In preparation for my disability exam, I started paying attention to where my pain was. I think being someone who is chronically ill, and with pain being a major factor, the pain signals going to our brain overwhelms our thought process. I’ve read a number of jokes and memes about Read more…
After having researched and then dealt with Food Sensitivities for as long as I have, I have to wonder if what I did yesterday was just plain stupid, or “calculated”. Calculated seems a platitude at this point!
The title of this post is to be said by YOU in your most snarky, sarcastic voice. Now, I haven’t heard you say it, but maybe you should say it outloud. Especially in preparation to read this post.
by Guest Blogger, Kelly Maynard, Certified Health Coach, Lipedema Stage 2. This will start sort of in the middle of my journey, because looking back I can tell that this wasn’t the beginning, but this is where my health changes were serious enough that something had to be done. I Read more…
By Guest poster, Jenny Beaujean Ok, you have heard that Self-care is important to help with lipedema… but then you start looking into it, and there is so much information of what to do or try. Self care for an average person might be getting enough sleep, meditating, exercise. For Read more…
My recent interview with LymphaPress has just gone live! We cover information regarding Food Intolerances, their impact on Lipedema, and how I reduced pain, increased mobility and lost over 7 dress sizes even though I was diagnosed with Lipedema!
Often confused with Obesity, Lipedema is thought to effect over 11% of all women worldwide. Lipedema is also known as “Painful Fat Syndrome” or having “Tree Trunk Legs”. Women with the disease are often dismissed by doctors and told to eat less and exercise more – both of which are Read more…
I’ve struggled with weight my whole life – even though for a lot of it, I had been thin — it was a struggle to stay thin. Seemed I could never lose the weight from my butt or thighs – but it didn’t really occur to me that there was Read more…
I have two chronic diseases – Lipedema and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Lipedema (spelled Lipoedema in Europe and Australia) is thought to effect over 11% of all women world-wide! And I bet you’ve never heard of it, right? Lipedema is rarely diagnosed, so the awareness of this disease needs to be Read more…