Tag: awareness
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Happy Lymphedema Awareness Day!
March 6th is Awareness Day for us lymphies, a day to honor and celebrate all who are living and coping with the disease. It’s also a day to show the world that this is no longer a rare condition, and that we need proper treatment, coverage, and support. How can you participate? Show…
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Casual ignorance
A few days ago, this popped up on my Twitter feed: (For those of you who may not know, “cankles” is a derogatory term that refers to when your calf meets your ankle. If you’ve got lower extremity lymphedema, then you’re probably familiar with this term.) “If you have kankles, don’t”… don’t what? Why should people that…
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Donate, donate, donate!
Hey, lymphies! This is just a reminder to please donate to the Lymphatic Research Foundation by checking out The Lymphie Life’s “virtual walk” page here, or click here to make your donation. My goal is to raise $2,500 for LRF, and as of this posting, we are 10% of the way there! Here is the…