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« on: December 17, 2009, 07:19:01 PM »
   Ok   I have one of those upper arm fistulas and  what I notice now is that arm is just plain bigger than the other....    like about 20 to 30 percent bigger.......   and more veins close to the skin........

  anyone else have a bigger arm.......   
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2009, 07:29:22 PM »
My fistula is in the upper arm and is 1 yr old. I've been using it for 8 mos. I can't tell any difference in either arm. I wish I could get a pic to show up but it won't. :Kit n Stik; all you can see are the 2 spots thaat are the buttonholes.
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2009, 07:34:26 PM »
  Well it just could be me...... and I need to use my left arm more.......  lazy thing......   
                          I guess I have one Fat ARM .......     thats ok......   Cant hurt to start with weights......
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2009, 08:16:55 PM »
Quote from: tyefly on December 17, 2009, 07:34:26 PM
  Well it just could be me...... and I need to use my left arm more.......  lazy thing......   
                          I guess I have one Fat ARM .......     thats ok......   Cant hurt to start with weights......
Well, it could.

My neph told me never to lift anything heavier than 10 pounds with my fistula arm--lifting heavy weights could cause the fistula to clot.

Talk with your neph before weight lifting with your fistula arm.
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2009, 09:22:51 PM »
I noticed my fistula arm looks a tad bit bigger. I think because it's swollen or something all the time? Or it might be because I had that arm, basically, cut all the way open to move the fistula to the surface. That's probably it. The scar on the side of my arm is pulled really tight, it hurts.
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2009, 10:25:37 PM »
Mine is bigger which sucks when you have to buy clothes.. I'm fat already, but one arm being bigger than the other poses a problem with a lot of longer sleeved shirts for me. Also I have a lot of tiny little veins around the surface, even in the lower part of the arm even though the fistula is in the upper arm.
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2009, 07:07:39 PM »
If you were a bloke, you wouldn't worry about one arm being bigger than the other...  ;) :rofl;
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2009, 11:59:10 AM »
Yes,right arm is bigger. Sleeves on tops are a bit tighter on my fistula arm. Could be because of all that squeeesing that ball.
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