Welcome @dclevenger1959, I know the feeling. I also was a little out of sorts when I had my right knee replaced. I was dealing with lymphedema in both legs but my right was a little worse than the left one so when I finally had to schedule the surgery I was a little worried about the outcome. I had a great care team and surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester and they gave me some home exercises to do daily to help build up my leg strength prior to the surgery which helped a lot. I also had to keep doing the exercises after the knee replacement which helped with the recovery. The one thing that helped my recovery was large flexible reusable ice packs to help control the swelling. I wished I would have got one of those ice machines instead which I think work much better when you have a knee replacement.

My biggest issue was not elevating and icing my leg enough following the surgery which I found out at my follow up meeting after the surgery when my surgeon told me I wasn't doing it enough. My 2 or 3 times daily vs what he wanted me to do - when I wasn't walking or doing the exercises, I needed to be elevating my leg.

How to you treat your lymphedema now? Did you get any suggestions for preparing for your surgery from the surgeon?