3 Ways You Can Advocate for Lymphedema Awareness โ Today!
March is Lymphedema Awareness Month, however you can advocate for awareness no matter the time of year.
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March is Lymphedema Awareness Month, however you can advocate for awareness no matter the time of year.
In honor of Lymphedema Awareness Day, we’ll be spending the month of March getting to know some of the people behind global lymphedema advocacy efforts.
We’re not only explaining lymphedema and the lymphatic system, but doing so within the context of our own personal experiences as lymphies.
Life with a rare disease is one often fraught with a lack of answers โ but it’s also one of immense hope.
Although Lymphedema Day has been celebrated in various communities since 1994, today is significant as it is the first time it is being officially recognized and honored by governing bodies.
One of the first things we learn when diagnosed with lymphedema is that there’s no cure. There are, however, a number of treatment options to help manage symptoms!
With your support, we can get this recognized on a global level and bring much-needed attention to the fight against lymphedema and lymphatic disease.
Social media holds the potential to connect and empower people, but it can just as easily tear down and dehumanize them. For one Canadian woman on Facebook earlier this week, it did both.
Last week a stranger asked me a thought-provoking question: “If you could define your life in one word, what would that word be?
Meeting other people with lymphedema is always exciting โ it’s kind of like discovering friends you never knew you had!