oedema information

Hi Everyone. Todays piece is about the Lymphoedema Support Network in the UK. For those outside of the UK please do make sure that you visit their website because it is literally choc full of amazing free resources! http://www.lymphoedema.org/ I have known Anita, Karem and the team for over 10 years now and they are amongst the most knowledgeable and caring team out there. Whether you are a new sufferer. or a long term sufferer they will be able to help and will always do so with a smile on the face (you can tell - even down the phone) So please have a look around the site, learn about your condition and share the LSN information The LSN even have a course for Doctors! Here a piece from their website detailing just that.... Continuing our work with General Practitioners Being a General Practitioner (GP) in today’s NHS is not an easy task, appointment times are short, demand is high, extraordinary growth in medical knowledge, along with what we expect our GPs to know

Living in England in the 80s as a teenager if anyone ever talked about the "p" word it either meant going to the toliet or reminded me of the TV show Blockbusters when everyone would laugh when a contestant would say "can I have a P please Bob" Now I'm older and mostly more grown up I have a better understanding of what the "p" word means to people. When you don't have pain, you don't understand. How many times have we looked at someone struggling with a bad back and shook our heads in disbelief. We'll, with Oedema, and lipoedema that happens all the time. All that is seen is a "Fat" shell, so obviously this has been brought about by the person themselves, and being overweight doesn't hurt - does it. Well, let me tell you Oedema really hurts. In the post below from Lymphie Strong, Vern  captures it beautifully as she shares part of her story Enjoy, and think. Pain and Lymphedema Let’s talk about the “P” word. T