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Bahumi Madisakwane shares a picture of her lymphoedema condition

Actress and reality show star Bahumi Madisakwane shared a picture of her incurable lymphoedema condition. The star revealed that she had the condition in an episode of her father, Somizi’s reality TV show, Living the Dream with Somizi. Lymphoedema causes swelling in an arm or a leg caused by a lymphatic system blockage.

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Bahumi embraced the condition by sharing a picture of her swollen, uneven legs on social media. She shared in part; “Being herself was her truest form of worship. X4.”

Bahumi Madisakwane shares a picture of her lymphoedema condition. Take a peek.

 

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Being herself was her truest form of worship. X4.

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