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Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2025: Taking To Social Media As part of Lymphoedema Awareness Week (3rd–7th March 2025), I partnered with several charities to raise awareness and share insights into life with lymphoedema, a condition I’ve been living with for almost nine years. My goal wasn’t just to highlight the physical realities of the condition but to shed light on the often-overlooked emotional and mental toll it can take. For the first time, I took to Instagram to publicly

Balancing Dreams and Diagnosis: Life Goals and My Professional Career It’s been a while since I last wrote about my personal life goals, beyond the usual medical and lymphoedema-focused updates. Since then, I’ve graduated university during the national lockdown and gone on to audition and secure three professional contracts in the performing arts industry. Straight out of my degree, I spent a lot of time questioning whether dance was truly the right path for me, especially wi

Learning Beyond Lived Experience: Research, Webinars and Seminars While I used to believe I knew everything about lymphoedema simply because I live with it, years of experience have shown me that I had only just scratched the surface. In 2025, I’ve made it my mission to continue learning and growing on this journey so I feel proactive rather than stagnant in managing my condition. While away with work, I’ve been using my free time to explore recent medical studies, attend onl

Raising Awareness: LymphLine Article In June 2024, I reached out to Karen at the Lymphoedema Support Network (LSN) to contribute an article to their quarterly newsletter, LymphLine. My aim was to raise awareness of lymphoedema in individuals who don’t fit the typical profile often associated with the condition. I’m deeply passionate about increasing visibility for younger people living with primary or secondary lymphoedema as I’ve found this demographic to be significantly un

5 Years Post LVA: What Surgery Did (and Didn’t) Do Following the surgery, my leg’s swelling rapidly reduced to just 2–3cm excess and 14% volume difference when I was next measured for compression garments. Initially, I was amazed by the results. However, being completely honest, the swelling has gradually rebounded over time. One year post-surgery, my excess measured around 20%. Two years after, it increased to 24–27%. Now, at the five-year mark, it has returned to approximat