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Love your lymph!

It’s been a rough few months. One minute disgustingly healthy, the next I was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. By the time I was operated on six weeks later the cancer had spread, necessitating the removal of four lymph nodes during surgery.

Discovering I had cancer was devastating enough, but I was subsequently diagnosed with secondary lymphoedema, a debilitating and incurable condition. Awareness of this condition is limited, although it’s estimated that it may affect up to

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