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San Antonio lawyer Cynthia Orr talks about dealing with lymphedema. Orr developed lymphedema, which she was at risk of as a result of having nearly all the lymph nodes in her armpit removed during cancer treatment, when she cut her hand while slicing a carrot in her kitchen. It was nine years after her bout with breast cancer.
Orr considers herself a “professional problem-solver,” so when she learned that cancer survivors were needlessly suffering because they couldn’t afford prescribed compression garments, she took up the cause pro bono. She understands what people with lymphedema go through and why they need this treatment because she is one of them.
Orr remembers a nurse explaining that her life-saving surgery made her more susceptible to developing lymphedema, describing it as a “side effect,” but over the years, cancer became a distant memory. Orr recently demonstrated how she wraps her left arm up with custom compression garments several times a day. The treatment is tedious, extending from the bottom of her fingers to her shoulder, but it’s necessary to minimize the painful swelling and avoid the risk of more severe disability.
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