Cancer treatment comes with its own language, and lymphatic care has a particularly dense dialect of it. CDT. MLD. CLT-LANA. Stage II. L-Dex. Class 2 flat knit. Cording. LVA. Most of these get used in appointments as though everyone already knows them. Most people don’t, and asking feels awkward when there are bigger things to discuss. So here they are, decoded. For each: what it means, why it matters to you, and what’s worth asking.