Hi friends,
June is lipedema awareness month and a lot of us in the online community are prepping to spend the month sharing, and over sharing our images. Why?
If you see lipedema, you can normalize lipedema.
Being considered normal or not rare is so important. It helps other ladies with the same condition mentally and psychologically to see others like us, and realize we are not different from so many women. This is what helped me understand my own body when I figured it out. It helps medical professionals who may be skeptical understand similarities in patients and help diagnose. It helps the medical community understand this debilitating condition and take it seriously.
If you are one to put yourself out there, share your pictures (faces or not!). If you just cannot do it, can you share a story, or do anything to spread awareness? Maybe even send a brochure to your doctor or other medical professional?
What else can you do to spread awareness with the intent of it being a call to action? Actions folks can take – be supportive, learn to prevent progression by wearing compression, exercising and removing sugars from diet, seek treatment, begin research, and so on.
What are your thoughts? Why is it important that people be aware of a disease or condition? How can we help?
Thanks! I’d love to hear your thoughts for all of us to benefit.
Susan
