Rebecca’s Story
In 2011 I had Zero stage breast cancer. I did not have a lump, I had calficifications. In Europe they are monitored and not removed. Here in the USA most
In 2011 I had Zero stage breast cancer. I did not have a lump, I had calficifications. In Europe they are monitored and not removed. Here in the USA most
Three years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in my left breast, during a biopsy. I had chosen to have a mastectomy if the lump was malignant, due to
I was diagosed with Lymphedema at the age of 57. But I had left leg swelling since I was 28 years old. It never was treated. I had a hysterectomy, due to
Hello, Friends! I am a 43-year-old stay-at-home mother of four children ages 8-14. I was diagnosed with primary lymphedema in July 2004, just 6 months after my fourth child was
I am 64 years old and was born with Milroy’s Disease as was my mother, grandmother and an uncle. Being surrounded by others with the same condition led me to
I have lymphedema due to removal of many lymph nodes affected by melanoma. These nodes are all in my left chest area including one in my breast. The loss of
At 72 years on this earth, I never expected the resultant lymphedema to occur post surgery and as the result of talking an antiobiotic, Levaquin. I have secondary lymphedema. Both legs
I have suffered from Lymphedema since I was 13 years old. It started so unexpectedly in my left leg and foot while I was sitting in my 8th grade classroom.
Nearly four years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. ( My mother died of breast cancer 42 years ago at age 54 and also suffered terribly with severe lymphedema) Just as
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