Welcome
The Northwest Lymphedema Center website has been created for the benefit of patients and caregivers looking for information and resources to ease the burden of their ongoing struggle with lymphedema
Providing answers and information
We are here to answer your questions. We can be your confidant or your cheerleader, whichever is appropriate, for we know lymphedema management is a major commitment requiring a tremendous amount of patience, knowledge and understanding.
Patient Education
As therapists and patients ourselves, we learned early on the value of patient education. We produced the first instructional self-care videos in 1995, and to date there are over 12,000 in circulation. With the advent of streaming video, we are now able to make this information available to everyone, worldwide, who has access to the internet.
Patient Self-Care Class
Our six-hour patient self-care class is offered every three months at the JoViPak® Design Center in Kent, Washington, and covers a wide range of subjects, including self MLD, exercise, skin care, compression garments and even nutrition. We have video taped several of these classes and have posted a large portion of this information on this website. (see videos).
NWLC is here for you
If you would like us to cover a particular subject not shown so far, just let us know. We would love to see you here in our next class; however, until that can happen, we want you to have the information. You are encouraged to call (206) 575-7775 or email us info@nwlymphedemacenter.org whenever you feel we can be helpful. That is what we are here for.
Lynn Fass, RN, CLT, Northwest Lymphedema Center President
JoAnn Rovig, CLT-LANA, NTP, Northwest Lymphedema Center Co-Founder
