Hi Tammy, Sorry for the delay in responding to your post.  I don't always check this board even though I should, and until the last couple of days haven't really been on OH much lately.  Busy wrapping I guess.  It really has taken over our lives these last 2 weeks.  My sister and I drive an hour and a half away to Avera Queen of Peace to see the PT there.  She is great!  Starting tomorrow we will be focusing on my right leg, as these first 2 weeks were all about my left.  We're doing the massage and some exercises.  I wear the wraps as much as possible.  My sis is going to be wrapping the left from now on....so our sessions can be more about the right leg.  It is bigger and more difficult to wrap so the PT decided we would start slow and just do the left to begin with.  It is a 188 mile RT each time we go, so I am glad that we are now going to be doing it just 3 times a week for the next several weeks.....gas being so high anyway it is costing a small fortune, but it is worth it!  I have a long way to go and hope to get into compression hose sometime in the next year as my legs are in pretty bad shape....so large and deformed with lots of folds and lobes (really quite hideous!). I'm sorry to hear about your thigh surgery causing the lymphedema.  I hope things can get better for you and the scarring.  Hopefully early intervention is going to add to your success.  I saw your profile pics....and you are just a tiny lady....you look fabulous!  Congrats on your award too.  It's neat to know there are angels out there that want to continue to help others even after they have made it to the losers bench. I am leaning toward having the DS myself and will probably travel to your neck of the woods to see Dr. Buchwald.  Not sure how this is all going to work out yet.  Right now I'm kinda wrapped up with the lymphie treatments...man this disease is the pits (no pun intended...well okay maybe a little --- lol...it keeps me from crying sometimes anyway).  Hopefully this week I'll be able to make some phone calls and get more info.  I was going to see Dr. Harris in Sioux Falls, but he mainly does RNY and has just started doing a few DS---I'm thinking I want to go with someone a little more experienced with the DS, so now I'm back at square one on gathering info.  Well, I gotta go roll some freshly washed (air dried of course) wraps, so I'll end my ramblings here.  I hope to talk to you soon.  Best wishes.