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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / April 2006about lymphedema video
Hi everyone, My name is Saima,I was a member of this group three years ago... since my mom was diagnosed by BC ,she lives in Pakistan...I am visiting her next month after 4 years...She is having lymphedema problem ,If somone can suggest any good self massage video (any web link where i can buy that )or anything else to help her,that would be great. Thanks in advance,and take care Saima hello anyone... Any answer plz,I m desparate here. Saima > Hi everyone, > My name is Saima,I was a member of this group three years ago... since [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks in advance,and take care > Saima Just Google "lymphedema video" It will give you this link among others. http://www.lymphnotes.com/article.php/id/296/ Tim Jackson Hey Tim :) How are you? How is everything? Take care > Hey Tim > :) > How are you? > How is everything? Hectic as normal. In the last couple of weeks everything seems to have happened - I got a long postponed dental implant done, my Dad died (he was 91 and it was expected, right now my desk is covered with his estate documents), my girlfriend in Kenya finally got visas for her and her children to come here (after 15 months delay!), my best friend & his family came over to visit from California, and it's school holidays! Apart from that, nothing special. How's things with you? Tim So sorry to hear about your father...we bought a townhome..and moved,I am very busy in learning the comparative religion and my religion...spending most of my time with books. My mom is having so much pain and swelling with lymphedema.... thats abt it. > So sorry to hear about your father...we bought a townhome..and moved,I > am very busy in learning the comparative religion and my > religion...spending most of my time with books. > My mom is having so much pain and swelling with lymphedema.... > thats abt it. Saima, Is there a lymphedema clinic? One of my former co workers is a childhood cancer survivor, she uses compression treatment and a pump. http://www.lymphacare.com/ She has a busy life ( young kids, work , Etc), doesn't use it every day but when she feels she needs it. It provides her relief. Alex > > Hey Tim > > :) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > was 91 and it was expected, right now my desk is covered with his estate > documents), Sorry to hear about your Dad, Tim. > my girlfriend in Kenya finally got visas for her and her > children to come here (after 15 months delay!), my best friend & his > family came over to visit from California, and it's school holidays! Good news about the visas. Best wishes. :) J "> Hectic as normal. In the last couple of weeks everything seems to have > happened - I got a long postponed dental implant done, my Dad died (he was > 91 and it was expected, right now my desk is covered with his estate [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Tim Tim, I have had my implant now for a few months....best thing I did. If I ever need another root canal, I am going straight for the implant. Sorry to hear about your Dad, my dad died at age 90 ....few days shy of 91, although it is not unexpected at this age it is still a loss. Is you girlfriend coming for a visit or to live? Sounds like you life is full.....Alex >> Hectic as normal. In the last couple of weeks everything seems to have >>happened - I got a long postponed dental implant done, my Dad died (he was [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I have had my implant now for a few months....best thing I did. If I ever > need another root canal, I am going straight for the implant. The implant was really easy, but quite expensive. I got to be a model for a training course and got a huge discount, and the guy doing it was an expert and on his best behaviour for the audience. I'm in the healing-abutment stage right now. By the end of the week everything was back to normal, bruising had gone, eating as normal. Sure, if I could afford it I'd go straight for the implant. But the economics of single parenting don't put me in that category. > Sorry to hear about your Dad, my dad died at age 90 ....few days shy of 91, > although it is not unexpected at this age it is still a loss. Sorry about your Dad too. Yes it's a loss, but as he had vascular dementia, most of the Dad I knew had already gone months ago, and losing the body was just closure. On the other hand, you might remember I briefly mentioned back in '01 that he had a pacemaker installed. I can feel gratified that by recognising his TIA's and reporting them to his GP (of course Dad never bothered to mention them) I got him in for cardiogram, and that led to his pacemaker. The result was he got an extra lease of fairly normal life for 3 or 4 years before the dementia set in and things went downhill. > Is you girlfriend coming for a visit or to live? Sounds like you life is > full.....Alex They are coming to live. I've just been trying to sort out school places for the kids. It's all quite exciting, after so long of just maintaining an internet relationship. Of course it's a bit challenging getting the wheels of relationship turning again after such a long stall. And getting the kids settled here will probably be a challenge too - there will no doubt be plenty of culture shock. Tim The implants here cost between $1500- $3000, not including the crown. I a root canal cost about $1200 ( depending on how many roots the tooth has). My implant has the final crown on. My dental surgeon used the bicon http://www.bicon.com/index.htm since it is a local dentist who developed this. One of my co worker had a tooth extracted and the implant placed at the same time ( she goes to the inventor of the implant) which is cheaper and shortens the process. Last year when I had the initial work done, I had to pay for it in cash, as of January 1, this year implants are now covered by dental insurance so they paid for the abutment and crown. ( the dental insurance caps at $1500 but that does help). How many kids will there be in total, your stepson is in the military- really a man now, your daughter and how many does your girlfriend have? It maybe an adjusted for you daughter since she was the sole focus of your world for awhile, but it will be healthy too for her to have other kids and a female around ( no offense there are some things a father , as well as a mother just can't do, like picking out make up or shopping for clothes). Glad to hear things are going great. Enjoy Life, Alex > The implants here cost between $1500- $3000, not including the crown. I a > root canal cost about $1200 ( depending on how many roots the tooth has). > My implant has the final crown on. My dental surgeon used the bicon > http://www.bicon.com/index.htm since it is a local dentist who developed > this. The implant normally costs around the upper end of that range here. I had a couple of root canal post-and-crowns before, that was a lot cheaper, I think about £400 each, but both eventually broke, and on this one the root was cracked and started to decay so it had to go, and no way was I grinding down my remaining healthy teeth to fit a bridge: as an engineer I'd condemn that structure out of hand. > One of my co worker had a tooth extracted and the implant placed at > the same time ( she goes to the inventor of the implant) which is cheaper > and shortens the process. Yes, I had that. They said it was OK as long as there was no significant infection around the root and the bone was in good condition. > Last year when I had the initial work done, I had to pay for it in cash, as > of January 1, this year implants are now covered by dental insurance so they > paid for the abutment and crown. ( the dental insurance caps at $1500 but > that does help). Yes, it does. We are supposed to get dentistry available on the NHS but it is a joke because in some areas like ours few dentists will actually work at NHS rates, and most people can't get it. And anyway the NHS wouldn't do implants - they'd say it is cosmetic, and they still require a percentage contribution for labwork, even crowns. There are various private dental insurance schemes but I've never been offered one that covers implants. It's probably cheaper to use a credit card anyway. > How many kids will there be in total, your stepson is in the military- > really a man now, your daughter and how many does your girlfriend have? It > maybe an adjusted for you daughter since she was the sole focus of your > world for awhile, but it will be healthy too for her to have other kids and > a female around ( no offense there are some things a father , as well as a > mother just can't do, like picking out make up or shopping for clothes). She has two kids, 10 & 13, so there will be 3 kids at home. Yes there is bound to be some rivalry, I hope we can cope with it. I dare say there will be some ethnic stresses as well, they being African and the main communities in our town being European and Bangladeshi. But it will be good to get to share the responsibilities, and hopefully cut down on the task-switching a bit. And I get to skive off shopping trips! > Glad to hear things are going great. Enjoy Life, Alex And you Tim |
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