Hi Friends, I need your help, and it won’t take long. All you need is a measuring tape, a pen, and a piece of paper. As the LegsLikeMine closes in on making prototypes and the final feet molds (lasts) so we can make all kinds of styles of shoes for us, it’s really important thatContinue reading “Lipedema Ladies! We Need a Favor. We Need 11 Simple Measurements of Feet, Calves, and Ankles.”
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Early Morning Footwear Meetings: Some Behind the Scenes Looks at How LegsLikeMine Shoes Are Being Made
Hi friends! As we get closer to getting a wearable prototype for footwear designed especially for women with lipedema, I thought I’d share a brief bit of how shoes are made. Footwear is an industry that seemed like a gigantic mystery to me a year ago. I knew I wanted to make shoes because IContinue reading “Early Morning Footwear Meetings: Some Behind the Scenes Looks at How LegsLikeMine Shoes Are Being Made”
Throwback Thursday: My Very First YouTube Video, Immediately After My First Lipedema Removal Survery – Kinda Funny
Hi friends! For a fun throwback Thursday, I’m sharing my very first YouTube video, from when I came right out of Lipedema Removal Surgery and into the aftercare facility. I’m definitely still under the effects of anesthesia in this 98 second video. The response I got from this video was INSANE. I was answering tonsContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: My Very First YouTube Video, Immediately After My First Lipedema Removal Survery – Kinda Funny”
Our Footwear Team is Really Working to Invent Shoes that Truly Fit Us! Fit Models are in Effect!
Hi friends! Wow has January 2023 been crazy for me personally and professionally. The biggest news on the LegsLikeMine front is that our Footwear Technician and Footwear Designer have been super hard at work, really digging into the challenges we have as lipedema patients and taking a second, and third, look at the design weContinue reading “Our Footwear Team is Really Working to Invent Shoes that Truly Fit Us! Fit Models are in Effect!”
Lipedema Friendly Outfits January 2023 – The Most Fun Valentine’s Dress!
Hi Friends! I stumbled across this cute little dress on Amazon and had to have it to wear through February, at least. It has pockets! It’s comfortable, and it’s good and long, to hide our compression. I’m wearing a 3x (normally I’m a 24W), and am 5 feet 9. Here’s where to find this littleContinue reading “Lipedema Friendly Outfits January 2023 – The Most Fun Valentine’s Dress!”
A Minute to Celebrate: And Just Like that, Footwear for Ladies with Lipedema is Becoming a Reality!
Today is December 21, 2022. Less than a year after finishing my first book to help ladies with lipedema, LegsLikeMine has hit a major milestone. The professional footwear designer has finished what’s called a technical pack after months of research, working with an orthopedic technician and consultant, shoe focus groups, and SO many meetings atContinue reading “A Minute to Celebrate: And Just Like that, Footwear for Ladies with Lipedema is Becoming a Reality!”
It’s So Cool to Turn Dreams into Reality! Prototyping of Footwear Designed for Lipedema Ladies is Starting Soon!
Hi friends! It’s another super early morning here at the LegsLikeMine home offices. I’ve just met with the shoe designer again and she, along with the professional footwear technologist is finishing up what’s called “Tech Packs,” in the next day or two. These are all the build instructions that go to manufacturing, along with specificationsContinue reading “It’s So Cool to Turn Dreams into Reality! Prototyping of Footwear Designed for Lipedema Ladies is Starting Soon!”
LegsLikeMine’s (Lipedema-Friendly) Favorite Things List 2022 is Here! (Just go ahead and give this list to your friends and family now. )
Well here we are, already in November, and surprise! We have a 2022 Favorite Things List for you that didn’t come from Oprah, because it’s made just for women with lipedema and lymphedema! We selected so many gift ideas for all the lipedema and lymphedema ladies on your holiday list. And don’t forget toContinue reading “LegsLikeMine’s (Lipedema-Friendly) Favorite Things List 2022 is Here! (Just go ahead and give this list to your friends and family now. )”
Last Sunday Lipedema Friendly Outfits – August 2022, Fun Things I Tried from the Amazon Try it before you Buy it Program
Hi there, and welcome now to the end of Summer here in the US. As you can imagine, making the monthly lipedema friendly outfits can be a bit expensive, so I thought I’d try a new approach this month by using the Amazon Try it Before you Buy It Program. For the most part, IContinue reading “Last Sunday Lipedema Friendly Outfits – August 2022, Fun Things I Tried from the Amazon Try it before you Buy it Program”
As Promised, Here Are the Folks Who Make Shoes for Swollen Feet Now (and what I think of their shoes) – in Some Cases, just Nope!
Hi friends! I’m taking Massive Action and making progress towards getting our shoes out. I’ve met with and selected an awesome designer, who is so dedicated to the project and is off making designs now. I’ve also done numerous other things, including putting in for a significant SBA loan to start funds to make newContinue reading “As Promised, Here Are the Folks Who Make Shoes for Swollen Feet Now (and what I think of their shoes) – in Some Cases, just Nope!”
