When @ursula @ursel_at_home asked me if I would like to write an article on the topic of menopause with lipedema, I was very happy. So much has changed for me since I accepted lipedema (I got the diagnosis almost 15 years ago) and I finally found a doctor who could give me therapy
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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 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 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 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