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FormerMember

9 Feb 2011

how is your 2011?

clean bill of health at the MM clinic last week. So down to me to check myself and have the appointments every 3 months. Lymphoedema on the other hand is painful but i have weaned myself off a lot of them and now at 10mg of amitryptaline every night and a top up of co-codomol in the day when i need it.

Wound has healed now and i am just cleaning it with dermol 500 and applying 50-50 emoliant a pad on the top and then support stocking.

how is everyone else doing?

regards

Peter

FormerMember over 13 years ago

Hello Peter, Happy New Year and its great to read you are moving forward and getting there! Unfortunately the lymphodaema may be permanent - I have it on my left arm, I look just like popye. The only way round it is to take good care of yourself - the swelling gets worse when we do too much of anything - that's when its time to rest. I too take amitryptiline (25mg) at night and zopiclone to sleep plus co-codamol/tramadol throughout the day. I'd rather take everything I can to stop pain and shorten my life, than sit being miserable and moaning at all and sundry because of pain -it has that effect. Anyway, I hope work is okay for you and you have found some roots in your new flat. I also hope you are in a good place now with regard to your health/well being. Good luck, thanks for blogging and take very good care of yourself. Ann x
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FormerMember over 13 years ago

thanks ann

are you on the facebook melanomates group?

peter
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