Another year has gone by and today is the 1st day of 2020! I’m officially 15 days post-op from my abdominoplasty and about 4.5 years post op from my first liposuction. I can’t believe it’ll be 5 years since I was first diagnosed with Lipedema in the fall of this Continue Reading
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Abdominoplasty Surgery Day
On 17 December 2019 I would go in for an abdominoplasty with no muscle repair. Just skin removal in a fleur-de-lis cut. In the grand scheme of things, this is a much heavier surgery than the 8 liposuction procedures I’d done since February 2016. I’d not only be going under Continue Reading
It’s 2018 and 2 years since I started liposuction for lipedema. Is it worth it?
Yes, yes, 100 times yes! Even though I’ve had to pay 10,000 euro out of pocket (remember, I got 10k due to an administration error with my insurance) and even though I’ve had to go through 7 surgeries so far and sent my poor husband to the insane asylum (ok, Continue Reading
Liposuction for Lipedema IS Surgery
Liposuction for lipedema is surgery, never forget that. As more and more of us find the money (or get insurance to pay) for the procedure, I think we get excited and forget that no matter what there are still risks. Granted, in 2017 most of the world has moved to Continue Reading
Left Thigh Liposuction: Days 10-21 Post Op
While both my surgeon and myself are a little disappointed that my left thigh swelled up back to its normal size during week 1 post op, there are little changes happening that shows that recovery really is happening. Instead of making a post for every day, I’m going to detail Continue Reading
Left Thigh Liposuction – 1 Week Post Op
Yesterday, my husband drove me down to Tilburg for a 1 week post op check up on my left thigh. This is the miserable thing about where I live in the Netherlands vs. where my surgeon is located. It really doesn’t matter if I do the post op follow-up in Continue Reading
Day 5 After Liposuction on the Left Thigh
Today is day 5 after liposuction on the left thigh and, excuse my language here, but I fucking amaze myself. I actually had to count on the calendar a few times and pinch myself to make sure it really is day 5 because so far I have accomplished: Day 1 Continue Reading
Tumescent Liposuction on the Left Thigh: 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
Deciding to go the liposuction route for my lipedema
I haven’t had time to really write much in the past month, as my job has been very busy. However, at the end of November I had a consultation with the leading Lipedema liposuction surgeon in the Netherlands and he approved me for the treatment. In total, I’ll be having Continue Reading
Dr. Amron’s 3D Circumferential Multi-System Liposuction Treatment
If you’ve been diagnosed with Lipedema, you’re probably in the same place as I am. Your doctor is probably recommending lymph drain therapy and compression stockings but nobody is really talking about a way to get rid of the fat. I estimate that I’m probably carrying around about 40-50kg of Continue Reading