Tag: edema
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Shamed by Facebook: How One Woman’s “Undesirable” Photo Turned Outrage into Empowerment
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. Read more
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“I always end up still feeling good about my body”: How one woman with Parkes Weber Syndrome stays positive
Isa-Bella shares her story of positivity and hope in her own words. Read more
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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! Read more
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Daring to Bare
Each day that I combat my fears is another day affirming my self-worth, and those negative voices in my head get that much quieter. Read more
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“Facing a ticking clock”
“Sometimes I feel like I am facing a ticking clock, ticking down the number of days in which I can live a semi-normal life, or at least appear to do so to the outside world.” Read more
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“The Lymphie Life” Comic
During the spring semester I took a sequential art class, where I practiced drawing things like comic strips, story boards, and graphic novels. I saw it as a great opportunity to do something Lymphie-related and soon came up with a short story about a teenage girl, Minnie, who has lymphedema in her leg. She’s incredibly […] Read more
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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 – […] Read more