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KittyDog

I woke up feeling a little more swollen today in the upper arm.  My hand still seems better and I see no change in my lower arm.  The problem is that I kept finding my fingers turning purple today.  I first thought I must be cutting off my circulation by the way I had my hand driving because when we got to our destination, it was fine.  Then sitting at supper it happen again even my palm was purple.  I took my gauntlet off and did some fist pumping and put the glove back on only to see my thumb immediately go back purple.  So the gauntlet came off.  That didn't seem to help so I took the sleeve off to thinking it was what was compressing on a vein.  No problems after that.  The question is what do I do now.  My custom sleeve is in but the earliest appointment was next week.  Should I just keep wearing the sleeve and watch closely?  Oh and please remind me that next month when they have Hardee's night to stay away from the burrito's and order a burger.  It's the only thing different I ate.  Spicy sounded good at the time.

I am lucky I do have an oncologist appointment tomorrow.  So hopefully they can give me some advice too.  LE sure does have a huge learning curve on top of finding good fitters.

Thanks so much in advance!

lago

Chances are that burrito was loaded with salt. I find salty food will aggravate my LE.

I was told that if my fingers start turning blue to stop wearing my glove. I don't really need the glove since my fingers/hand doesn't swell but that's the script my BS originally gave me for prevention before I developed LE. Next set I'm getting gauntlets.

I wonder if your sleeve/gauntlet is the wrong size?

KittyDog

The gauntlet is the right size but the sleeve is actually a little bit too big.  My new fitter said it was better to wear this one than the two that were way to small. 

Thanks for the info.  Glad I took it off.  Now I must go to bed and get my oven cover on.  lol