Stress Reduction for Lymphedema

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Hydrotherapy called "HydroFE"

Babz Jackson's Symposium

Kathleen Helen Lisson is board certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork and is a Certified Lymphedema Therapist in San Diego, California (USA). She helps clients with lymphedema and lipedema as well as clients who have had plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery after cancer.

She has spoken at the American Vein and Lymphatic Society, Fat Disorders Resource Society, International Society of Lymphology, MLD UK,

Society for Oncology Massage and National Lymphedema Network conferences. She has published several books, including her latest, 'Stress Reduction for Lymphedema.

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LE&RN's mission is to fight lymphatic diseases through education, research, and advocacy. We seek to accelerate the prevention, treatments and cures for lymphedema, lipedema, lymphatic anomalies, and the continuum of lymphatic diseases.

About LE&RN
The Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) is an internationally recognized non-profit organization founded in 1998 to fight lymphatic disease (LD) through education, research, and advocacy. Lymphatic diseases include lymphedema (LE), lipedema, and lymphatic anomalies. LE&RN is equally committed to investigating preventive and therapeutic benefits for a broad array of diseases that are impacted by lymphatic function, such as heart disease, obesity, AIDS, Rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, and cancer metastasis.

To accomplish these goals, LE&RN sponsors research fellowship grants, an international patient registry and biorepository, live-stream symposiums, the peer-reviewed journal Lymphatic Research & Biology, weekly e-newsletters, scholarship grants to lymphedema therapists, conference travel awards to young researchers, and a vibrant website with features such as Ask the Experts, connecting patients with the field’s more renowned practitioners. LE&RN has Chapters and Centers of Excellence globally. In 2016, LE&RN created World Lymphedema Day on March 6th, which was established by unanimous vote of the United States Senate.

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Not post cancer but post other surgeries yes, and my stress and lymphedema are both out of control. Help is hard to find unless I can navigate getting to outpatient therapy and still be able to move after wrapping. Can’t for the life of me find trained lymphedema therapists who will do home visits, unlike other OTs and PTs who regularly do home visits yet are not trained in LE therapy. I don’t understand why LE therapy isn’t prioritized for home care when it can cause patients to literally become homebound, like me. I feel hopeless after going crazy searching for answers and help, on and off for a few years now! I can no longer drive due to the extreme swelling in my legs, and can barely walk and stand “comfortably” for more than a few minutes, all due to my extremely swollen legs. And the one thing that would help reduce the swelling (not just maintain it) is short stretch bandage wrapping, which unfortunately I cannot do on myself. I am not that agile. So my only option is to go to an outpatient location if someone else drives me, and get in and out of a vehicle wrapped from toe to hip and that’s hard to do even without the wraps on at this stage! Home LE therapy would be a game changer. Once reduced to maintenance stage, I could much more easily go to outpatient treatments several times per week. 🤷🏻‍♀️