There’s Good News …
…and there’s bad news.
The Good News is that there’s nothing wrong with my heart. I’ve had everything checked now, from stem to stern, including the valves, muscles, chambers, walls between chambers, incoming and outgoing veins and arteries. I’ve had an electrocardiogram, an echocardiogram, a nuclear echocardiogram, and a stress test. My heart has been listened to and photographed from every available angle. It’s fine. In perfect running order. No problems observed. I’m shocked quite frankly, after smoking for 35+ years and being overweight, with high cholesterol, that my heart was able to get such a clean bill of health. But there you have it.
The Bad News, on the other hand, is that I still don’t know why my left leg is twice the size of my right leg. As you can see in the photo, they’re both swollen with extra fluid, but the left is so much more pronounced than the right that it’s beginning to look freakish. Not only do my legs not match, even my shoelaces are mis-matched. I may have to resort to long pants, which in NC in the summertime is not a happy option.
I’m starting to believe that I’m being tested for stuff that the doctors already know is okay, because they know I have good insurance. That may sound cynical to some of you, but this has been going on now for almost 3 months. Enough, already.
It happend to my father and the docs prescribed diuretics and told him to keep his feel elevated as he slept.
They are still swollen but not near as bad.
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21 Jun 08 at 2:07 pm
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26 Jun 08 at 5:34 pm
Hang in there, Lorrie. Prayers still headed your way.
Jeffro
27 Jun 08 at 11:39 am
Good luck with that. I’m baffled, too.
Army of Mom
1 Jul 08 at 11:58 am
Here are Therapy Centers that treat Lymphedema in your state:
Wellness One
2418 Blue Ridge Road Suite 100
Raleigh NC, 27607
PH: (919) 782-5954
FAX: (919) 782-6444
http://www.wellnessone.com/lymphedema_therapy
Balanced Physical Therapy and Movement Studios
304 West Weaver Street
Carrboro, NC 27510 US
Tel: 1-919-942-0240
WWW: http://www.balancedpt.com
CarePartners: Main Campus , Outpatient Lymphedema Therapy Services
68 Sweeten Creek Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2318 US
Tel: 1-800-627-1533
WWW: http://www.carepartners.org
Carolina Therapy Services
8912 Blakeney Professional Drive
Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28277 US
Tel: 1-704-540-2749
Lymflo Therapies
2226 Nelson Highway
Suite H
Chapel Hill, NC 27517 US
Tel: 1-919-493-1170
WWW: http://www.lymflo.com
Moses Cone Health System Outpatient Rehab at Guilford College, Comprehensive Lymphedema Program
603 Dolley Madison Road
Suite 202
Greensboro, NC 27410-4282 US
Tel: 1-336-315-4760
WWW: http://www.mosescone.com
Scotland Memorial Hospital
500 Launchwood Dr.
Laurinburg, NC 28352 US
Tel: 1-910-291-7800
WWW: http://www.scotlandhealth.org
Skyland Family Rehabilitation Center, Inc., Lymphedema Treatment Program
333 Gashes Creek Road
Suite A
Asheville, NC 28803-9405 US
Tel: 1-828-299-4636
WWW: http://www.skylandrehab.com
WakeMed, Lymphedema Clinic
3000 New Bern Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27610-1295 US
Tel: 1-919-350-8551
WWW: http://www.wakemed.org
CLT
10 Jul 08 at 6:35 pm
Hey, girl… playing “catch up” with some blog-reading. Continue to keep us posted, and know that you are in my prayers.
Mo K
10 Jul 08 at 8:52 pm
Hey Girl,
Long time since I’ve talked to you. Just went into Plaxo for the first time in forever…read your blog…what the heck??? How are you and Robyn doing otherwise??
Debbie
Debbie
17 Jul 08 at 7:32 am