Month: February 2016

Did another portfolio test run today. Several of the prints are way too dark (expected), and I may have to come up with a different binding method because 9 pieces of paper is problematic (unexpected!) – and this is even without the heaver cover stock for the outside page! Yikes! Good thing I still have a little more than a week to figure this out. 

I also need to be way more careful when cutting it… I got impatient (I was hurrying on my lunch break) and some of the pages were sliiiightly different sizes… Whooops. 

Okay, my peeps. More lymphedema talk.

Monday, I wore the wraps for 14+ hours. They were burning red and painful by the time I took them off. Very, very unhappy.

Tuesday, I decided to give them a break and did not wear the wraps at all. By the time I got home from work, my legs were swollen again… and after sitting at my desk for a couple of hours, it felt like they were going to burst. It was hella crappy. I could hardly sleep because they felt so tight.

Today, both wraps. Legs still red. So tight. But not the same, deep calf pain as Tuesday, and by the time I got home, there was noticeable improvement. Took off the wraps, took a VERY hot shower and ended with a very cold shower for cool down, including exfoliating. Then lotion + aloe vera. The redness is almost gone already! Legs are nice and cool, they look tons better than this morning. 

No art today, ‘cause I am on the couch with legs elevated… but I’ll make a post about portfolio progress a little later on tonight!

Okay, my peeps. More lymphedema talk.

Monday, I wore the wraps for 14+ hours. They were burning red and painful by the time I took them off. Very, very unhappy.

Tuesday, I decided to give them a break and did not wear the wraps at all. By the time I got home from work, my legs were swollen again… and after sitting at my desk for a couple of hours, it felt like they were going to burst. It was hella crappy. I could hardly sleep because they felt so tight.

Today, both wraps. Legs still red. So tight. But not the same, deep calf pain as Tuesday, and by the time I got home, there was noticeable improvement. Took off the wraps, took a VERY hot shower and ended with a very cold shower for cool down, including exfoliating. Then lotion + aloe vera. The redness is almost gone already! Legs are nice and cool, they look tons better than this morning. 

No art today, ‘cause I am on the couch with legs elevated… but I’ll make a post about portfolio progress a little later on tonight!

aaannd my legs are on fire.

The wraps are great A++ amazing but holy crap there is definitely a daily time limit for how long I can wear them before ‘mildly uncomfortable’ turns into ‘I NEED TO SCRAPE MY SKIN OFF WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS NOW’ 

wraps off, lotion on, trying not to scratch… hghh