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kward4666
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Does anyone else here suffer and live with this painfull swelling in legs and feet ?
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Hi @kward4666, I'm sorry you haven't found anybody else with this yet. Would you like to tell us some more about your own experiences?
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@kward4666 i have this. currently its in the top of both my legs the rest went down having my feet up 24/7 while in hospital. but the tops wont go down.
i was diagnosed last year and put on a list to seen but the wait is a good year.
hope ur legs/feet r not too bad. -
I suffer with it as well as may Turner syndrome in my left leg. The pain is excruciating some days I can barely walk and my leg swells so much I feel like the skin might burst. Some days it gets so bad I have to drag myself to the toilet using the wall as support.
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i am paraplegic so dont get the pain, but i get severe swelling, I have been advised to rest with the legs prone as much as possible and moisturise the a few times a day, also have things like compression or bandaging been mentioned to assist, not sure if paracetamol or similar would help with the pain at all
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After arguing for 3 years i managed to get the lymphadema nurses to come to me and do the dopler scan and i got my new farrow wraps. At last it was only when i threatened to report them they decided to come.out. after telling me for 3 years they dident do home visits.
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Blimey @kward4666! Well done for persisting. How long have you had the FarrowWraps for? Have they helped?
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kward4666 said:Does anyone else here suffer and live with this painfull swelling in legs and feet ?
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@kward4666 how long gsvecyou had the farrow wrapped on during my time as a carer in the community a few people had the same condition the wraps do reduce the size of the legs and does help
Hope you have some results soon
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