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
Body and Mind
Re-identity with lipedema: reinvent yourself
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
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Lipedema and Menopausal Lymphedema IV - How I Got to Lipedema and Skirt
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.
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Lipedema and lymphedema in menopause III - years when life goes on
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
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Lipedema and lymphedema in menopause II - changes in my body
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
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Lipedema and lymphedema in menopause
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
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Body and Mind
Lipedema and Diabetes - A Vicious Circle!
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
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Confident despite lipedema - why I took part in “No Body is perfect”
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
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General
Pretty best friends: breathing exercises for the lymphatic system
Correct breathing does a lot of good on a physical and emotional level. Incorrect breathing blocked - I experienced this painfully after three operations and the formation of lymphedema on the stomach and thighs. In addition to manual lymphatic drainage, I still get speech therapy to stabilize speech and breathing so that I can literally breathe deeply again through breathing exercises, breathe away pain and without closing