Every week I do a search for news on lipedema. The Daily Mail over in the UK seems to love to cover it, I think it’s been covered there 3 or 4 times so far this year (2017). It occasionally pops up in local US news publications as well whenever Continue Reading
PetraAnn
PetraAnn was first diagnosed with Lipedema in fall 2015 after years of eating keto and exercising with no weight loss results. After diagnosis, she has gone through 8 tumescent liposuction procedures from 2016 until 2018 and on 17 December 2019 underwent an abdominoplasty to remove the remaining 3-4 liters of lippy fat and loose skin.
What is it Like to Have Lipedema?
Today I was asked a question that nobody has asked me before. What is it like to have Lipedema? I can sum that up in 2 words. It sucks. Before I even knew about lipedema, I thought I was just fat and an utter failure at dieting. Who else in the Continue Reading
Lipedema Causing Limbs to Explode!
I saw the articles about Kim Kardashian having lipedema, what I didn’t see was that the National Enquirer claimed that her “lower limbs could explode in a bloated mass of fat.” Now that I’ve caught my breath from laughing (how many hundreds of us would be limbless if this were Continue Reading
5 Months Post Stomach Liposuction
I just wanted to put out a little update on the stomach liposuction I had done in February, 2017. Two weeks ago my stomach shrunk a little more and I found out shrinking stretch marks HURT. I have a bunch of really fine, almost white stretch marks across my stomach Continue Reading
Last Liposuction Surgery Date Announced!
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated, but yesterday I went to Rotterdam to see my surgeon and got my last liposuction surgery date. Overall, he’s very pleased with the results of my stomach liposuction from back in February (2017). Unfortunately, we still don’t know if all the fat is out Continue Reading
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
It was towards the end of 2014 that I started getting some pretty horrible back pain. However, it was weird back pain. When I stood or walked, I’d start getting some wicked cramping in my glutes, hips and IT band. When I sat, the tension and cramping died down. I Continue Reading
Stomach Liposuction 6 Weeks Post Op
Today I’m about 6.5 weeks post op (closer to 7 but hey, who’s counting?) and I’ve flown from Amsterdam to Los Angeles, attended a 4 day convention in Phoenix, AZ and drove from Phoenix up to WA state in almost 2 weeks. It also wouldn’t be a trip to the Continue Reading
Info About Myself and My Surgery
I’m currently traveling, but I’ve found some down time somewhere between Nevada and Utah to answer some questions that someone asked in a blog post comment. How old are you? I’m currently 38 years old (turn 39 on Dec 10th) and I was first diagnosed with Lipedema in the fall Continue Reading
Stomach Surgery Day 8 Post Op
Day 6 and 7 post op haven’t been the most exciting. There was still a lot of sleeping going on thanks to the Tramadol. However, for day 8 I decided to drop down to Zaldiar which is a Tramadol/Paracetamol mix. This really was a bad idea since it seems when Continue Reading
American? Surgery in Europe? You might need a visa soon.
Back in 2014, the EU asked the US to allow 4 member state (Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania) to become part of the visa waiver program which allows EU citizens to travel to the US without a visa (EU citizens still have to fill out the ESTA, but that’s something different). Continue Reading