The Northwest Lymphedema Center based in Seattle, Washington, helps people of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, understand and meet the challenges of living well with lymphedema.
You may want to know if lymphedema poses any additional health risks in relation to COVID-19. Our blog shares further information. With our partner, Cancer Lifeline, we continue to provide support groups and self-care classes on-line through ZOOM. Please join us.
Education
National Lymphedema Network’s Position on Injection Sites for COVID-19 Vaccination
National Lymphedema Network’s Position on Injection Sites for COVID-19 Vaccination
March 1 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm PST
Community
March 2021 Lymphedema Support Group
Making Gardening Easier with Adaptive Methods & Equipment by Sheila Taft, Certified Horticulture Therapist
March 13 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm PST
Resources
- 2020 Year-end MessageThis pandemic does not care about lymphedema. But we do. This year here in Seattle we had the first reported COVID–19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kirkland, WA in February. That meant we started restricting our movements before the rest of the country. I remember this painfully, as I had to explain to a perplexed family in the Midwest that we would not be […]