Category: Reflections
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Back in Circulation: Sharing news, notes, and next steps
Like excess lymphatic fluid massaged from swollen tissue, The Lymphie Life is back in circulation — and we have lots to catch up on.
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Third Time’s a Charm: Finding Purpose in Patience Amidst Another Surgery Delay
Another surgery delay has left me reeling yet again. Here’s how I’m practicing lymphatic acceptance amidst all the changes.
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How I Prepared for My Lymphedema Surgery… Then Life Happened
Back in March, my upcoming lymphedema surgery seemed impossibly far away. Then, all of a sudden, it was here. And then, even more abruptly — it wasn’t.
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Next Stop, Cleveland: I’m Getting Surgery for My Lymphedema
At the end of March, I was somewhere I never expected I’d be: Sitting in an exam room at the Cleveland Clinic’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department.
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Seeing Red: My First Encounter with Cellulitis
Never ignore your lymphie intuition. Here’s how being proactive and advocating for myself kept me out of the hospital.
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One Day at a Time: What 10 Years Without Alcohol Taught Me about My Lymphedema
It’s been ten years without alcohol and a lifetime with lymphedema. The key to both, I’ve found, is to keep taking them one day at a time.
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10 Years of The Lymphie Life: What a Decade of Lymphedema Blogging Taught Me
Reflections from your local lymphedema blogger, after a decade of writing.
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My Top 5 Takeaways from the 2019 National Lymphedema Network Conference
The 2019 NLN Conference was full of amazing information. Here are five of my biggest takeaways.
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Those 5 Difficult Words: “May I have your seat?”
What’s worse: no one offering me a seat, or me not speaking up for myself while I’m in pain? How can I expect others to look out for me when I don’t look out for myself?