Night sleeves -- do they work like wrapping?

Thank you for asking the question Binney.  I'm very curious what the responses will be as I am looking in to getting a nightsleeve.

I like my Tribute --  that heavy/achy feeling melts away if I put it on for an hour, and my fingers don't turn funky colors when I wear it.  I wear it ever night and, yesterday, I wore it all day at work, and went "naked" all evening without any discomfort or visible swelling.  Now, with respect to swelling, most days, my fingers are definitely smaller and softer after wearing a Tribute overnight, and the skin in my forearm feels looser, though I don't think I measure smaller.  Longer term, I think the Tribute has improved things.  I used to have a somewhat hard patch in my forearm, but it completely resolved a couple of months after I started wearing my Tribute.  I cannot say whether this improvement is due to the Tribute as a slow-to-heal (12+ months!) axillary surgery/radiation-induced wound finally closed up about the same time as I got the Tribute.  I would love to hear people's experience with night garments.  KS1 PS - I wear the tribute with the accompanying nylon sleeve thing over it 

Oh Suzy, I'm really happy for you.  Good luck tonight.

My Jovi-pak with nylon jacket seems to work like wrapping for me. My arm is smaller after I wear it, whether that is at night, or during the day when my arm is acting up. I remember reading somewhere that it is good to be moving around while wearing it, because then it sort of pumps the fluid out of your arm. But that is only a vague memory, so I could be wrong.

My arm mesurements seem pretty stable and don't measure any difference AM or PM.  So I can't say if my Tribute reduces swelling but it seems to keep it from progressing.  I wore Tribute 24 hrs/ day with bandages over it for 20 months until I found a day sleeve.  Now I wear it only for sleeping. The first 20 minutes or so after I don it are extremely (almost hypnotically) soothing; I believe some kind of pumping, or draining, or some good thing is happening.  I felt the same everytime a new bandage was applied during intensive tx. ??

I never tried the Reid or any of the sleeves with straps.  I suspect the straps can provide more consistent and perhaps stronger compression - particularly in the upper-upper arm (where I have the most arm swelling and) where the Tribute compression sort of peters out. 

Okay, I will report after one night with the solaris tribute and the oversleeve that it works better than my compression bandaging.  I was very impressed with it!

Sharon - sorry, duh, I didn't know about the oversleeve at the time.  For a while I wore the Tribute sleeve alone, but I needed more compression for all day long.  The oversleeve is a separate item (though made to match) and an additional charge; it doesn't come with the sleeve.  I recommend starting with a plain sleeve - it might be enough compression for you.  Depends how much you need.

I tried on a Jovi-pac sleeve last week for the first time.  Just a try on - not my own sleeve.  Very comfy, soothing, protectected feeling. 

I got the oversleeve with my night sleeve.  It adds compression, for sure.  I can definitely feel the difference when I don't wear it. 

I got an off the shelf Jovipak and jacket which was a huge risk as I am living in Greece and my nearest fitter was in Norway according to Jovipak. I would say that the fit is good but it would have been good to have an adjustable mechanism as well.

For me -not being a good bandager as I cannot seem to get even pressure-the result is good and is something that I can do because that bandaging is too much and I was forever ripping it all off.I am due for a two week session soon so the measurements will tell . I will definately try that adjustable one (name?) that is a bit cheaper next time.

However having said that ,from my short experiance( 12 mths )the wrapping gets a better result when done by my therapist and when the enthusiasm(!) wears off Jovi does a good job as well.

Health to all

Anna

How much does the Tribute nightsleeve accommodate fluctuations in arm size?