One of my favorite musical duos, but not my favorite way to feel.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, I do indeed have lymphedema in my arm and body. I have a lot more internal scar tissue than I thought. The scarring from the drain tubes is really blocking my lymph system. The PTA has worked me over and given me manual lymph drainage steps to do 2-3 times a day. Last Monday she did some myofascial release, and then applied kenesio tape on my arm, chest and back. I was seriously sore when I went in last Thursday, and she did much more release work, mostly on my surgical area. Yesterday was more of that, more tape, and we added super low resistance exercises.\u00a0 I feel like I have been hit by a truck. I thought I was stretching and massaging the area enough, but apparently not. I will have to do all of the stretching, manual drainage, and specific\u00a0exercises for the rest of my life. It stinks, but I hope I have to do it for a long time.<\/p>\n
My neck, shoulders, and upper back are wrecked, and I have not had a deep tissue massage in a year. Kim generously did some wonderful energetic massage for me before my surgery, but I need some elbows in my traps, and I am not sure I can have them. I still have 2.5 more weeks of PT (at least) so will be discussing that with them.<\/p>\n
I checked in with my oncologist also, and she thinks I am doing really well. The neuropathy is steadily going away, my bone and joint pain is lessening, and most of the swelling is gone. While I still have several side effects from the chemo, surgery, and tamoxifen, they are something I can manage right now without crying myself to sleep every night. It is down to once a week!<\/p>\n
John’s office is almost done, he’s painted all the walls and ceiling a beautiful green, and hopefully will have the trim done the first half of this week. He also built a desk for himself out of birch. It has a really pretty grain to it, and it isn’t as large as the desk he currently has so it has freed up a little space in there. He’s so creative and handy! I love that he has the ability to just – make things. He also got a new-to-him car.\u00a0 A little old honda civic wagon. It will be super cute once we get it all fixed up. So many projects….<\/p>\n
So- time for my favor of the month.<\/strong> A friend from highschool is married to sweet woman that was seriously injured in a very bad car accident. They really need help right now to pay the day-to-day expenses, and will need a ton of help with paying for her medical bills for a long time. My badass BFF Erica is setting up and coordinating a benefit for them, and a donation page has already been set up. The event will have music and some great articles for the silent auction. Please take a moment and if you are on facebook, check it out:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/221110021412628\/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming<\/a><\/p>\n If you just want to donate cash: https:\/\/www.giveforward.com\/fundraiser\/my54\/wendy-s-financial-fund?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fb_share_stream.share&utm_campaign=BA_FBshare&fb_ref=2006603<\/a><\/p>\n If you want to donate an item for the auction, let Erica know via the FB link, or leave a message here and I will get in touch.<\/p>\n Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated. They are good people and really need a hand right now.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n OK- I am out for the night. I hope you are all doing well and are feeling good.<\/p>\n xoxoxo<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of my favorite musical duos, but not my favorite way to feel. Unfortunately, I do indeed have lymphedema in my arm and body. I have a lot more internal scar tissue than I thought. The scarring from the drain tubes is really blocking my lymph system. The PTA has worked me over and given me manual lymph drainage steps to do 2-3 times a day. Last Monday she did some myofascial release, and then applied kenesio tape on my arm, chest and back. I was seriously sore when I went in last Thursday, and she did much more release work, mostly on my surgical area. Yesterday was more of that, more tape, and we added super low resistance exercises.\u00a0 I feel like I have been hit by a truck. I thought I was stretching and massaging the area enough, but apparently not. I will have to do all of the stretching, manual drainage, and specific\u00a0exercises for the rest of my life. It stinks, but I hope I have to do it for a long time. My neck, shoulders, and upper back are wrecked, and I have not had a deep tissue massage in a year. Kim generously did some wonderful energetic massage for me before my surgery, but I need some elbows in my traps, and I am not sure I can have them. I still have 2.5 more weeks of PT (at least) so will be discussing that with them. I checked in with my oncologist also, and Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.super-crush.com\/blahblahblah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}