The bruising came out more on day 2-3 and quickly started to yellow (apparently wearing the compression speeds it up). Very few of the dark bruises are really that painful, although I still have a couple of spots that are very un-fun to accidentally poke.
I'm able to walk around pretty normally, can rush up stairs and around the house but still find putting weight on my outer thighs/hips painful. I can't sleep on my sides yet, but I haven't needed painkillers all day. I'm not pain free but it is low level and occasional - unless I try to balance on either side. Sitting on hard seats is still a bit uncomfortable but nothing compared to how sore it was on day 2-3. I can also comfortably work with a laptop on my legs, with or without a tray.
I think around day 4-5 I really turned a corner and have been bounding along in my recovery since then. I'm looking forward to my next MLD (Professor recommended two a week) and hoping I soon get to the stage of all incisions drying up. I've got one thigh one and both knees still leaking into their plasters so sadly not ready to go full just brown strips, or to see all incisions are closed.
I have emailed the Professor to see if I can now remove the brown strips from the apparently dry incisions and hope to have his advice tomorrow.
I also need to decide if I'm going to try removing my compression at night. He said I could do that from the end of week one, but I'm waiting for some more reassurance as I'm conscious that following my disapointing lymphoscintigram that indicated I had compromised lymph function in both legs so was more likely to have primary lymphodema or lipo-lymphedema (despite the lack of clinical visble signs), Dr Gordon recommended I should be conservative and wear my garments 24:7 for six months. Decisions, decisions!
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| Not looking too bad this morning |
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| Nice straight inner legs free from lipodema tissue |
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| Mixed fading and deeper bruising |
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My most sore outside thigh |
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