Sorry to bother you and thanks for the quick reply.....may be u understand
the frustration ,very helpless kind of situation for me,but the good news is
that ,in coming 2 months she is visiting us here in usa.
I know docs did the scan and x-ray very recently,which was ok.
What I can do is ask questions,search and send anything which may soothe her
a bit..so please dont mind any of my post....just forgive.
thanks again
saima

YMMV, but...
I don't believe that the sleeves will do much until you get the size down
thru massage. Suggest she go to physical thereapist who is trained in
lymphedema massage/management (a specialty). We have one in our hospital in
this little burg in Central PA, should be one in most medium cities. It is a
wonderful massage, and it really isn't long until you can learn to do it
yourself, and most of the pain goes away when the swelling goes down with
massage.  The shoulder also hurts because of the extra weight it is
supporting, and from the scar tissue etc. from surgery, probably.

After weeks or more of daily massages (not just massage like in a parlor,
but particular, light touch move-the-fluid-towards-the-collarbones massage;
lymph moves in the skin level, not deep down in; move the surface of the
skin upward, fluid moves upward), and wrapping the arm with something like
ACE bandages, but softer and firmer, not so stretchy, it WILL go down. Then
you should get a sleeve and glove that fits at the arm's smallest, to
maintain that smaller size against the urge for it to swell with gravity,
heat, overexercise and other stimulants.

Theres a variety of experience here, different sleeves, techniques etc. but
most are based on learning the massage, and wrapping at night to hold the
size down, and using sleeves during daylight hours to keep the size down,
and sort of emulate the massage slightly as the arm  moves at work, etc.

Hope I remembered most of that right.

The pain can very well be due to lymphedema alone, the swelling can be
several pounds - I calculated mine at 5+ lbs of waste material not moving up
my arm! Ycch... massage made it feel SO much better. It just doesn't last
long, and you need the wraps or sleeves or both to help keep it from
becoming as uncomfortable again. MInes over 1 year old now, and sleeves
aren't necessary any more, it is still slightly swollen and only gets big
when its hot, or I don't move around enough. I massage it out of habit,
without even thinking, when it hurts, and it goes away. You learn stretching
exercises to help keep fluid moving too.

Hope some of that makes sense - glad to hear she's coming to US, it's easier
to help someone who's near you!

Best wishes,
Ann in PA

sorry tony - it is the lemur of madagascar which is a monkey - pronounced
lema - that's what was ringing in my memory ... had a pal called gibbon once
which is another kind of monkey ... also met mr duck and mr chicken.