Hi friends! I’ve just spent my morning online visiting with the loveliest lipedema patient named Amy, for her YouTube channel. (Be watching her channel for my interview). You can tell just from looking at her YouTube Shorts alone, that she’s hilarious and has a fresh take on lipedema content. If you’re more the listener type,Continue reading “Introducing you to Another Champion for Lipedema Awareness – Meet Fat Bottom Amy!”
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Sharing a Quick Lipedema Friendly Outfit – Formal Night
Hi friends! I share so many lipedema friendly outfits, including this month’s silly costume posts that feature compression. But I haven’t really addressed formal night, which is a huge deal to ladies who need to go on a cruise, or are mothers of the bride etc. We want to look amazing, fit in, be comfortable,Continue reading “Sharing a Quick Lipedema Friendly Outfit – Formal Night”
We Need More Medical Professionals Available to Help Us! Do You Know a Therapist (CLT/OT/PT) That Needs to Learn about Lipedema?
Hi friends, I get questions every single week from patients who’ve self-diagnosed, or received a formal diagnosis, yet have no one to treat them because of where they live. There just isn’t a ton of information out in the world…yet, to help people in the medical field help their lipedema patients. This results in what’sContinue reading “We Need More Medical Professionals Available to Help Us! Do You Know a Therapist (CLT/OT/PT) That Needs to Learn about Lipedema?”
Lipedema Friendly Outfits – The Halloween Edition, Part 1
Hi friends! Who loves Halloween but hates the store-bought costumes that start with the word, SEXY. Like Sexy witch, Sexy cheerleader, so on and so forth. That means super low cut and super leg baring, which I am not a fan of as a lady with lipedema. I love making my own costumes and beingContinue reading “Lipedema Friendly Outfits – The Halloween Edition, Part 1”
Lipedema in the News: A Story from Los Angeles that Went to 854,000 YouTube Subscribers
Hi friends, I’m sharing a news story that I stumbled across from YouTube, originally published a few years back from Fox News. The more we have lipedema in the news, the more folks can be exposed, the more possibly get that proper diagnosis early along with treatment to save mobility and prevent progression and allContinue reading “Lipedema in the News: A Story from Los Angeles that Went to 854,000 YouTube Subscribers”
Can Mucinex Help Alleviate Lipedema Symptoms and Free Lymphatic Flow? Here’s a Story and Some Research
Hi friends! Let’s just start with this. This isn’t medical advice, but information I’ve actually experienced, plus a ton of research on doctor websites and such. Don’t go off and take supplements without talking to your doctor. I mean it. Also here’s the drugs.com information sheet that contains contraindications, directions, side effects, etc. Guaifenesin Uses,Continue reading “Can Mucinex Help Alleviate Lipedema Symptoms and Free Lymphatic Flow? Here’s a Story and Some Research”
What Kasi Does: Thriving with Lipedema. A Patient Rock Star Story Shared in a Pamphlet to Help YOU!
Hi friends! Take a look at this awesome pamphlet we’ve created for you all about conservative measures just one patient takes daily to manage her lipedema: Thriving with Lipedema_Pamphlet_final_10-20-2023 I feel so very fortunate to have the company and wisdom of Kasi Grosvenor, who is an absolute lipedema patient rock star, as a friend andContinue reading “What Kasi Does: Thriving with Lipedema. A Patient Rock Star Story Shared in a Pamphlet to Help YOU!”
My Favorite Presentation from the Lipedema World Congress – Psychosocial Challenges of Managing Lipedema
Hi friends! I’m continuing my series of downloading good things from the Lipedema World Congress that was in Potsdam Germany a couple of weeks ago. Here is a link to the program for reference: LWC_Program_web.pdf (lipedema-world-congress.com). Also note, the second world congress will be in two years in Rome, and patients are welcome. So getContinue reading “My Favorite Presentation from the Lipedema World Congress – Psychosocial Challenges of Managing Lipedema”
So Many Supplements to Choose From to Support Lipedema Health – Which ones Do You Suggest – Let’s Chat!
Hi friends, this one’s a long article. But ultimately, I want to know, if you had to pick ONLY ONE supplement that you’ve experienced using as a lipedema patient, which one would you recommend, and why? Drop your reply in the comments below. There is no known medicinal cure for lipedema at this time. Yet,Continue reading “So Many Supplements to Choose From to Support Lipedema Health – Which ones Do You Suggest – Let’s Chat!”
Another Awesome Presentation from the Lipedema World Congress – Karen Ashforth – Two Prospective Treatments for Lipedema
Warning to the READER: A problem with a lot of fibrosis treatments out there right now, is that there can be some serious side effects. Karen Ashforth – the presenter of this early study – does not recommend going off on your own without training to try some treatments to remove fibrosis. You can doContinue reading “Another Awesome Presentation from the Lipedema World Congress – Karen Ashforth – Two Prospective Treatments for Lipedema”
