Dear lipoedema fighter, Liposuction because of lipoedema is not a decision to be made lightly. It is often the result of a long and painful journey. For many, the next chapter after numerous weight loss attempts. For many a glorious victory when there are finally enough savings in the account or the health insurance company
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Wedge pillow for lipedema - with leg clouds on cloud 7
tired legs? A wedge pillow for lipedema, lymphedema or thrombosis can provide relief. Do you know that blissful feeling when you can put your feet up in between or at the end of a long day? There are of course various solutions for this: A special slatted frame or a wedge-shaped pad for your mattress, medical wedge pillows like you
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Body and Mind
Mindfulness & self-care for your everyday life with lipedema and lymphedema
In fact, in our ever-changing world, the need for self-care and mindfulness is obvious. Especially for individuals living with chronic health conditions such as lipedema, lymphedema and thrombosis, ongoing care of the body and mind is crucial. In this blog article I explain to you why continuous mindfulness and self-care
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Festival with lipoedema? 4 festival hacks for flat knit heroes
Summer time is festival time! It's August and three quarters of the festival season is already over. But there are still a few great weeks ahead of us. In this festival guide for flat knit heroes I share my tips for a successful festival with lipoedema. Apart from the ultimate tip to wear the compression even on hot festival days,
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Lipoedema rehabilitation at the Inselsberg Clinic
The Inselsberg Clinic – a field report Since my diagnosis in 2014, I have been to two different clinics for lipoedema rehabilitation via the German pension insurance scheme. In 2022, as part of my educational work at the Inselsberg Clinic, I was allowed to stay for a week to gain an insight, which I can therefore offer to those affected
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Fashion and outfits
How to make compression an ally – mango yellow
Self-management of lipedema and lymphedema, which includes wearing a flat-knit compression garment, sometimes poses a major challenge for many sufferers. Because often not only colors, like here mango yellow, but also many psychological factors with regard to self-perception and external perception, as well as the body feeling play a decisive role. You may know me as
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Fashion and outfits
This flat knit therapy will last a lifetime! – Avocado Green
My beloved avocado green has to give way to new medi colors in autumn 2022. Reason enough not only to choose my avocado love with a particularly cheerful outfit and to encourage you to quickly secure this good mood color with the next recipe. But also to tell about how colored compressions your inner
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Body and Mind
Differences and similarities: living with lipedema vs. lymphedema
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 any better. They are certainly not often the same
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General
The most common questions about IPK and what you need to know about the Lympha Press
In life with lipedema, lymphedema or thrombosis, self-management is everything, and that includes compression therapy. In addition to lymph drainage and flat knit care, an IPK device for at home is a good addition to your therapy. But what exactly is it, how do you apply for it and what do I have to pay attention to when using it? here
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Compression in the job interview - to show or not?
When I had the first job interview in compression after my lipedema diagnosis, I was not wearing arm compression. My concern was that I would be labeled sick and, above all, unattractive for my employer. From today's point of view, double nonsense, because now I'm something of an employer myself and