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Lymphedema patients face significant costs for daily compression garments and treatment, though Medicare’s 2024 expansion offers partial relief for some expenses.

The chronic condition, often developing after cancer surgery, causes daily pain and lifestyle limitations requiring specialized treatment from lymphedema clinics.

Experts emphasize that early intervention with specialized techniques like short-stretch bandaging can reduce pain and prevent dangerous complications like sepsis.

To the editor : I, too, have lymphedema, yet not nearly as debilitating as Kathy Bates described in her recent op-ed ( “When surviving cancer isn’t the end of the fight,” Oct. 23).

About 10 yea

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