When I first went away to college after completing synovial sarcoma treatment, I thought I'd be leaving cancer behind me, except for the occasional checkup.

Unfortunately, I was quite mistaken. The end of my synovial sarcoma treatment brought lymphedema, a type of swelling usually occurs in the arm or leg as a result of lymph node damage caused by cancer treatment.

Noticing my lymphedema symptoms
One day, I was walking...