Trunkal Lymphadema...what do you use?

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AnnE16
AnnE16 Member Posts: 241
edited July 2018 in Lymphedema

For those of you with lymphadema on the side...what do you use? Do you wear a vest? Use sports tape directing excess fluid to groin nodes? Special bra that is longer and goes down further than normal bras? This seems harder to treat than just an arm. 

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  • gb2115
    gb2115 Member Posts: 1,894
    edited July 2018

    I have a little truncal edema that only shows up when I wear bras. For me, sticking a gauze pad inside the bra right on the spot where the fluid shows up seems to work. I think mild pressure in that area helps. I also take the bra off the minute I get home. If any fluid had built up it drains away by morning.

    My truncal LE is really mild though.

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