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Many thanks for that, ladies xx. She is more a friend of a friend and I've sent the link below to THAT friend, who knows more of her history & may be able to get her to check it out.
How long does the 'thinness' last? Is the strapping an ongoing thing once it is at a 'controllable' level? Maybe just a compression sleeve (like fire victims) maybe at night to 'keep it under control' after all that initial strapping?
Here is one of videos on the arm of an older lady (that I must admit it a bit bigger then my buddy's - but is very similar (as I've not seen it in the flesh, so to speak.). Her hand is very swollen and i could see under the long sleeve of her shirt, that her arm is too, tho not quite as bad as this lady's ....
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CretGRmgdbv/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
How long does the 'thinness' last? Is the strapping an ongoing thing once it is at a 'controllable' level? Maybe just a compression sleeve (like fire victims) maybe at night to 'keep it under control' after all that initial strapping?
Here is one of
thelymphologist
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CretGRmgdbv/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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