Normal Again: Whatever that is

After several days of staying inside, plus cooler temperatures, and elevating my feet, my left foot and ankle has for the most part returned to normal...  as I can clearly see again the veins on the top of my foot and the swelling is just barely noticeable.  As with every other experience, I learn that when riding in the car for two hours or more and regardless of how I try to extend my left leg, I am simply going to need to wear a compression stocking.  

These stockings are easy to find in Drug Stores even though they are less than medical grade, they still provide adequate compression.  I had purchased a medical grade compression stocking at the very beginning of my ordeal...  that is to say after foot surgery to remove a melanoma in 2013...  and, when the leg did not swell as much as was anticipated by the Surgical Oncologist, I was informed only to wear the stocking as needed.

We were all under the impression at that time my melanoma was gone, but in 2017 it returned in my groin area with a vengeance and obvious bias against my body...  I started infusions of Opdivo and Yervoy and a year later my Oncologist suggested that I undergo radiation treatments that would be accompanied by on Opdivo treatments as the radiation was inclined to supercharge the Opdivo...  the concept worked perfectly in my body but my Lymphedema remained.

At one point I thought my days in the Hot Tub were over but after submerging myself in the hot liquids for 30-40 minutes, my left leg show no signs of swelling, so I continued my ritual of hot water relaxation unless I noticed swelling which was typically caused now by too much sitting without legs elevated.