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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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.
As we adapt to a changing world, so too must our lymphedema treatment routines.
When living with a chronic health condition like lymphedema, “staying positive” is somewhat of a weighted phrase.
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.
For us lymphies, the new year is a great time to look at our health habits—both physical and mental—and see what we need to work on, and what we can carry over with us into the new year.
Positivity and intentional gratitude foster resilience, which is huge for those of us living with chronic medical conditions like lymphedema.
Imagine you were just diagnosed with lymphedema, except you’re in a foreign country. In addition to your diagnosis and treatment, there are language barriers, cultural differences, and insurance coverage to navigate — all the while adjusting emotionally and psychologically to life with a chronic medical condition.
While reflecting on the symbology of eclipses, of the significance of things being revealed over time and of trusting in the things we cannot control, I was reminded of my experience with lymphedema.
How many times have you wanted to hear those words? I can’t even begin to count how often I have wishedContinue Reading