CancerCompass message board discussion started by mary57 on 7/7/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,25800,0.htm Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Did anyone have swelling in their legs after surgery that just wouldn't seem to go away?  I've had this problem for  two and half months now. It was my whole legs and now it just remains in my upper thighs and seems to be getting worse not better, it probably didn't help when i fell on the kitchen floor last week. Sometimes it's like I can barely walk. I'm carrying probably 20 extra pounds on my legs and it's so hard. We tried a small dose of a water pill but i developed a rash and had to go off them. I just called the doctor again today to see what we're going to do about this. I can't go on like this, not being able to hardly walk or do things. I had two sessions of chemo already, and I take Xeloda pills twice daily at home right now and a blood thinner warfarin.Does anyone else have this problem or gone through this after surgery?  mary57 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT On 7/7/2008 mary57 wrote:Did anyone have swelling in their legs after surgery that just wouldn't seem to go away?  I've had this problem for  two and half months now. It was my whole legs and now it just remains in my upper thighs and seems to be getting worse not better, it probably didn't help when i fell on the kitchen floor last week. Sometimes it's like I can barely walk. I'm carrying probably 20 extra pounds on my legs and it's so hard. We tried a small dose of a water pill but i developed a rash and had to go off them. I just called the doctor again today to see what we're going to do about this. I can't go on like this, not being able to hardly walk or do things. I had two sessions of chemo already, and I take Xeloda pills twice daily at home right now and a blood thinner warfarin.Does anyone else have this problem or gone through this after surgery?  After surgery my husband had very bad swelling in his legs but it didn't go much above his knees. Water pills didn't help. After a couple of weeks a nurse suggested wrapping his legs with 3 or 4 inch wide Ace (elastic) bandages and it was a "low tech" miracle. Also suggested keeping his legs elevated as much as possible. We wrapped them for a few hours in the morning, took the wraps off for a couple of hours, then did it again in the afternoon. No wrap at night. Improvement was noticeable the second day and was cured after 4 or 5 days. Don't wrap too tight, just firm so they don't slip around. Worth a try. Hope this helps. I wish other things could be cured as easily! Swiss1 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT