Does anyone know where or if you can buy ex large rubber gloves. I do and have always worn rubber gloves for washing up which is recommended for lymphoedema anyway but now i find even the large gloves are too small on the arm and it is difficult to get them beyond the wrist. Yesterday I washed up having folded gauntlet back and put on glove. Result a soaked glove and soaked jumper. No joke in this freezing weather. The practicalities of wearing a glove i find almost impossible when doing wet jobs.
Hi,
My initial reaction was- make somebody else wash up then I realised that wasn’t very helpful so looked on ebay for you. The have XL rubber gloves on there. Search under household stuff as I just did a general search and it brought up some rude rubber gloves too!!!
Em x
Perhaps try somewhere like a builders supply or diy trade place - they may have some men’s sizes that would do. Or even a cheap shop like Home Bargains or B&M if you have one nearby.
Rude rubber gloves Em ? OOh that’s got me wondering what on earth they are… I must have had a sheltered life, I’m away to have a peek !
Sandra x
Hi,
I was shocked myself, the word fetish gloves appeared! Corrupting my oh so innocent young mind!!!
x
I have tried many Large gloves and none of them have fitted. I managed to find some XL in Marks and Spencers but even those didnt fit my swollen hand. What I do is buy a big box of large disposal gloves from Redlands Health where I live. It is a medical supplier where you buy various health aids Because these gloves are so soft they stretch over the hand and sleeve/gauntlet and after a few times you just dispose of it. I bought a box back in the summer and still have masses left,. They come in boxes of 100. I believe these or similar can be bought in Boots. They are the type of gloves that doctors wear once and then throw away but they do in fact last quite a while and can be re-used. They are GD05 Powder Free Disposal Latex Gloves. The brand name is SHIELD. They fit either hand so no problem there. I hope this is of some help to you, Maddie x
Maddie
Thank you for your very helpful advice. I was wondering around Wilkinsons Saturday when I saw something similar and wondered about them but didnt buy them. I will buy some from Boots and see how I get on.
In answer to a previous comment I do have a washer up most of time. He is called a husband. And as well as supporting me with all treatment he does washing up 90% of time but dishwasher (not - husband) has not worked since christmas - so far not been fixed owing to snow and I was forced to do a small amount of washing up.
As it is because of lymphoedema there are many things I no longer do because of fear of exacerbating ie heavy gardening, digging, vacuuming, and I am no longer able to return to my old job as a secretary as I feel bashing a keyboard for hours on end would not help either.
Maybe my sense of humour has disappeared along with my confidence following the journey of two years I have been on.
Try medical supplies websites. Disposable vinyl gloves extra large made for hairy-handed medic students!
Hi, all,
I have got some from Sainsburys I am not sure what make they are but they have a long cuff so that protects more of your clothes too.
Goood luck with your search
Dawn
Starfish
Would another place to try be a builders suppliers? I’m thinking of the long ones they use when working with/mixing wet cement.
Also, if you arm is getting bigger and bigger, what is your lymphoedema clinic doing about it?
X to all
S
Bahon
Thanks for the suggestion. Sadly my arm has got bigger since being dx just over a year ago. I did the massage for a year (I guess I couldnt have been doing it correctly as it got bigger).
I have been lax I confess. I have had it up to here with hospitals. I did see a physio before christmas and then when I was due to go back she had to cancel the appt and I havent made another but I will.
I have just had a holiday for a few days in Devon and the hand (which had gone right down) swelled back up again. I find sitting and travelling in a car very bad for the lymphodema despite doing exercises during the journey.
Bahon
PS It is good to hear from you again. I had been wondering about you as you didnt seem to be posting for a while. I do not come on here much now myself. Trying to get on as best I can now Herceptin and chemo finished. But hard with lymphoedema and all the side effects of the various treatments we are left with to say nothing of the phychological effects.
Also how are those of us with lymphodema placed with regard to a reconstruction which I would like eventually if I can but worried about implications for lymphoedema.
Hi Starfish
Nice to see a post from you, though sorry to hear that it’s a bout a problem.
Firstly, I don’t think you should blame yourself in any way, shape or form for your hand betting bigger. If you’ve done what you were told to do and it hasn’t worked, then you need more intensive treatment to bring everything under control and down in size. And it just isn’t possible to do that on your own without qualified help.
It’s like being giving an eggcup to bail out the bath with one hand tied behind your back while the tap is still dripping. You need someone else to take out big scoops for you!
It just isn’t fair on patients to burden them with this with so little support.
Private MLD practitioners aren’t cheap, but if you choose one through mlduk.org.uk/ you will get a reputable practitioner who should be able to give you her undivided attention, support and advice.
I really feel for you. Lymphoedema sucks, it really, really does.
X to all
Starfish - I have also sent you a pm.