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Zoffiel
8 years agoMember
Battle Undies
I joined this forum in 2010 but didn't really participate until my recurrence in 2016. There has been some great stuff happening here in the last couple of years--support and humour, the sharing of ...
lrb_03
8 years agoMember
Hi, @iserbrown, the lymphoedema site you found is the Australasian Lymphology Association website, the peak body, in Australia, regarding lymphoedema. The area that wevcan see has consumer information, including a find a practitioner link, and general lymphoedema information. The health professionals information is behind a membership "wall". There is actually quite a lot of good information avalable online. The larger problem is access to services. Very few places have good public, funded services for lymphoedema, and even where they do it is a constant battle to maintain funding for the service. Lymphoedema doesn't have a medicare benifits scheme item number, which can make obtaining public funding for a service very challenging.
The ALA is currently trying to advocate and raise awareness around this issue
The ALA is currently trying to advocate and raise awareness around this issue