Tag: Compression Garments

MAKING SELF CARE A PRIORITY[ 2021]

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MAKING SELF CARE A HIGHER PRIORITYSelf care Self love

My new year’s resolution is to make self care a higher priority. Working with lymphedema patients I’ve seen time and again how self care improves the quality of one’s life. I have never been very good at self care. I’m really good at taking care of everyone else. Being a caregiver is part of who I am and I doubt that will ever change. What I would like to change however, is my willingness and ability to take care of myself, to improve the quality of my life. My customers have helped me come to this realization – self care is self love. Continue reading →

Misdiagnosed Lymphedema

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LYMPHEDEMA MISDIAGNOSED FOR 17 YEARS!lymphedema awareness

Rita ended up in the hospital again, this time with sepsis. She had been here before, due to infections and wounds caused by legs that continually swelled. Time and time again she had sought medical help but to no or little avail. After the hospital stay came the nursing home. Then finally home again with a physical therapist to help her gain back some of the ground she had lost spending so much time immobile.

This was a new therapist, which disappointed Rita. She liked her last home health therapist a great deal. However, she had little say in the matter as her old therapist had left the organization. Finding a good therapist can be challenging at times. Now she says that her new therapist, Monica, was a God send. She was the first person in nearly 17 years who recognized and properly diagnosed her condition, lymphedema. Continue reading →

Will Insurance Cover My Compression?

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Insurance coverage for lymphedema

THE REAL QUESTION IS…

Will my insurance company cover my compression garments? Will Medicare cover my compression garments? Sometimes yes, but more often they will not. If they do pay, the real question is, how much will they pay? It’s all part of the medical insurance game. The other day I needed to purchase a prescription drug. I was shocked when they told me the price was over $600. When I explained to them I did not have insurance to cover this drug, they said, “Oh, then we can give you a discount, it will now be only $60.” How can that be? How can a drug price drop that drastically? Continue reading →