Tag: awareness
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Memorial Day Weekend’s #StompOutLE Walk
Meeting other people with lymphedema is always exciting — it’s kind of like discovering friends you never knew you had!
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Must Read: Article on the “Lymphedemic”
LE&RN executive director William Repicci’s recent article for National Lymphedema Awareness Day is worth reading for patients and healthcare providers alike.
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Self Care for Lymphedema Management – Get To Know Your Neck!
The following is a guest post from Toronto Physiotherapy: As a Certified Decongestive Therapist trained in manual lymphatic drainage, and a Registered Physiotherapist, I’m often asked by my lymphedema patients why I am so focused on the neck during my lymphatic massage treatments, even when the Lymphedema is presenting in an arm or leg. The…
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Lymphedema vs Edema
When I was in treatment for my eating disorder, the doctors warned me that I may experience edema as a side effect of the “re-feeding process,” meaning I may have some swelling in addition to the chronic swelling I already had with lymphedema. I was scared, because I thought it would permanently affect my leg –…
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Cautious (but big!) Hope
Some good news for breast cancer patients with secondary lymphedema: On March 6th – Lymphedema Awareness Day – researchers presented investigational pre-clinical data on the first potential pharmacologic agent used in combination with surgery for the treatment of breast cancer associated lymphedema (source). In layman’s terms, this team of researchers have gathered data that shows…
