Lymphie Win: After 12-Year Effort, Lymphedema Treatment Act Becomes Law
Like muscles working to pump stubborn lymphatic fluid, advocates of the Lymphedema Treatment Act worked hard to pump the bill along and keep it moving.
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Research Roundup: Students are designing the future of lymphedema management
A summary of lymphedema and lymphatic research news from April 2019.
A conversation with Emma Detlefsen, the girl in the purple cape
“Maybe at first people are like, ‘Who is this kid?’ But usually after I talk, they realize that I kinda know what I’m talking about.”
A conversation with Heather Ferguson, mother of the Lymphedema Treatment Act
“Lymphedema has become a defining feature of my life precisely because I didn’t want it to define my son’s life.”
Research Roundup: Axillary Nodes, Advocacy, and the Lymphedema Lobby Days
A summary of lymphedema and lymphatic research news from March 18 – 24, 2017.
Updates on the Lymphedema Treatment Act
Through the tireless work of the Lymphedema Advocacy Group, patient advocates, and politicians like Congressman Dave Reichert championing the bill, there has been a groundswell of support and action.
Recap: Lymphedema Lobby Days 2016
I joined over seventy patient advocates from across the country for an amazing, inspiring, nerve-wracking, exhilarating, and empowering couple of days in Washington, DC.
Checking in and catching up
For those of you burning the midnight oil so you can fully follow your passions someday — we can do this! (The key is lots of twenty-minute naps.)
Lymphedema Awareness Day
Today is a day for us to join together and use our voices not only to spread awareness about lymphedema, but to celebrate our amazing community.