The challenge here is to bring years of lymphedema struggles into a compressed version, so that you can comprehend my journey as a lymphedema patient. How can I explain

Hello my name is Irene and im delighted to share my story. I developed spider veins at the age of 15 and varicose veins a few years after that. Anyway

I have had primary bilateral lymphedema for 30 years, since I first noticed swelling in my left foot when I was 13 years old. I was diagnosed 10 years later,

I got lymphedema in 2011 after 2010 hysterectomy for cancer. I have had to fight HealthNet for compression garments and had to beg friends to pay for my life extending

I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 52 in February 2014. I had a radical bilateral mastectomy and began breast reconstruction April 2014. Three axillary lymph nodes

I have primary lymphedema in both legs which became visible when I was about 15 years old, 40 years ago. My story highlights the need for educating professionals in all

Twelve years ago when I was undergoing treatment for breast cancer (which included chemo, surgery and radiation), the topic of lymphedema never came up. Two years after treatment, I began

I suspect that my lymphedema in my right forearm began in 1986 when I fell off my bike riding over railroad tracks, landing on my right arm. The impact probably

I had Stage III breast ccancer 15 years ago. It was a form with a marker that had never responded to Chemotherapy/Radiation. Usually people with that marker died quite soon.