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Do you wear a sleeve or glove or both?
I have lymphoedema in my arm and hand from breast cancer surgery. I am frustrated in managing it. I have tried a sleeve... my hand and fingers swelled up. I tried a glove with a sleeve and my hand puffed up. I have tried a sleeve with gauntlet (all one piece) and my fingers and hand swelled up. I am curious how many women are having hand swelling with their lymphodema? Everything in research seems to imply that most women just need a sleeve and it magically doesn't trap the fluid in their hand. I am just wondering if the images of women wearing cute sleeves to manage their lymphodema is not realistic of the real world. My question to you all is... when you lymphdema swells which parts of your arm, hand and fingers swell? And what do you wear... just a sleeve, a sleeve and a glove, a sleeve and a gauntlet or something all in one.
Kyra
11 hours ago Place General discussions
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