Oh My - Day Sleeve Fit and Sleeve Shrink

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Jennifer1295
Jennifer1295 Member Posts: 244
edited June 2014 in Lymphedema

So I understand what a sleeve should look like when on our arm. Although I can not physically wear my sleeve all the way up into my axilla. After being fitted several times by a new fitter I was measured by a rep from medi and she indicated medi does does recommend their sleeve to actually go into the axilla but about a finger width from the axilla. When I checked out their website this is how they are pictured as well. My sleeve feels good on my arm but I feel like during my daily activities I need to it adjust it, mostly at the top back of my arm. Also after having them for a while they tend to shrink in length but stretch in width. My sleeves feel good and don't bind but they also do not look like any of the pictures on Step Up, Speak Out. All these years I have been wearing sleeves they have not looked like the pictures. I have never been able to have my arm go back to per LE size despite several attempts with several LE PT's. I am curious as to how far or how much of the back or outer arm the sleeve should cover. You would think I should be used to this after wearing sleeves for 8 years but It seems my arm has changed as well has the world of LE.

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