There are a few ways to help relieve the edema.
#1 Eat salt free without mistake. Do not add salt to your food and cook everything from scratch using salt free ingredients. It is a lot of work and food will taste bland for a few days, but the results are worth it. There is enough salt in food naturally to give you any sodium you might need.

#2 Use medicines that relieve swelling. Be sure to complain to you doctor and let him know how much the swelling is bothering you. So call today and leave him/her a message or make an appointment asap. There are also lots of different kinds of meds that will help in this area. Most of them make you feel like a slug.


#3  Watch the sodium intake and elevate feet/legs whenever possible. I've had edema so bad where the tops of my feet would leak fluid. Ankles were no longer visible. The highest dosage of Prednisone I've ever been on was 180 mg. As a child I took 60 mg of Prednisone and I kept my feet up as much a possible. When you feel your feet tightening then you need to get off of them as soon a possible.

My experience I use an old family remedy. water with fresh lemon squeezed into it. I use 16 oz of water and one lemon per glass. it flushes the water off quickly and it seems to stay off for a long time. Just becareful if you are warned to limit citrus. I can have all citrus except grapefruit which would not allow my meds to absorb.