[newscanParticipant]

Dear all. I am in my third 28 day cycle. Recently my legs (and feet) have swollen to the degree where it is uncomfortable, tight, ugly. I am slow going up and down stairs as they are stiff. It has also got my venous eczema to flare up (which I can live with as I wear trousers). They changed my BP medication, then they put me on diuretic for a month but it feels it is getting worse. Part of my treatment includes 20mg dexamethasone on treatment day. They keep telling me it is probably that which is the cause. But telling me this and doing something about it are two different things. It is “getting” to me now and I am beginning to lose my positivity which I was proud to have from the start. Anyone else had this problem and were there any solutions?

[rabbitParticipant]

Hi Newscan,

I had swollen feet. I didn’t have noticeably swollen legs, but that could be because they were huge in the first place!

My feet went up a shoe size.

I found that the diuretic did work, but it simply took time. I can’t guarantee that that will be the case for you. Perhaps you could use a tape measure around a specific part of your leg to track if it is starting to work, even if it is 1mm at a time?

Regards
Rabbit

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