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March is Lymphedema Awareness Month

Posted by kit75 @kit75, Mar 4 11:55pm

March 6th is World Lymphedema Day

WLD is an annual advocate-driven celebration, which was established in 2016 by the United States Senate in response to a bill written by the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN). The year 2026 marks the 11th year of World Lymphedema Day. Although the day is called World Lymphedema Day, it’s about educating the world on all lymphatic diseases, including primary and secondary lymphedema (LE), lipedema (LI), lymphatic filariasis (LF), lymphatic malformations (LM), and the full lymphatic continuum (LC) of diseases impacted by the lymphatic system.
https://lymphaticnetwork.org/wld/
https://lymphaticnetwork.org/wld/get-involved/
https://lymphnet.org/

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kit75 | @kit75 | Mar 6 3:05pm

On this World Lymphedema Day #WLD, I wanted to acknowledge some of the lymphedema advocates / patients and their stories.

Kathy Bates On Living With Lymphedema & Needed Awareness
https://www.survivornet.com/articles/cancer-survivor-kathy-bates-ymphedema-risk-prevention/
Joan White
https://lighthouselymphedema.org/home/index.php/about/awards-and-honors-2
Veronica P. Seneriz
https://lymphiestrong.com/about/
Heather Ferguson
https://lymphedemaadvocacygroup.org/leadership-team/
Amy Rivera - Ninjas Fighting Lymphedema Foundation


Cam Ayala

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