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Sandy’s Story

In June of 2011 my life changed forever as a result of a mastectomy for breast cancer with the additional removal of 26 lymph nodes. I had never heard of

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Nancy’s Story

I am blessed to be a breast cancer survivor since 1984 at the age of 42. I had mastectomy surgery and removal of 14 lymph nodes, which were all free

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Alice’s Story

I had a total shoulder replacement on the left side due to arthritis. Two months afterwards, I noticed my left arm was swollen. I called my surgeon and he had

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Cynthia’s Story

My mother was first treated for breast cancer in the 80’s, with a radical mastectomy and an overdose of radiation therapy. She developed lymphedema, and the only treatment offered at

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Barbara’s Story

I was diagnosed in 1994 with breast cancer. I had almost all the lymph nodes taken out on the affected side. Five years later I got lymphedema in that arm

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Beth’s Story

My name is Beth and I have lymphedema in both legs, my left leg is definitely the worst of the two. At the onset of the swelling I didn’t have

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Angela’s Story

My story starts with having breast cancer in 2004, I ended up with having right mastectomy..I had no chemo and no radiation,they tested lymph nodes with sentinel-lymphnode test which at

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Sherry’s Story

My name is Sherry and I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer on August 8, 2012. I had a lumpectomy done on September 11, 2012 and everything seemed to be going

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Sarah’s Story

I was diagnosed with bilateral lower extremity lymphedema in December 2001. From 2002-2004, I received manual lymph therapy and compression wrapping to reduce the swelling of my legs. During this

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