GRRRRRRRRR I HATE LE..........

On the subject of denial. I am not in denial I am usually very careful with my LE. Trouble is I am beligerent and go ahead break the rules and do something stupid.....................................and pay for it.

Will sign off and do lebeds right now to ease my conscience.

Tonic water with vodka!

I drink the tonic water mixed with a juice, and not much but between that and the nana...it helps, not perfect but helps

it is not a lot of quinine but some

course gin would help too!

Thanks all.  I don't feel like it's a blood clot because it started as a cramp and when I tried to stand up it cramp on up the leg.  So I stretched my leg out hoping it would ease off but it cramped more.  I have had horrible leg cramps since chemo and if I wear a bra too long I get them in the back and chest wall.  If not better tomorrow I will see my Dr.  I personally think the compression makes them worst.

Avacadoes have a lot of potassium in them (I have at least 2 a week.).  Potatoe skins do also.  I have had to take mega doses of potassium since half way through 12 weekly Taxols to keep the level close to normal.  Even with taking it, I will sometimes have cramps at night but taking an extra K pill will alleviate the problem within an hour.  Low magnesium and/or zinc can also add to the problem but for me, it's only the low potassium.  Do need to remember that too much K (potassium) can also cause big problems also so need to be sure 'your' cramping problems are caused by low K and not by other low minerals or an imbalance of them or other health issues.

nibbana - I'm sad with you.  GRRRRRRR for sure!  

Out of nowhere I've started having problems too.  I'm thinking it's the weather because nothing else has changed.  

I hate it.  

dsgirl

That may well have been me...I do have thoise health issues !

I'll PM and get your address.

Yes, gma.  Really any stretching/ exercise can do that  until you are used to it.  I trust you are wearing both sleeve and glove while doing it, right ?

Gma - I overdid the Lebeds the first time and hurt for several days.

Gma, the lebed opening doesn't have to be overstretching and extra pulling etc, You can do it just enough to stretch the skin. It should be done gentle and S  L  O  W, Sleeve/glove please.

Yes, I am wearing my gloves and sleeves. but my breast is sooooo swollen again and don't really have anything but sport bras to wear - and water water water.

No compression cami GMA?
I got a  GREAT one at Macys for  9.00 on clearance recently.

TAG:  Light Barely there Smooth A'Tude ribbed tank.

I also got a spanx on sale but the first was more like a tight blk tank top with scoop neck.  I love it.  Time to shop clearances , my friend !

Dont give up gma

Keep looking at retail clearances. You may be surprised. TRY THEM ON First.  A long one is less likely to roll.

Good Luck !

Dawn, my first impression is most definitely, especially with him working on your back.

Dawne, I'm no expert, so I'm guessing here. I think Marple is onto something when she mentions the back work as the likely culprit. Secondary LE (i.e. after surgery or some other body trauma) is long understod to stay within its own quadrant of the body, so arm LE is not likely to be affected by injury or treatement to the knee. But if the chiro is working your back aggressively, including above the waist on your LE side, then it certainly is possible that the LE flare is a direct result of that chiro treatment. Massage is a no-no for us, because to get to the muscles, the massage strokes of necessity are pressing very hard into our delicate lymph vessels that are just below the skin, and too much pressure can shut them down, at least temporarily. So if you chiro is doing more than spinal manipulation--if he's working the muscles--that could be the problem.

There has been some research in the past few years suggesting that LE is a systemic condition, meaning that it does not necessarily stay put within one quadrant as long thought. Using sophisticated imaging, one research group discovered lymphatic changes in the unaffected arm of research subjects who had LE in only one arm, although as I recall, there were no symptoms we would associate with LE in that other arm.  If that particular study's results are generally true (and we don't get that kind of imaging to know, do we?), then perhaps the knee/leg injury and related treatment to the leg is causing you some LE trouble. But the more obvious answer is what Marple said--the back work.  I hope you'll have a chat with the chiro to see if he knows anything about LE, and ask him to stay out of your LE quadrant, and see if the LE flare subsides and does not repeat.

Don't we just love the trial-and-error aspect of LE????

Carol