A guest blog by Veronica "Vern" Seneriz. Vern is the Chair of the LE&RN Texas Chapter and is the founder of LymphieStrong.

How many adages do you know related to silence?

Silence is deafening.

Silence is golden.

In the fight for our lives and in the race for a cure, silence is not golden

Pictured above: NYS Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, LE&RN President and CEO William Repicci, and LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates.

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and allies,

On October 2, 2018, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a first-in-the-nation Act, authored by LE&RN. The public health

Bill now includes "lymphatic research" in Committee recommendations

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members and other LE/LD Advocates,

TOGETHER we are making progress. 

The U.S. Senate just passed its second minibus bill, which now goes to the House. Assuming passage there, it will go to the

LE&RN is spearheading an effort to ensure that lymphatic research receives funding under the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) at the Department of Defense (DoD).

We are grateful to Representative Ted Lieu of California (at right) for his leadership on this issue, and have sent

LE&RN LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT: Contact your Senators and House Representatives; ask them to support research on Lymphatic Diseases (LD) at the Department of Defense.

Note: only constituents living in the States listed below should contact the named Appropriation Committee legislators. We

Dear LE&RN Supporting Members, and Allies in the Fight Against LE and LD,

I am honored and excited to announce that Taiwan is now an international Chapter of the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN). I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve as a Supporting Member, promoting

Surgeons around the country wrote the following letter to Congress, asking that they increase funding for lymphatic research.

May 10, 2018

The Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, 304 Russell Senate Office Building,

LE&RN Spokesperson and Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd annual Lymphedema Symposium on November 3 at 1:15pm in Boston at Merck Research Laboratories. Ms. Bates' talk, "Living with Lymphedema," will take place on Day 2 of this two-day