lymphapress/ posion ivy/ infertility

[LAURIE]

I am starting lymphapress next week. I am telling you if it was not for this icky lymphedema I would be doing great. Anyone else used this before and have you had a good result. I am just not satisfed with wearing a glove all the time and having such a fat and puffy hand. I am back to work and doing fine, but the lymphedema does affect my hand use.

The weather is great and I made my onc laugh the other day. I told him something he had never heard before. "Chemo is the cure for infertility" We were so scared that chemo would put me in menopause forever, and I still want to have children. A month after my last taxol I started old Flow again. I usually only had 2 periods a year and had tried so hard to get pregnant for about 4 years until diagonsed. Lets hope I stay regular and NED throughout herceptin so I can get pregnant next year.

I think chemo also cleared up my allergies (could be the flushing from herceptin and my port through my sinuses too)

Bad news I am now allergic to posion ivy and have it on my lympedema arm. I guess it's good that I felt good enough to be working out in the yard.

[janet11]

Thought I'd express my sympathy for the poison ivy. I've been coping with a major bout of it for the last 2 weeks too after working in my yard (I think it's EVERYWHERE in Texas (*laugh*)). But I don't have to cope with LE too, so I've been lucky (although I was concerned because the worst of it was on the arm where nodes were taken.

Am still itching, but blisters are healing and no longer weeping. So I really do feel for you. Good luck.