Lymphatic Education
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A guest blog post by Kirk R. Cowardbéy, OTD, OTR/L, CLT, CSWS, FMT-C. This is a 9-minute read. 

NOTE: This article contains graphic images of wounds.

Imagine having lymphedema and going from one therapist’s office to another in search of proper wound care. You hope to find someone with the

photo: Rep. Ted Lieu (CA) and Kathy Bates at LE&RN Lobby Days 2019

LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates led a call to Rep. Ted Lieu (CA) on Thursday, August 13, 2020, along with LE&RN's DC staff and CEO. We thank Rep. Lieu for championing language in the FY2021 House Appropriations Bill that would

Join New York Chapter Member Tina Himaya for a reprise of her popular show What About Us? Living With Lymphedema. This will be broadcast on Zoom (and simultaneously on LE&RN's Facebook page) on Friday, August 21, at 7:00pm.

What About Us? Living with Lymphedema brings you Tina's story, from

We thank all the activists who joined us for the August 11 webinar to prepare for National Action Week. If you missed it, you can watch the recording by clicking the image above or by visiting LE&RN's Youtube channel.

What's next:

1. During LE&RN's National Action Week (August 17-21), call

The Centers of Excellence 2020 Summit, State-of-the-Art Lymphatic Medicine, will be entirely online, October 2-3, 2020, and will highlight presentations from each of LE&RN's newly designated Comprehensive and Network Centers of Excellence.

The Summit is hosted by Stanford University School

Over 27 million Americans have lymphatic diseases. There are no cures. There are no approved drug treatments. Existing treatments are often not covered by insurance.

These are the reasons we will email and call our Senators and Congressional Representatives during LE&RN National Action Week,

Join LE&RN for this free training webinar on Tuesday, August 11, at 2pm.

We'll go over LE&RN's Action Week agenda and discuss how you can make a big impact and improve the lives of those living with LE and LD.

To get started, just sign up here.

Thank you for being part of this initiative

Join forces with other LE&RN activists as we organize to call and email our representatives to change the lives of those living with LE and LD. From August 17 through August 21, we'll convince Congress to support two key goals:

• Establish a National Lymphatic Commission: Our relentless

A guest blog post by Melissa B. Aldrich, M.B.A., Ph.D. This is the second article in a two-part series about Dr. Aldrich and her colleagues’ clinical imaging studies and emerging research into the development of lymphedema. It’s a 7-minute read.

I am part of a team of immunologists,

A guest blog post by Melissa B. Aldrich, M.B.A., Ph.D. This is part one of a two-part series about Dr. Aldrich and her colleagues’ clinical imaging studies and emerging research about the development of lymphedema. It is a 7-minute read.

As a Ph.D. immunologist, I am part of a team that