I figured it was time I "came out".  The truth is, I don't just work on the physical body.  I've always been a little different to most people and I have kept that side of me separate from my work for all these years.  Or so I thought. I'd always thought that if I said […]

Last Monday night, at our monthly support group meeting, Nicola Beverley came to talk to us about makeup post cancer treatment - she runs Make Me Me,  a voluntary, community based event created for women dealing with cancer or long term illness to spend an afternoon together being pampered.  Watch her introductory video here.  A number […]

One of my clients, Chris, has very kindly given permission for me to share her photos and reports to write this blog. Chris is what I'd call a very "motivated" client.  She is determined that she will kick lymphoedema's butt, no matter how many times I tell her that she can control it with good maintenance […]

This weekend was spent learning how to do Lymph Taping.   We were taught by Joyce Bosman, assisted by my original Vodder trainer, Jan Douglass, who now runs the training in Australia. Lymph Taping was developed in 1978 by Dr Kenzo Kase in Asia (Korea and Japan) and specific treatment methods for lymphoedema were not […]

This was one of the many powerful presentations at the Conference, presented by Louise Koelmeyer of Macquarie University. What made it so powerful was that it was a case study of a patient who had undergone surgery and she and her husband were both there to discuss it with us first hand.  So many of […]

I wish I had taken some notes is all I can say, but I was so mesmerised by Dr Ramin Shayan of the University of Melbourne, Australia that I just sat and listened.  So I'll have to rely on what impacted me most to pass onto you. First of all I have to mention Dr […]

I've just returned from the 11th Australasian Lymphology Association Conference, held in Darwin from 26-28 May, 2016.  These conferences are filled with information on the latest research which is always interesting and a bit mind-boggling at times.  I was very excited that this year there was a real focus on Lipoedema, a condition I am […]

I can't tell you how impressed, excited and amazed I am with the wonderful ladies of the Lipoedema Australia Support Society (LASS).  They have once again crossed boundaries and have been featured on The Project on Channel 10.  The Project went to the second LASS conference last weekend and filmed there as well but didn't […]

I'm just back from a week in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia having attended the 2016 Asia Pacific Lymphology Conference.  I've made a very short video giving a few highlights for you to view  here.  I'll be working on a few blog posts over the coming weeks to talk about what I learnt […]

Chris came to me at the beginning of January, having had a squamous cell carcinoma removed and a total axillary clearance with four weeks of radiation last October.  The swelling in her breast started almost straight away after the surgery and she had been for a number of treatments with a physiotherapist who diagnosed her […]