when i was i child a bruised easily. my joints did funny things, when you pressed in on my skin it didn't really bounce back right away and i was sensitive topressure on my legs but no one really knew what any of this meant at the time. my mom's health problems started when my brother and i were small. looking back at the pregnancies through her lip into overdrive but no one knew what it was then, doctors just told her she needed to lose weight in elementary school i realized my body was different. kids would tease me and call me fat and i didn't understand why.
my body was the same size as theirs, but my legs were like logs and theirs were skinny. we all watched my mom's legs get worseand her body started growing out of control no matter what she did. no one knew what the problem was or howto help her. eventually her lipedema turned into lymphedema and she was diagnosed and startedtreatment this did help some but by that point the damage was already done her lymph and vascular systems were really compromised and doctors didn't really know how tohelp her.
even after seeing everything happento my mom i just never thought it would happen to me. i played sports growing up i was always active i walked everywhere. i ate healthy. i took nutrition classes in college. i even worked for a gym for a while. i thought that what i had seen happen to my mom was somehow her fault. i hope this helps you understand alittle bit more about lipedema. when i was first diagnosed with this disease i was astonished at how littleinformation was available
and how hardly any research had been done. sadly, so many women struggle with lipedema and are never diagnosed so they must suffer alone through the pain and stigma that comes with the disease. my wish is that after seeing this, you understand a little bit more about how important it is to get diagnosed and treated early www.lipedemastory.com
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