Note: The stocking in the photo is the cheap thrombosis stocking given by my surgeon post op. It is not the day time garment I had been wearing.
Well, it’s been a little over a month now since the liposuction on my left thigh has been done. There’s still swelling in the back, but most of the hard protein areas have really softened up. I was 34.5 inches (87.6 cm) on my upper thigh before surgery, now it’s shrunk down to a tiny 29 inches (73.6 cm)! That’s a whopping 5.5 inch loss so far!
On the weight side, before surgery I was 127kg (280lbs) and now I’m sitting at 124kg (273lbs) for a 3kg (almost 6lb) loss!
Now, there’s only one little issue….the compression garment that was issued for my left leg is totally stretched out and too big.
So now on for a 101 euro replacement in a smaller size, just for the left thigh. The life of a lipedema patient….
PetraAnn
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I was expecting that even before I had surgery. The biggest problem is that I need custom garments and we don’t know how small we will get to have the garments made ahead of time.
On my first garment I bought a mini sewing machine and read to get the stretchy thread, hand wrap the bobbin with that thread, use a normal thread for the sewing, used a zigzag stitch and took in my garments as needed, if they still had viable compression.
But I need to wear compression for months post-liposuction and a post-surgery garment only last 2 weeks to 1 month, so I’m expecting to pay about $1000 US in garments post surgery, per surgery.
I wear 2 garments at once trying to achieve 30-40mmhg compression. In the USA most post surgery garments are 15-20mmHg. .