Life in Compression
This is not a scientific educational article. It is my personal examination of lymphedema, similar to a travelogue... Lymphedema If you ask me what the biggest difference between lipedema and lymphedema is: the final realization that it is irreversible and will not get better. The same is certainly the often indescribable pain that everyone
This topic is so important to me that even after the fourth attempt I do not hesitate to try to put into words everything that I really want to tell you about today. It's actually not just about lipedema or lymphedema. Of course you have one (and probably two more) illness (s). You know
All chronic diseases have their challenges, such as: B. A new identity, and one cannot and must not even differentiate between noticeable, visible or incomprehensible restrictions for the environment, because each one brings with it its own hurdles. I would love to make this article fun and entertaining, but there are topics that are even interesting to me
When one day dear Ursula (@ursel_at_home) called me and asked if I would like to write a blog post for lipedema fashion about menopause, I said spontaneously: "Yes!". Later I sat here at my laptop and thought, "What were you thinking?" Menopause was something I didn't think about, nor wanted to think about.
A few weeks ago Ursula (@ursel_at_home) wrote to me on Instagram asking if she could ask me something. "Of course," I wrote back. After all, my daughter Charice and I created our Lipomaedels page to show how we deal with lipedema, to answer questions and simply to share our lives with it. The next question now led to the fact that
My reflection in the mirror Imagine you come out of the shower in the morning, look in the mirror and think: Who is that, does she sound familiar to me? Now you are very aware that something has changed, I've changed. My reflection and me do not go together. A process is going very slowly that I don't
On top of things My wardrobe needed a few additions this fall. Because I don't necessarily feel so comfortable in the eternal jeans look. At 64, can I allow myself to change my style? And so I allowed myself a stroll through the local town and came back with an all-weather hat and a convertible scarf
As a lipedema sufferer with type I diabetes, I am dependent on the insulin supply "from outside" 24/7 and without a break. The insulin is either brought under the skin using an insulin pen or an insulin pump via cannulas / needles and injected into the subcutaneous fatty tissue. Insulin is a so-called mast hormone. On the one hand it causes the blood sugar level to drop, on the other hand it can
How it all began It was a day in August 2019. I got Whats app messages from our self-help group Lilybelles Nordhessen. Among other things, there was a call to participate in a television program. We were looking for women with lipedema who would like to become self-confident despite lipedema. I leave it and shortly afterwards I forgot. That same evening looked