Lyphadema help

hopepedigo

I live in Arizona ,and I m having a hard time finding someone who legitamitley knows and practices lympadema help.I ve been to about 3 that say they are lymph specialists but have found they are not and the therapys they practice only hinder or make my condition worse.Anyone know a good lymph specialist in AZ?Its my right arm,It was pretty stable until about a week ago and than it swelled up 3 inches in circumfrance,I did not change any thing in my daily activities ,so I m not quite sure why this has happened .I m new to this since they removed 30 lymphnodes in my right arm due to cancer .Any advise would be great

Thanks

Binney4

Hope, welcome to bc.org. Yep, I know a lot of good therapists in AZ (and a whole lot of not-so-good ones!) I'll send you a Private Message and hopefully we can get you to some good help quickly.

Gentle hugs,
Binney

kira66715

Hopepedigo, please pm Binney4, she is very knowlegable about therapists in Arizona. About who to go to , and who to avoid.

Also, while you're in the steep learning curve and dealing with a flare: please check out our site, stepup-speakout:

http://www.stepup-speakout.org/

In my opinion, the best way to deal with a flare, is to make sure there's no infection, to hydrate, to rest the arm, and to learn how to wrap!!! So many therapists skip that part and it is an essential treatment when your arm goes up 3 cm, to reduce it.

I found that early on in the course of things, it was much harder to manage.

Please keep asking questions, and do pm Binney