Lymphedema in legs

@johnbishop It sounds like a great program. I appreciate your sharing your experience. I especially like the idea of the video before the sleep study. Mayo really preps patients well.

Teresa

Hey, John, @johnbishop

No need to feel sheepish at all. It sounds like very good news. I generally prefer to do anything other than have surgery. PT is always a great experience for me and I'm sure it will be good for you too. I usually have PT at least twice a year just to keep tuned-up and walking the straight and narrow road! I'm listening to Ever Onward as I write, this must be an IBM original 🙂

Teresa

I had my meeting with the knee specialist today in orthopedics. I feel a little sheepish after my appointment. After we went through the x-rays and he had a chance to examine the knee and discuss the symptoms I am having he thought the best treatment would be physical therapy even though there is advanced degenerative arthritis with bone on bone and loose bodies in the knee. My pain is really more aching maybe a 2 or 3 on a scale of 10 but no real sharp pains unless I try to move the right leg in a lateral movement. The doctor said the replacements are normally for people having a lot of pain and the outcome in my case might actually cause pain in the knee down the road. He thought it would be best to start with PT and stretching exercises for the tendons and muscles and then see where I'm at. Possibly have a steroid shot or the gel shot to add a lubricant in the joint. My daughter went with me to the appointment which I'm glad because she is more objective than I am and can see the big picture. Sigh, if I had just listened to the doctor at my lymphedema follow up appointment when he couldn't get me an appointment with orthopedics. His recommendation was setting up an appointment with PT and possibly a steroid or gel shot in the knee. Some men are just stubborn and need to hear it twice. ☺

Reminds me of a very old IBM song I first learned going to their basic school for customer engineers here in beautiful downtown Rochester, MN.
Ever Onward - The IBM Song
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EqwvLzBWAs

Happy almost Friday!
John

I had my meeting with the knee specialist today in orthopedics. I feel a little sheepish after my appointment. After we went through the x-rays and he had a chance to examine the knee and discuss the symptoms I am having he thought the best treatment would be physical therapy even though there is advanced degenerative arthritis with bone on bone and loose bodies in the knee. My pain is really more aching maybe a 2 or 3 on a scale of 10 but no real sharp pains unless I try to move the right leg in a lateral movement. The doctor said the replacements are normally for people having a lot of pain and the outcome in my case might actually cause pain in the knee down the road. He thought it would be best to start with PT and stretching exercises for the tendons and muscles and then see where I'm at. Possibly have a steroid shot or the gel shot to add a lubricant in the joint. My daughter went with me to the appointment which I'm glad because she is more objective than I am and can see the big picture. Sigh, if I had just listened to the doctor at my lymphedema follow up appointment when he couldn't get me an appointment with orthopedics. His recommendation was setting up an appointment with PT and possibly a steroid or gel shot in the knee. Some men are just stubborn and need to hear it twice. ☺

Reminds me of a very old IBM song I first learned going to their basic school for customer engineers here in beautiful downtown Rochester, MN.
Ever Onward - The IBM Song
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EqwvLzBWAs

Happy almost Friday!
John

Teresa @hopeful33250 and Linda @lioness -- Sorry for not posting sooner. The test a week ago Sunday went well. It was quite an experience having leads glued to your head, face, upper shoulders and legs for monitoring brain waves, heart, breathing, and movement. Getting the gunk out of your hair wan't too bad. Rooms are nice, room service to wake you up is great ☺. Met with the doctor on Monday and went over the results. It was pretty eye opening. He wrote me a script for a CPAP and I've been using it for the past 10 days. It's a little difficult getting used to but not as bad as I expected. I may have to find a different mask. I got a Fisher & Paykel Simplus full face mask and am having a little trouble with leaks around the nose but I suppose it's because I'm a side sleeper that moves around a lot. Cleaned the mask and hose enough to know I didn't like it and went to a medical store and bought the SoClean 2 machine to do the daily chore stuff. The lady at the store said I could take back the mask that came with it as long as it's within 30 days so I might do that to get one that feels better.

Life is definitely a journey...hope all my Connect friends are feeling OK.

John

Teresa @hopeful33250 and Linda @lioness -- Sorry for not posting sooner. The test a week ago Sunday went well. It was quite an experience having leads glued to your head, face, upper shoulders and legs for monitoring brain waves, heart, breathing, and movement. Getting the gunk out of your hair wan't too bad. Rooms are nice, room service to wake you up is great ☺. Met with the doctor on Monday and went over the results. It was pretty eye opening. He wrote me a script for a CPAP and I've been using it for the past 10 days. It's a little difficult getting used to but not as bad as I expected. I may have to find a different mask. I got a Fisher & Paykel Simplus full face mask and am having a little trouble with leaks around the nose but I suppose it's because I'm a side sleeper that moves around a lot. Cleaned the mask and hose enough to know I didn't like it and went to a medical store and bought the SoClean 2 machine to do the daily chore stuff. The lady at the store said I could take back the mask that came with it as long as it's within 30 days so I might do that to get one that feels better.

Life is definitely a journey...hope all my Connect friends are feeling OK.

John