Welcome Lise! Hope everything continues to go well with you as work towards completing those radiation treatments. It is coming up on 1 year since I completed all my treatments and I am back at work. ...

I have a bit of experience in this area. I still get regular massages but the therapist just avoids working on the side affected by the lymphedema. In other words, she works the other side of my back ...

Hi Bonnie;

Thank you for the information. I will be chatting with my lymphedema therapist later this month so I will definitley bring this discussion up with her. I did not realise the Lymphedema A...

Brandy, I live in Manitoba and have not found anyone that has the information on the taping. The therapists that I have talked to have all said that the sleeve and gauntlet, (along with the self massa...

I too would be interested in finding out more about this taping. I have heard about it from others in the US and read a few articles on it that have been posted on the iternet. Unfortunately, I can no...

Lily: Always nice to talk to someone else and know that you are on the right track with things. I have started swimming and yes, range of motion certainly improves in the water.
As for the type of wo...

Hi everyone;

I have been struggling to control my lymphedema for awhile now. Just when I think it is back to "normal", it flares up again. My therapist has recommended that I get a custom...

Lily-

This is great information for so many of us. You were fortunate to have found a physical therapist who specializes in the treating of lymphedema and breast cancer rehab.

I am 1 year post s...

Hi Molly;

It's dang hard that there is a time line for medical benefits from EI. I was told that after the medical benefits run out you then ask for it to be rolled over to regular EI. I couldn...

My cancer is estrogen positive and like Jay, I was put on Tamoxifen which has put me into early menopause. I've tried various things to help with the hot flashes though not much really works, you ...

Making the choice between lumpectomy and masectomy is hard. I am in my early 40's and had to make that decision. I had the original surgery as a lumpectomy, followed by chemo. It was decided that ...

I've just started on the drug and have noticed the weight gain too. According to some other cancer friends of mine, one helpful way to "lose the weight" is to get a juicer and do lots of...

I had this choice to make as well. I chose just do to do the lumpectomy/partial masectomy instead of the total with reconstruction. You can't really tell when you have the small cup size the diffe...