrence. I am desperate and in need of some answers. If you could please help me, I would greatly appreciate it, thank you.