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@roblem I’m currently dealing with some of the same issues. My left arm is pretty much unusable. Right arm is ok but not great. I’ve done physical therapy for quite awhile and didn’t really see any improvement, now I’m involved with acupuncture but it’s early. What bothers me the most, at least mentally is that I have yet to find any medical professional that is even minimally optimistic about any possible improvement. Hard for me to accept that. I’m also concerned about doing anything I can to stop it/slow it down from getting worse. I’d be interested in your journey and anything I might consider. Thanks!

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Hi @craigbauer, yes me too, I would love to hear even a slight positive comment from medical professionals but all I hear is I am lucky to be alive (not a little thing) but regarding to possible improvement we should keep on trying and share our experience; apparently Flexitouch is not a solution to my problem, that's what they told me form Tactile it is mostly used for drenagging the lymphoma liquid ... I have started Neurodynamics technique it is nerve gliding https://youtu.be/oYOASLgip28 , I am also doing Compex (electric stimulator) for the muscles and a manual therapy, I am also wearing a shoulder support to lift my shoulder up so that I try to minimize the sleeping effect on my fingers by decreasing the pressure on my radial nerve. it is very new tell but I did not see any miracle in the first week... I will keep you posted, hope to hear your ideas too