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Lymphedema · Surgery

Meeting a New Doctor

March 27, 2017 Erika Lawson6 Comments

A week or so ago I met with the UCSD plastic surgeon I’d heard of who is able to perform lymphedema microsurgery – the only such surgeon I’ve been able to find in San Diego. He was very young and distractingly cute. I liked him, but still have a lot to consider. He trained at… Continue reading Meeting a New Doctor

Lymphedema

Progress is slow…

March 12, 2017 Erika Lawson1 Comment

Some miscellaneous updates here with no real punchlines, all regarding lymphedema, my new new hobby – my old new hobby having been cancer. (I guess moving from a deadly disease to an annoying lifelong condition is progress…??) I exchanged email with the doc at another clinic (UCSD) who I mentioned in my previous post. He… Continue reading Progress is slow…

Chemofuckingtherapy · Lymphedema · Recovery

12-week Oncology Follow-up

March 9, 2017 Erika Lawson3 Comments

Last week I had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Cancer. It’s been about twelve weeks since my final round of chemo. Every time I see her, I need to get a blood test beforehand, and I’ve learned that I can schedule that, so I did that the day before – and again, it required lots… Continue reading 12-week Oncology Follow-up

Lymphedema · Surgery

Making Friends

March 2, 2017 Erika Lawson2 Comments

One of the articles I encountered in my lymphedema surgery Googling was about a woman who traveled from San Diego to Orlando to have microsurgery done for her lymphedema. The article specifically mentioned that she initially learned of the technique through Facebook, so I thought me stalking messaging her on FB would be copacetic. (I also discovered… Continue reading Making Friends

Lymphedema · Surgery

Switching Gears and Researching Options

February 24, 2017 Erika Lawson2 Comments

The “maintenance” therapy for my lymphedema includes wearing a compression sleeve + gauntlet. However, since the majority of my lymphedema is in the hand, my therapist added a little pad under the gauntlet, in the back. All this seems to work fairly well at keeping the swelling at bay. Last weekend we went skiing, and… Continue reading Switching Gears and Researching Options

Lymphedema

Lymphedema Graduation

January 18, 2017 Erika Lawson1 Comment

Last week when I went to visit Ms. Lymph, I graduated – from a fully bandaged hand/arm, to a compression sleeve and glove. The bandage was utterly ridiculous. The compression sleeve is not awesome, but at least it does not cause people to scream, “Oh my god, what did you do to your arm???” To… Continue reading Lymphedema Graduation

Lymphedema

Is This Worth It?

January 5, 2017January 18, 2017 Erika Lawson4 Comments

If you read my lymphedema post, you may recall that the next step was to visit Ms. Lymph again to have her wrap my hand. We decided to wait to begin that treatment until after the holidays, and after I had my radiation therapy schedule. That’s all happened now, so on Tuesday, I had my… Continue reading Is This Worth It?

Diagnosis · Lymphedema

Lymphedema

December 20, 2016January 18, 2017 Erika Lawson3 Comments

This week I have three different cancer-related medical appointments in three days. Tomorrow I have my radiation oncology mapping appointment, and Thursday I get to go under general anesthesia to have my port removed (yahoo!) – I will try to take recovery room selfies as always. Today’s appointment was my first physical therapy appointment to… Continue reading Lymphedema

Diagnosis · Lymphedema

So here’s a long story

November 13, 2016January 18, 2017 Erika Lawson3 Comments

Between bald women on SNL, election day, and infusion #5, I have not had a chance to post this little side story about my hand. Yes, my hand; if it’s not one thing it’s another. If you’ll recall, during my mastectomy, I had a sentinel lymph node biopsy done on my right side. They removed… Continue reading So here’s a long story

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*To protect the innocent…
Dr. Rad = Radiologist
Dr. Hugs = My primary care doc
Dr. Zap = My radiation oncologist
Dr. Cancer = My oncologist
Dr. Demo = My general surgeon
Dr. FixIt = My plastic surgeon
Ms. Lymph = My lymphedema specialist
BFF = Dr. FixIt’s scheduler
Nemesis = Dr. Demo’s scheduler
Dr. Champ = My lymphedema surgeon

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