I have always been over weight my whole life and pear shaped. My legs where always large so I never really noticed that they were swollen not just fat. In

After at least 5 stays in the hospital with cellulitus over a period of 10 years, with all my savings spent on tests and supplements, I found lymphedema on the

I am a Breast Cancer Survivor. 2012 I had double mastectomies, axillary lymph dissection, chemo, & radiation. I developed lymphedema of my right arm, hand, chest & back. It is

I was diagnosed with stage IIIC breast cancer on September 10, 2013. I underwent extensive chemotherapy until January 2, 2014 and had a double mastectomy on January 24, 2014. I

I was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1979. My ob/gyn, who also happened to be a surgeon and cancer specialist, recommended a radical hysterectomy–lymph nodes, uterus, ovaries, and 1/3 of

I am a cancer survivor. When I had all my lymphnodes removed in my groin area removed I never once realized the impact it would cause on my life and

My mother has lymphedema in both of her legs, which the doctor just diagnosed a couple of weeks ago. This was discovered less than two weeks after my father passed

Every day my leg calves grow to twice their normal size. My knees disappear.  Every day I fight with all my strength to pull thigh-high compression stockings into place to

I have what they call Latent Primary Lymphedema. I was 61 years old and had an epidural for pain in my back. A few days afterwards my ankles started to