Ribs

I finished my radiation just before Easter. 

I got pretty will "filled up" with fluid during radiation.

I wore pressure bandages on my chest and over my shoulders (two layers) every night, lower legs every night and 24/7 on my left arm.

I had loads of physio trying to stay on top of it all.

Interestingly, the "cure" for my legs turned up by accident but it was walking.  Long gentle walks.....must have been something to do with the circulation.

Ironically, the arm was "cured" by moderate exercise which involved 2 to 3 hours each day of tearing up 3 or 4 sheets of paper while I destroyed my business archives and cleared my storage shed.  Once again it was a gentle exercise.  I was really careful that I didn't overdo it as I didn't want the lymphodeama to get any worse.....

My chest was another story.  I looked like I had a beachball under my ribs that you could certainly cup in my hands.

Accdientally, my husband (who is a VERY solid man), used my rib cage as leverage for his elbow one night while he was rolling over in bed.  As a result, the fluid build up went down.

Since then I have had a shoreness in my chest and I have always suspected that I cracked a rib.

However, here I am now many months later and while it has improved it is still not good. 

This month I am due to do all sorts of tests as we have the first anniversary of diagnosis and all of the surgeries. 

Guess I will find out what happened with my chest when we get these done.