The hidden impact of Lymphedema

The hidden impact of Lymphedema

Sharing the mental and emotional effects of a physical disease for World Lymphedema Day 2019 It’s been two and a half years since my Lymphedema diagnosis, and I’d like to tell you I’ve adjusted and adapted and everything is hunky dory. But it isn’t. I have a good routine, my swelling is well controlled, and I look almost normal, but there are days when I feel anything but. I’m am backed by a community of “lymphies. “Some of them are far more physically affected than I, while some are triathletes and marathon runners. All deal with the mental and emotional […]

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Why You Can’t Afford Not to Go Clean

You Can't Afford Not to Go Clean on Pura Vida Sometimes

When I graduated from business school, I decided I was going to make it big in the business of music and put my shiny new degree to good use, so I emptied my bank account and moved to LA where I was offered an (unpaid) marketing job working on a movie. When I wasn’t designing posters, conducting guerrilla marketing, or working screenings, I was interviewing for administrative jobs that I was “highly overqualified” for, and working on my tan. It was a great and very strange experience, and I made a really good friend out of it. One day as […]

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