[laureen]

I got my lymhedema about a month after surgery and it then got worse after radiation. I have tried numerous different products. Even considered an experimental surgery to replace nodes. (Too costly and not showing great results yet.) As far as swimming. I wear a sleeve to swim in too. I even wore a glove and sleeve in the ocean. I have not had success with the lymphapress, or reid sleeve. My lymphedema has seemed to stay the same for about year and a half now, but I am protective. A little hangnail or curling iron burn has caused pain. I do not wear a watch or rings on that arm or hand.