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

I need to get the longer gloves. I would not have evendors thought about those but I truly need them. I love to play in the yard! Right now with all the wind we have had there are lots of small sticks and limbs in the front yard. When. It warms back up I want to get them to the back of the property to the "burn pile". Makes me angry when I have to remember to "put gloves on" for basically everything in my life!! Since the round of cellulitis in December (excuse the wording) shit got real! For all you ladies who have experienced cellulitis how long does the spot stay sore? It was never painful just felt bruised with a hot knot in it. The hot spot and knot have been gone since I finished the antibiotics but it' still slightly sore. Just curious if this is my new normal.

Hugs to l the ladies of LE!

It’s gorgeous Paulette. I still have about three months before I get my blossoms. I usually bring some buds in and force them to bloom. Just because I love to bring the outside in. I’m forcing pussy willows right now. It’s the first pretty thing out now here.

Gardening is my passion also but my property is too big. I’ve switched to some hard scaping to make it a bit easier on my old body!

I know I can dump 5 pounds every spring just from gardening. Of course I know I can gain 10 at a snap of my fingers. One step forward two back.grrrr

Mark a X on your calendar each day you go to rads. Soon you will see that your finished rads for good! It’s a good visual for a count.

GMA. Yeah hooray. Let us know how your trip goes. Stay well hydrated if your sick with next vaccine and remember water is our best friend. Oh and no heavy luggage. Find young strapping gorgeous rich available man that has NO BAGGAGE in anyway shape or form and have him help you. Also have him join you on trip to fan away the mozzies

VLH. No matter how much you want to watch yourself pull up the sleeve don't look. A girl here detached her retina punching herself. I've hit my nose a few times. Lesson learned for me! Yes a donner type applicator is absolutely going to keep you from going insane. And it saves your sleeves cause your not tugging and over stretching them. I have arthritis in hands also soI know what your talking about. My hands are uselessly weak.

Rats about pump not as effectient for you. Grrrr

JKL this is the one I use. It lasted about five years till the stitching tore apart. Get from brighlifedirect.com. A lot of us girls buy there. Great customer service and refunds. Decent prices. There are many more types at that website

Some girls and some with bigger arms like the ones that look like a plastic tube or wire ones.I would think they would be great for arthritis hands. I've never tried.

Hairnomore- your mother is so right! My insurance has been great...so far. They have paid for all my sleeves. I'm so afraid that will come to end. LE isn't easy on the pocket or time! I have not pulled any holes in my sleeves but I sure to stretch them out. I have 4. 2 I rotate every other day. I have one cool pattern I wear with certain short sleeve tops. One new one that I'm saving!

I’m sad to hear the pump is not helping much VLH, I’m doing radiation now, and hoping and praying the pump will work for me. My arm is swelling up a little and I hope it’s just reaction from radiation not retaining fluid. I will find out after dee weeks.

Hairmomore your mom is right, I’m glad my insurance paid for my sleeve, but I only have two, will need to get more soon.

hello ladies, looking for advice please. My effected side has always been a little bigger then other following BMX and implants. My effected side is a bit swollen on top and side of implant, my underarm is numbish all the way down my arm. I have no redness and it's not hot. I did shovel heavy snow 3 days ago but I also had a root canal a week ago. I had antibiotics and z oak to protect from infection. I saw this just a typical LE? I have had feeling before and wore ab a sleeve but now with root canal inn so nervous. Thank so for any help

Well, I did it. I finally punched myself on the face putting on my damn sleeve. I have a busted lip and it's probably going to bruise. I (4 letter words of your choice) hate LE!!!

Oh VargaDoll - so sorry. Hope the healing doesn't take too long.

vargadoll. OH NO! It’s justthe worst news. Grrr I hate face punch’s and no sleep to boot! So sorry!

vargadoll. Wow that’s an excellent sleep. Something that you are hugely aware of is looking after your special needs girl.mothers work in awesome ways to make our children more comfortable and it does tire us beyond words. With le and your girls daily needs that certainly is a challenge and I just want to say I appreciate your efforts. Sending an overly big bouquet of virtual red roses your way! Don’t look back, keep moving forward! We’re here to help you with grrrr rotten lymphedema

Is anyone else super sensitive around their SNB scar? I'm a year past radiation treatment and 15 months past surgery, and I still cannot STAND to have anything near that scar. I'm looking for new undergarments that won't cause fluid accumulation on the side of my breast (a new problem that started with an unfortunate dermatological procedure that went deep), and everything is cut so the seam will be at the perfect place to rub my scar. I want to find a shelf camisole that is lower cut, but I don't see anything online. I was told to try different things, compression vs no compression (I don't have these issues when I choose to not wear anything under my shirt, like on the weekend, so I'm thinking loose is best), but I don't know what to buy or try. I did have to cut away the side of my sports bra on the side to give some clearance around the scar, but I worry a camisole would fall apart.

Thanks! One of my friends told me to just be a hippie...lol.

Ladies wanted to ask for your opinion/advice on something. I have not been diagnosed with LE & am doing everything possible to not end up with it even though we don't know whom will or will not develop it regardless of how many nodes are taken. Its bad enough having to worry about the dreaded C reoccurring but also have to worry about developing LE can add a bit of stress. I have been going to the pool to help with my lymph flow as well as doing daily stretches & drinking lots of water & i have my sleeves/glove to use when i exercise, or fly (which i have not yet as im too darn scared to fly but that's another story ) but wanted to ask if getting a PT massage every month is beneficial. I found a wonderful lymphatic clinic & have already booked my 2nd appointment but wanted to know your thoughts on this. Should i just do the self massage myself or am i overdoing it? Im just trying to be proactive but don't want to overdo things if they are not needed. Thanks so much ladies for you advice/opinion