Tag: surgery

Surgery With Lipedema

Surgery with Lipedema and its co-occurring conditions can be both unexpected and quite difficult to navigate. Being properly prepared can mean the difference between a successful outcome and further life complications. I would like to share my experiences and learned lessons from two unexpected and three urgent surgeries I endured from 2020 to the present

BMI Doesn’t Work for Lipedema

This is an questionable area of concern that is used by clinicians to determine your eligibility for medical treatment and products.  I am talking about the use of the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of your height to weight ratio  which attempts to calculate whether you are underweight, overweight or in a normal healthy