Home-Based Weight Loss, Exercise Programs Don't Help LE

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edited August 2019 in Lymphedema

Home-Based Weight Loss, Exercise Programs Don't Help Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
August 26, 2019
Neither weight loss nor at-home exercise programs — nor a combination of the two — improved lymphedema beyond the standard of care in overweight women who had been treated for breast cancer. Read more...

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  • Spoonie77
    Spoonie77 Member Posts: 925
    edited August 2019

    Thanks for sharing this Mods. Good information to know.

    In fact, honestly it puts the past 10 months of struggling with Breast Lymphedema in a whole new light.

    I find it helpful to know that if I'd been more successful in exercising or dieting that it wouldn't have changed my battle with LE in any significant way. IMO it allows for much less self-criticism too and a solid leg to stand on when/if others/doctors may eventually say that those choices would make things better for my LE.

    Like i said....good things to know. :)

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