News and Last round of Chemo

I have lymphedema (fluid). I have fluid in my right boob, arm and hand. I have a compression garment for my right arm and a compression glove for my right hand. It looks like the sleeve and glove a person with burns would wear. I had to buy a compression bra, I ordered it today finally. Anyway, I remember being told after my surgery to get jogging bra's to support my boobs to keep them secure and tight to my body, I don't remember specifically being instructed to get the compression bra, but I may have missed that. I did get the sports bras but I guess they were too big or lose and didn't support they way they should. I went and got smaller ones recently and they seem to help. I am supposed to wear the garments all day and night but not for sleep, and get a massage of the areas to direct the fluid to the lymphatic system in my body for drainage. I still need the massage portion of the occupational therapy to get the fluid from my boob moved over to my lymphatic system but as it turns out, I don't know any boob rubber's to help me. So I took the advice of my therapist and bought a compression bra - they are $120 at wearease.com without a discount for being a COH patient. I found one on Amazon for $104 and used my birthday Amazon Kindle Card :-) (Thank you my Angel, you know who you are), and I got the garment for $79 bucks and free shipping. I should be mushed soon. Tomorrow is my last round of chemo. YAY. Of course, I am on the steroid therapy for three days, today, tomorrow and the next day. I will be wide awake for hours, little sleep for three days and then the fourth and fifth I am useless. I think I will ask my Dr. for a few extra days of the ROIDS to use as needed when I just can't get up. When this is done, WWF or cage fighting may be in my future. Kidding. One last weird thing. I kept having these three sites of irritation along my surgical scars, one on the left and two on the right side. The right ones were near my back and the left side was under my left boob. I kept examining the areas and finally about six weeks ago, the Dr. found and pulled out a stitch on my right side. Three weeks ago, Dorsey pulled one out on the right side further back. I kept gelling my surgical area to keep the area soft until I could see my Plastic's Dr. I had to reschedule a few appointments. I have one scheduled for the 26th. Well, the left side kept bugging me so I went for it. I scraped and pulled at the area thinking there was a stitch inside and I had to get it out. It wasn't a stitch. I pulled the skin off the area and scraped with my nails until I pulled out this white piece of plastic. It is small, the size of a stitch but like three wide. I think the gel I was using kinda got clogged in the hole there and got hard. I saved it in a zip-loc to take to the Dr. I will let you know how weird he thinks I am. :-)