[naturaleigh]

Hey Laurie,


I have the same problem with my hand swelling. Are you going to Lymphadema therapy? I was prescribed the arm and hand piece with fingers. My hand piece is very tight to help keep the fluids running. I too, wrap my hand and arm every night. Aftern wrapping and wearing the garments my hand was still getting bigger, so I was prescribed a custom hand piece which covers most of my fingers and goes further down my wrist. This still was not working, so my therapist got more aggressive with my wrapping. In the hand cloth she wrapped several styrophone pieces and told me to wrap my hand over these pieces. That has really brought my hand almost back to normal. This has only been a couple of weeks so if my hand in not back to normal in a few more weeks, she told me to come back because she had more "tricks of the trade" up her sleave. She told me my hand might be stubborn but she is 10 times more stubborn.

I was also told my my radiologist that swelling can occur for up to 6 months after radiation treatment. My six months are not over until May 2007.

Find a good therapist that is aggressive with the swelling and keep at it!!