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Susie Wills, BSN, RN, CLT - AUTHOR       



ABC'S of
Living with  Lymphedema


A is for Acceptance. You can deny that you have
lymphedema and  get
worse, or you can accept it, learn
how to live
with it, and do
very  well.


B is for Bandaging. (Please refer to A.) Your
therapist may give 
you alternatives for after therapy, but to
start
out with, bandaging
is  a necessity.


C is for Courage. Why? Because every
time you go out in  public
someone is going to ask, "What happened
to you?" It takes  courage to
be able to educate your friends as well as
strangers about 
lymphedema.


D is for Denial. It doesn't work. (Please
refer to  A.)


E is for Exercise. There are breathing and limb exercises
which are 
proven to be effective in treating
lymphedema.


F
is for  Forgiveness. On those days when you just have to cry
because you are so
  overwhelmed, go ahead
and cry! Then realize
you are human and
forgive  yourself.


G is for Giving. You have lived with lymphedema and
have  valuable
information which can help others who
are struggling. Join or organize a
support group, volunteer with the Red Cross or American Cancer Society.


H is for Help. Ask for it. You'll be surprised how many
people  are
willing to give it without expecting
anything in
return.


I  is for Information. Seek it from your doctor, therapist, the
NLN.
The more you  know about lymphedema,
the more educated
decisions
you can  make.


J is for Justice. There is none. (Refer to
A.)


K is for  Kindness. Especially to yourself.


L is for Laughter.
It truly is the best  medicine. Look for and
enjoy the humor in life.


M
is for Maintenance.  Lymphedema cannot be cured, but if you follow
your
maintenance program you can
manage and maintain it.


N is for
No. This is a small word in the  English language that is
underused by people
who find it difficult to
take care of
themselves.


O is for
Overwhelmed. This occurs when you  think, "I have to do
what for the rest of my
life?!!" You just
have to  do it for today.
Yesterday is gone and
tomorrow has not arrived.


P is for  Prevention. Follow the 18 prevention
steps provided by the
NLN.


Q is for  Quality. The quality of your life
with lymphedema is
ultimately up to  you.


R is for R-e-s-p-e-c-t. This
was a hit record for Aretha 
Franklin.


S is for Symptoms. Know what
symptoms you need to report to  your
physician.


T is for Treatment.
Treatment is available. Learn what  options are
out there and educate your
physician.


U is for Urgent. Don't  put off until tomorrow what you can do
today
when it comes to caring for your
lymphedema.


V is for
Victorious. You can overcome lymphedema  even if you can't
cure it.


W is
for Wise. Be a wise consumer. Learn all  you can about
lymphedema and treatment
options and
facilities.


X  is for Xylophone. A musical
instrument which has absolutely
nothing to do with  lymphedema.


Y
......................because we like you! (Please refer to  theme
song for "The
Mickey Mouse Club".)


Z is for Zilch. This is how much  help the ABC's of
Lymphedema will
probably give you. Well, if you even
giggled once it
was
 
therapeutic!



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tina
  budde,


thank you for submitting lymphing to our database!
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The
  following information is for your information only and was
provided by FDA
  today.


*U.S. Marshal's seize skin sanitizer, protectant product made by
 
Clarcon Biological Chemical Laboratory,
Inc. from their Roy, Utah
 
facility on August 2, 2009.


The product was being manufactered and
  distributed to treat
damaged skin, and protect against various
infectious diseases.


Consumers are being warned NOT to use any
  Clarcon products because
they contain bacteria and are
promoted as
  antimicrobial agents
that claim to treat open wounds against various infectious
 
diseases.*


I think that FDA's stringent warning speaks for itself and is
  not
a product that people would want to use,
especially those with
 
lymphedema and open
wounds.



--------------------------


Pfizer,  the world's
biggest research-based drug maker is offering
70 different
drugs -- including
big sellers such as Lipitor and Viagra --
for free for up to
one  year for
those Americans who have lost their
jobs and health insurance.  The
program
applies to anyone regardless
of prior family income who has lost  their
job
since January 1 and
has been prescribed one of the company's drugs  for
at
least three
months. You can enroll until 12/31/09 by calling  866.706.2400

to
sign up. You can also apply online at www.PfizerHelpfulAnswers.com.




