You Need to take off any bandage or sleeve you are wearing. Below is what I copied and pasted from a lymphedema website. Treatment for infections: immediately discontinue ALL current lymphedema...
Thank you so much for ladies for the information. I have researched about all the "medical" aspects of the procedure, just haven't "talked" to many people who actually have had it done. I am...
Hi, I have gone through therapy with a Lymphadema specialist, and am now able to manage my lymphadema. My arm will never be the same size as my other one, but it's a small price to pay! Be careful...
PS. I forgot to include in my last post that the fear, anger, anxiety, etc. is all normal. Waking up in the middle of the night in tears, scared, wondering 'why me" is something most of us feel. It...
Pam, as everone else has said, you can do this. I was diagnosed March 05, Stage III, Her2+, ER-/PR-, 5 out of 28 nodes positive. Had mast, chemo, rads, and am still on weekly Herceptin until August....