27 nodes and 4 years later.... LE... matching compression query.

Wishing Binney comes along or one of the other experts. If I am right, you have to have equal compression at the hand and arm or either more compression at the hand than the arm.  Never less on the hand.

Binney is so good at interpreting the compression levels. I think it depends what country makes them also.  It is weird that your arm feels heavy but not your hand since the change. 

To play it safe, go back to your regualr old glove until we can figure it out and talk to your fitter for sure.

Tammy, I'd say Hugz is right about this. You don't want less compression for the hand, for the same reason that you wear hand protection whenever you wear a sleeve--because you don't want to push swelling into your hand and get it "stuck" there. Do you notice any hand swelling with this arrangement? Just throwing off the delicate balance of compression could certainly affect the whole arm, which could result in your feeling of heaviness. Can you get ahold of your therapist and/or fitter and see what they have to say? Do let us know what you discover!
Hugs,
Binney

I think it isn't just the compression "numbers," but the TYPE of compression.  To me, the circular knit in the Juzo soft sleeve seems more "forgiving" and less compressive than the flat knit of the Juzo expert.  For example, I have a custom Class 1 Juzo expert axilla-to-fingertip all-in-one garment.  The Expert axilla/fingertip is 18-21 mm, but I swear it feels tighter at the elbow than  my custom class 1 Juzo soft sleeve (officially 20-30 mm).  

My old therapist said she often pairs a class 1 Juzo expert glove (officially 18-21 mm) with a class 1 Juzo soft sleeve (20-30 mm) , and patients usually don't have a problem.  This has been my experience:  Even though my hand is my "problem area", most days I can wear a custom class 1 Juzo expert glove with a custom class 1 Juzo soft sleeve.   If I am doing something like distant walking where my hands are dependent, I do wear a class 2 Juzo expert glove (23-32 mm) with a class 1 Juzo soft sleeve.  KS1

Comingtoterms -- I can't imagine wearing a class 3 glove ... it would be really hard to move the fingers.  Are you talking about going down a class in the sleeve (to class 1) or going up to a class 3 in a glove?  KS1

Carol, I have both Varin and Soft. Varin is always tighter than Soft especially around the elbow for me which is great for me.

Varin is a stiffer fabric which is not as forgiving, which is better containment for me but soft stretches out better. In that case my LEist would say to wear the Varin for better containment. In fact she whole heartedly dislikes circular knit which my Varin and Soft are. She claims they only CONTAIN size where the flat knit helps MOVE the fluid. Sheesh kabob! I am getting off topic.
Your right carol about the sizing chart being identical. Its nonsense because they do fit so different. The Soft slips at my elbow.

To throw a wrench in....the Varin with the shoulder strap fits in length better than the banded Varin on me. Go figure. The banded Varin is always a half inch longer. I need ready made short as possible. Victoria does to.

Compression is very confusing, and it's dispensed by "fitters" who have no true certification.

What's being discussed here are the different fabrics: flat weave vs. circular--flat weave contains better and is stiffer, and circular stretches more

Compression numbers and what they mean: any garment made in Germany has a European compression class which is different than the US one, yet a European compression class 1=18-22 mm, while a US is 20-30 mm. I have asked the garment makers if I should go by the amount of compression or the class, and have not gotten a straight answer.

For example--a custom Juzo 3021/"expert" is compression class 1, but as it is made in Germany, it's 18-22 mm

And just for confusion--I've gotten these for years, and been told by my CLT instructor who visited the Juzo factory, that they are supposed to go in the dryer, the current tag says no dryer, yet the material hasn't changed and the old tags say dryer.

And I just went on the Juzo site, and for 3021, they say machine wash and dry....

And I just called Juzo, and they say the label is mistaken, that all their garments are machine wash and dry and the drying is important...

So, if I didn't wear them for years, and went to the CLT class, how would I know this?????

http://www.juzousa.com/Product.aspx?menu1=Lymphedema%20Garments&menu2=Gauntlets&product_class=SG1&group_model=3020

http://www.stepup-speakout.org/proper_fitting_of_lymphedema_garments.htm#Millimeters_of_mercury_and_compression_class

Also, wouldn't it be helpfu, if on the buy-it-yourself sites, like Brightlife and other online vendors, they specified flat vs. circular for each product?

Thanks for taking the mystery out of the Juzo washing/drying instructions!  I follow the labels and machine wash/dry my regular Juzo soft, regular Juzo expert, and Juzo soft silver (knee highs), but do NOT machine dry my Juzo silver expert gloves.  

Maybe my not machine drying the Juzo silver expert gloves is why the silver fingers seem to stretch out more over the course of the day than the "regular" expert fingers.  

KS1

Intresting that everybody is having issues with there new Juzo garments.  I got my new ones the end of Jan.  They are longer and bigger than the last two sets I have gotten.  I guess I should have sent them back.