So the health thing, Hubby’s recovery from his heart attack is a slow prolonged affair his diabetes is getting in the way plus two bouts of man flu have left him struggling quiet a bit. I feel powerless to help him I worry constantly every time he goes out on his own because I know how stubbon his is & he will say he is fine even when he is not.
I have a few issues my self health wise. I cant have one chronic condition in my legs no iv’e been very greedy and got 2 the are lymphedema where your lymphatic circulation is compromised and all that fluid pools in your lower legs & lipodema a chronic condition of the fatty tissue which is very painful. the two are combined so it is called lipolymphedema but the lipodema caused the lymphedema and it is hereditary oh lucky me eh? To finally have some form of diagnosis is great I think. It does explain a few things though like I have never been able to where boots not even ankle ones because I have never been able to zip them up & why my thighs are up to 1-2 clothing sizes bigger then my my waist then have to wear a belt to hold them up. My legs have been a funny shape since my teens. The lymph swelling bit started about 5 years ago but recently it has been subsiding from my legs when I rest them up. A year ago I developed ulcers on my legs, They are quite deep on my legs there is no skin just open wounds that refuse to heel. The lovely nurses come around to change the dressing twice a week but they smell bad and it is all I can sell. I have neuropathic pain with electric shocks that wake me up they are worst when the dressing are changed the pain lasts the rest of the day. I do spend a lot of time crying because the pain is so bad I live on pain killers but even now this not working as good as they were.
I have been put in to compression bandages they squeeze the lymph fluid out of my legs now they are uncomfortable to wear but at the same time strange & I can feel where the fluid has moved to in the top half of my legs. On the down side however they are very tight & make walking very difficult so I have spent most of my holiday laid up with my legs & on yet another course of antibiotics because the wounds are infected yet again the smell is so bad.
well that’s all from me for now
xxx maria 🙂
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