I’ve always suspected the day would come when the diabetes diagnosis would come. My dad has diabetes, his brother and sister have it, his cousin(s) have it and pretty much everyone on that side of the family is at risk regardless of their health or lifestyle. Everyone seems to get Continue Reading
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Upper Stomach, Back, Sides Surgery Day
The following post is personal, very personal. Not only am I sharing what it is like to go through tumescent liposuction for lipedema, but I’m sharing the pain, my body, and my experience as there is very little current experiences from women going through this out on the internet. I Continue Reading
First Time in Prague
It’s been a loooong time since I’ve made any posts about my post liposuction adventures! So here’s one about Prague! Unfortunately, my main reason for going to Prague was to attend an industry convention for work, but I made sure that I had all my meetings concluded by about 5pm Continue Reading
Liposuction for Upper Stomach is Scheduled
Whew, that was quick! When we decided that my own liposuction surgeon will have to remove the fat on my upper stomach before the panniculectomy, I had absolutely no idea that he’d be able to get me in this quickly! I just saw the plastic surgeon on the 22nd of Continue Reading
8th Liposuction for Lipedema and a Panniculectomy
In my last post from June (2018), I mentioned that I might need an 8th liposuction for lipedema. My surgeon turned me down and referred me to a plastic surgeon that does difficult skin reconstruction cases at UMC Utrecht here in the Netherlands. On Wednesday (22 August 2018) I had Continue Reading
An 8th Liposuction Might Be in My Future
Will I need an 8th liposuction in my journey of getting rid of lipedema fat and fixing my body up? On Friday the 15th of June, I’ll know if an additional liposuction for lipedema will be necessary after going down to Tilburg to speak to my surgeon about what we’re Continue Reading
Tell Me Again How Lipedema Isn’t a Serious Health Issue
As you know if you’ve been reading my posts (sorry about not really keeping things up to date!), I’ve been having some serious back pain. This pain started showing up in spring 2015 and slowly seemed to get better through my liposuction procedures as the weight came off my body. Continue Reading
WHO is going to recognize lipedema!
The WHO has just recognize Lipedema as an illness (Code EF02.2 in the ICD11)! Why is this important? Governments, health insurances and tax offices (to deduct self paid surgery, compression stockings, etc) have consistently referenced the fact that not even WHO (the world health organization) has recognized lipedema. So now Continue Reading
Somebody Told Her She Has Lipedema and Now She’s Upset
Some stranger on Facebook told her she has lipedema, and it turns out that stranger was right. And now she’s upset because she was OK with how her legs looked. This is the last few paragraphs of the article: I’m sure she was trying to be helpful, to provide the Continue Reading
Still Trying to Figure Out the Back Pain
Today I had a visit with the neurologist at my local hospital about my back pain since it’s still not fixed, or managed. Liposuction sure as hell hasn’t helped very much, neither has being able to walk and stand with good posture. The neurologist was a really nice guy that Continue Reading