Alexander von Winiwarter (April 22,
  1848 - October 31, 1917) was
an Austrian-Belgian surgeon
who was a
  native of Vienna. He was
the brother of physician Felix von Winiwarter
  (1852-1931).


Alexander Winiwarter obtained his medical doctorate in 1870
  at the
University of Vienna, and
worked as a surgical assistant at
the 
Vienna University Clinic under Theodor Billroth, who was a
pioneer in 
the field of modern surgical practices. Later he became head
of the
surgical  department
at the Kronprinz-Rudolf-Kinderspitals
(Crown
Prince Rudolf  Children's Hospital), and in 1878
moved to
Belgium,
where he became a  professor of surgery at the University of Liège.

Subsequently he  acquired Belgian citizenship.


In the latter part
of the 19th century,  Winiwarter introduced
specialized massage and compression


procedures to  treat lymphedema, a disease that causes swollen arms

and legs due to fluid
retention in the lymphatic system.[1] In 1932,

Danish physiotherapist Emil  Vodder refined and
improved

Winiwarter's technique to treat lymphedema.  Vodder's treatment was to
become


known as manual lymphatic  drainage.


---


From
Wikipedia, the free  encyclopedia
NeosporinCombination
of
Polymyxin B    

Antibiotic
Neomycin    
Antibiotic
Bacitracin    
Antibiotic



Neosporin (from Neo, (Greek) new + Sporos, (Greek)  seed)
is the
product name of an antibiotic
ointment produced by Pfizer
  (later
sold to Johnson & Johnson) used in the prevention of infection
and
speeding the healing of wounds. The original ointment contains three
 
different antibiotics:
bacitracin, neomycin, and polymyxin B. Other

  brand names for this mixture include Mycitracin and

Topisporin.


The generic drug name for this mixture is "Triple
  antibiotic
ointment". In China, this product is
called "Complex
  Polymyxin B
Ointment" which is manufactured by Zhejiang Reachall
Pharmaceutical.
GlaxoSmithKline manufactures Neosporin in many other
  countries,
including
Canada.[citation needed] In Mexico, GSK's
trade  name
"Neosporin Dermico" is used for the
topical
ointment.


Some  people have allergic reactions to neomycin, so a "Double

antibiotic ointment" is  sold that
only contains bacitracin and

polymyxin B (for example,  product name
Polysporin).


----


Treatment for  Scleroderma?
(Ivanhoe
Newswire) -- A drug
currently approved to treat cancer  could provide the first


treatment for scleroderma, according to  researchers.  Gleevec has

shown to be effective in
treating those with  the chronic
connective
tissue disease.


"There has never been a drug that  has been shown to be
effective
for this condition.  I think there
is a  very good chance
of
Gleevec becoming a real treatment for a previously  untreatable disease,"

Robert Spiera, M.D., an associate attending  rheumatologist at Hospital

for Special Surgery who
led the study was  quoted as

saying.


Researchers enrolled 30 patients with diffuse  scleroderma, a

widespread severe form of the
disease, and gave them 400  mg of

Gleevec every day.  To measure the effectiveness of the drug,

researchers used a tool known as the Rodnan skin score; a measure of how

  much skin is affected
by the disease.  The investigators
also
measured  lung function and diffusion capacity, a
measurement
of the
lung's  capacity to transfer gases.  Lung disease is the
main cause of mortality


in scleroderma.


After one year, the investigators saw a 23
percent  improvement in
skin scores.  They also saw an
improvement
in lung 
function.  Patients on the treatment saw an 11 percent improvement in


diffusion capacity scores.


"The lung function data was really
  exciting," Dr. Spiera
said.  "In patients with scleroderma, you
usually  see lung
function tests getting worse over time, and if doctors
try a therapy 
for a year and a
patient doesn't get any worse, we
get pretty
excited.  What is amazing to me in this study is that
we
actually
saw  improvements in both lung function tests."


Scleroderma
affects not only  the skin, but also underlying blood
vessels, and often muscles
and
joints, as well as the gastrointestinal
tract, kidneys, lungs
and heart.  According to the Scleroderma

Foundation, 300,000 people
have the  disease in the US.  The
disease usually strikes in the prime
of
  patients' lives, when
they are 30-50 years old.


SOURCE: American College
  Of Rheumatology, October 18,
 
2009




http://ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=22606


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