my name is mark wayne slay i am 40 years old  and live in birmingham alabama i was born with  primary lymphedema in both legs  i am a rare case as i am male and have  bilateral lymphedema and  mainly primary  lymphedema  mainly occurs in females in the lower limbs  and  not allways in both limbs  i love  to  meet other people that  have  my condition  but  to this day i have only seen 5 people  with primary the rest have been secondary patients  who got lymphedema from brest cancer or surgery errors i love to cook  read and  watch  anykind of how to show and spend time with my furbaby smokey  hes a charcoalgrey furball  who makes me  laugh and  loves  to play with a lazerpointer point  i call him my little knothead  but i love him dearly