I work for Aggressive Health Solutions as a Certified Mastectomy Fitter. I work almost every day with our lymphedema Therapist, Margaret Allen. We both started around the same time and share a great working relationship and friendship. She is a little OCD, and I am not at all so I tend to think we balance…
I utilize the Circaid Reduction kits frequently in my clinic, so when I was presented with an unusual request to treat a horse that was scheduled to be euthanized, I thought “what could it hurt”! I had less than a week to make a difference to give “Everest” a chance at life. Desperate times led…
This patient came to us after “years” of undiagnosed lymphedema of the right lower leg. He spent his career as a surgical technician at the local hospital where he was required to stand for extended periods of time. He was also unable to go through complete decongestive therapy as he was unable to wear bandages…
It all started when I simply had started a sit down job 4 years ago (December 2018) which I never had before at a call center and my legs would fall asleep and be soo heavy and I didn’t know what was going on. I tried to ignore it at first, because I didn’t want…
I have dealt with lymphedema for most of my life as a symptom of Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome. For my entire adult life, I’ve worn a compression garment from another brand on my right leg to help with swelling and the associated pain. In 2018, I was introduced to mediven at a medical conference. I decided to…
Lipedema is most often diagnosed in women following puberty, during pregnancy or around menopause. One patient, who was diagnosed at 20, is Caroline, a media designer. She made a virtue out of necessity by founding a blog straightaway called Lipedema fashion where she and other lipedema patients share their stories and discuss wearing compression therapy in their everyday…
I have secondary lymphedema in my left leg due to cervical cancer treatment in 2007. I had a radical hysterectomy, with the removal of 36 lymph nodes, followed by six weeks of chemo, 35 rounds of radiation, and four sessions of brachytherapy. My lymphedema presented in March 2016, nine years after being treated for cervical…
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