diagnoses secondary lymphedema

jgridley
jgridley Member Posts: 169
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Good afternoon my warrior sisters aand brothers...
just returned from Occ therpahy and it was confirmed diagnoses of secondary lymphedema.
The theraphist was real nice and said we will do excercises and see if swelling goes down. Not sure if I want to give you a pressure stocking or not. So had therphy for an hour and she showed me exercises and then I walked out with pressure stocking on arm.

I only have to have one more treatment with her, then she said I can do it on my own.

So all in all a good day. Off to relay at 4pm today and am really excited. bought my insect repellent, and baby powder as she says you can put on before you were the stocking. No lotion...ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh have well water so need that lotion.

Will chime in tomorrow and let you know how my first relay went...

Love you all and appreciate the wealth of support...

Julie

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  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #2
    Sounds like it went well
    Sounds like it went well then Julie! Good luck at the relay!
  • jgridley
    jgridley Member Posts: 169
    #3
    Noel said:

    Sounds like it went well
    Sounds like it went well then Julie! Good luck at the relay!

    sounds like it went well
    yes, it was great....I forgot to mention that since I was early, they gave me a vouceher to eat at cafeteria..So I had blueberry pancaks, and bacon.

    Julie
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #4
    jgridley said:

    sounds like it went well
    yes, it was great....I forgot to mention that since I was early, they gave me a vouceher to eat at cafeteria..So I had blueberry pancaks, and bacon.

    Julie

    Good Day
    Hi, Julie, glad to hear your therapy sessions are all but done and you are doing so well. You definitely earned those blueberry pancakes and bacon (yum). Looking forward to hearing about your relay experience. Have fun!
  • Jeanne D
    Jeanne D Member Posts: 1,867
    #5
    Way to go Julie!
    Everything went well from what I have read. So, that is great! And, have fun at the Relay for Life! It is amazing! You will be moved in a good way! So, take care and let us know how it goes! Hugs, Jeanne
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #6
    A Good Day for Julie!
    So glad you feel good about your day.

    And good for you - attending your local Relay for Life. As a fellow cancer survivor, thank you for your efforts!

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #7
    you go ,julie
    Sorry to hear about your arm. Have a great day at your relay. Let us know how it went. :) Pammy
  • cats_toy
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #8
    Julie
    just remember to do the "beauty pageant wave" while you are walking with your lympho arm. Keep the blood from running down into your hand.
    thanks again for walking for us
    =^..^=
  • Kristin N
    Kristin N Member Posts: 1,968 Member
    #9
    cats_toy said:

    Julie
    just remember to do the "beauty pageant wave" while you are walking with your lympho arm. Keep the blood from running down into your hand.
    thanks again for walking for us
    =^..^=

    Julie, sounds like things
    Julie, sounds like things went well with your therapy visit. Good luck to you and I hope you enjoyed the Relay for Life! And, if I missed where you posted about it, I am sorry. I seem to have missed a lot of posts. Getting lost here lol

    And Cat, you are so funny! lol "beauty pageant wave" lol

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