Okay, have had my Reid Sleeves for two weeks now. I am now very pleased with them. It took a while, at first I was concerned they weren't going to do as well as the bandaging/wrapping; but, once I started doing what makes sense (to me) they are working fine.
My problem was I had gone 1.5 weeks without any compression of any type before my Reid Sleeves were delivered. So, I had to really work with the gauge provided with the Reid Sleeves and pay attention to when the legs would shrink away from the sleeves and regauge. Once I figured that out, and that there would be voids while the leg was shrinking and dealt with that, I got my legs down to their normal size
Saw my therapist for the last time yesterday, he verified I know what I am doing with the sleeves and that I could just maintain now; did one less massage and measure session, and then we were done. I've officially been released from the care of my Physical Therapist. Kind of bittersweet; glad to be done with it, but gonna miss him as well.
So, yay! I get to start on my self managing program now, I'm excited
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