Cos of the infection from the tick bite fever, have not been able to do the manual lymph drainage and was told to wear the compression sleeve instead. Well, it is driving me crazy.
I am so damn hot. Sitting at work now - almost 11pm on a Saturday night but doing the late shift, a six-weekly occurrence - and I am boiling. Plus it's itchy.
Am wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt with a cotton knit with loose sleeves over it but I cannot bear this heat. Didn't realise that the tamoxifen affects my temperature so much, cos always dress so coolly.
This is a bloody nightmare. Wearing this sleeve has put me in a foul mood and made me uncomfortable all day.
Think it's gonna change my life if I have to wear it fulltime. That is what I am terrified of. It's the middle of summer and what am I going to do, even if I have to wear it for a month or two while my arm settles down. Am frantic. Sleeve feels very tight, especially above the elbow (but maybe that is also cos am working on the computer and driving and ... so bending my elbow a lot, making it hurt), and when I take it off at night, it feels awfully thick.
Started doing lymph massage again this morning. Am so much better and pills end tomorrow anyway.
I live in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I was diagnosed with breast cancer on Thursday January 15 2009. This is my journey with cancer and other musings as surveyed - initially temporarily hairless - from under my hats.
Showing posts with label infection and lymph massage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infection and lymph massage. Show all posts
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
back to the compression sleeve - just in time for summer festivities
Have not done manual lymph drainage massage since last Tuesday when realised that my lymph nodes in my neck were enlarged and had that emergency scan. Then on Thursday was diagnosed with tick bite fever and then today, on a repeat visit to the doctor, with infected tick bites, ie, a secondary infection.
But was nevertheless still horrified when saw The Lymph Lady today and she declined to do the massage but took one look at my arm, measured the affected arm above the elbow and then did the same on the other arm, and the bad arm was one and a half cm more. Bad arm, damn bad arm.
Anyway the shocking part was that I cannot do the lymph massage, but I can wear the compression sleeve. So I start tomorrow. I cannot believe this - just in time for the summer holidays. Don't think it has sunk in yet. So praying that my lymph nodes in my neck go down soon, and the infection clears up. On another antibiotic now, an additional one, that is.
But was nevertheless still horrified when saw The Lymph Lady today and she declined to do the massage but took one look at my arm, measured the affected arm above the elbow and then did the same on the other arm, and the bad arm was one and a half cm more. Bad arm, damn bad arm.
Anyway the shocking part was that I cannot do the lymph massage, but I can wear the compression sleeve. So I start tomorrow. I cannot believe this - just in time for the summer holidays. Don't think it has sunk in yet. So praying that my lymph nodes in my neck go down soon, and the infection clears up. On another antibiotic now, an additional one, that is.
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