Category: Reflections

  • Getting Personal

    Getting Personal

    Hey, all. Living with this disease has not been easy. Growing up, I always knew one of my legs was bigger than the other – we just didn’t have a name for it yet. I wasn’t diagnosed until my sophomore or junior year of high school, when one of my mother’s friends came over. She…

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  • Hello, world!

    Hello, world!

    My name is Alexa. I’m starting this blog about lymphedema, where I’m not only going to talk about my own journey with the disease but post other news and information about it, too. I hope for this to be a place of support and awareness, where people can learn about and discuss what it’s like…

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