Thank you both for your responses. Where do you get the stockings? I have heard about them, but I didn't know if they were ok to use if I had not had treatment previously. I only have swelling in one leg, the left leg. It isn't extreme, it measures 30 in around. Large, but not as bad as many cases I have seen.

If I do get stockings, would I wear them on both legs if only one is swollen?

I also have lymphedema and had RNY 15 mo.s ago. My Dr. was very encouraging and his words have come true. He told me as the fat goes so will the fluid. My arms and legs now look like prunes and have shrunk considerably. I lay with my legs up after I have worked 12hr. shifts. You could have your legs measured and if they are small enough to wear stockings that will help. I had to go through the treatments for 5 mo.s and then the Dr. allowed me to get compression pantihose. I get them from MediUSA. They are pricey at $100.00 a pair but better than wrapping everyday. My last appt. the Dr. said I still have about 40# of fluid still in my legs so am working on more exercise to get it out. Good Luck!

Make sure its durable enough to last you for years and that it is adjustable, mine can be sewn smaller (the seams are on the outside as not to irritate the skin).  The rep who set me up with my pump said he'd never seen anything like it for the price and durability.  I have 2 full length in black, 2 full length in beige, 2 full length in off white, 2 below the knee length in beige.  I also found compression stockings on drugstore.com for extending the length on the below the knee ones.  I had tried spanx and they were not durable.  Jobst brand was way too expensive.

Drugstore.com sells pantyhose style and knee high style.

Amerimark.com sells the knee high style a *****eaper than drugstore.com

Thank you SOOO much for your response. I am going to copy/paste to my parent's e-mail account so she can read it for herself. I really wish she could get on line (other than dialup) to be involved in the world beyond her TV and weekly trips to the doctor. She is in such a small community, and off the beaten path to boot, that she sees and talks to very few people.

Thanks again. And, I am happy to be in onederland, too!!

I developed severe lympedema back in 1993 after a severe respiratory infection.  My legs blew up so badly that I could not wear shoes that touched my ankles.  I was wearing sandals in the middle of winter.  My weight escalated at this point to the 400's.  In 2006 I had reached a point where my mobility was so compromised that I either had to have WLS or be confined to a wheelchair.  In 2009 my weight had come down to 200.  I found a compression garment at an OH Convention being sold by Lipo-Xpress.  After wearing the garment faithfully for 6 mos. my legs started to deflate and I dropped 40 pounds of lymph fluid.  I still wear the garment faithfully to control the swelling.  I started off with 2 garments washing them each night to have a fresh one each day after showering.  As you know, cleanliness is completely necessary to avoid cellulitous.  I now own 8 garments so I only have to wash them once a week and still have a fresh one every day to wear.  If I had not had the surgery I would have never gotten to this point.  I never would have been able to wear the garments had I not lost over 200#.  So it was a combination of the surgery and the garments that have allowed me to be wearing a size 8 pant.  I too have a lypoma (on my back above my kidney).  My family physician says that lypomas are not anything to be concerned about unless they hurt.  If your mother can find a surgeon who will do WLS on her who has knowledge of the cancer then she should go for it.  It will improve the quality of her life.  If I had not had the surgery I would be dead or wishing I was.  Being over 50 and having a BMI in the 80's has got to be one of the worst depressions a person can have.