# 52

I am finally back on the internet. Gosh, there is sooo much that has happened over the past several months so I will try to go through them with several blogs and not put it all in one.

After my last post I had some tests run for the swelling in my leg. I discovered that I had a blood clot in my right thigh. My leg was swelling, but more than that my butt and waist on my right side from knee to my ribs. I was starting to look lopsided and it was getting impossible to bend over and put on shoes or socks. They put me on cummunin pills and shots to thin my blood so it would dissolve the clot and reduce the swelling.

Well, it was thinning my blood and it wasn't getting rid of the swelling. Actually the swelling stayed at the same level to the point that I asked them if something was wrong. I am not one to complain but it was getting frustrating that I was uncomfortable all the time. Not being able to bend over or put my socks on...and stairs were becoming almost impossible unless I was taking them one at a time or I should say one leg only at a time.

Well, they sent me back for another scan after three months of blood thinners and no reduction in swelling and found out that the clot was gone (praise God!) but I must have lymphodema. Soooooo off to the a lymphodema specialist I go.... I go to the therapist and find out that the radiation on my pelvic bone and hip have damaged my lymph nodes and I have a ton of fibrous scar tissue which is causing the backed up fluid to not be able to drain.

Physical therapy three days a week and chemo once a week.....

This is going to be a long winter.