Accumulating fat in the lover part of the female body. Buttocks, hips and calves problems. Cellulite, overweight and swollen. Lipedema is Often Diagnosed as Obesity Lipedema is a chronic, progressive disease that leads to the abnormal buildup of fat under the skin. It is characterized by the disproportionate accumulation of fat in different areas of the body, [...]
By Denise Bennett Pregnancy With Lipedema A young, recently engaged 34-year-old is faced with an emotional decision to make. During what should be the happiest of times, planning a wedding, planning to spend a life with a man she never thought would arrive, she learns that she may have Lipedema. She and her fiancé plan to have children, [...]
Lipedema Surgery Results as Described by: Julie J. 11/19/2020 Many years ago I asked a doctor if he thought I had Lipedema. He laughed me out of the office telling me that fat is a lifestyle choice that I made. I was mortified but put it out of my mind. Many years later, during Covid-19 lockdown I [...]
Be Gentle With Yourself by Denise Bennett How lucky was I to have a doctor who saw me as a human being and not as just a patient. She was a nun, yes, a nun, and the best Internal Medicine doctor I had ever been blessed to call my own. I was devastated when I got the news that [...]
From the Other Side by Denise Bennett My expectations from lipedema surgery: I kept a journal while I was on my lipedema journey. I highly recommend it. Not only will it give you a place to document all the thoughts and emotions that you are experiencing, but I also found that it was a great place to document my [...]
Pandemic Madness - By Denise Bennett Weight gain during COVID-19. Have you gained weight during Pandemic? Really? Were you worried about weight gain during the global pandemic? I know I was. But I gained it anyway. I managed to gain 15 lbs. Yes. You heard me right. And believe me, I didn’t enjoy it one little bit. While eating [...]
Lipedema’s Long and Winding Road When did your journey begin? How did it begin? Were you like most of us and had no idea that Lipedema existed and suddenly, through a variety of circumstances found yourself on a road with so many twists and turns that it left your head spinning? Did you, or do you even still, find [...]
Lipedema diet plans immediately sends a trigger of "Oh No", here's another doctor that's going to tell me I have to go onto a diet to lose this fat. Dr. Marcia Byrd, a lipedema surgeon who has helped thousands of patients through lipedema surgery, knows how hard it is for Lipedema patients. She is very sympathetic and can understand [...]
Is comparison stealing your joy? Comparison is, in fact, a thief of joy, as Theodore Roosevelt so appropriately claimed, but it doesn’t need to be a constant battle we have to wage every day. Do you find your self secretly thinking these thoughts? My body does not compare to (fill in the blank.) I did not lose as much [...]
Dr. Marcia Byrd has many frequently asked questions about lipedema that come up over and over again. She has partnered with Denise Bennett, a lipedema patient of hers, who is one of four volunteers that watches over the Lipedema Surgery in Georgia Facebook group. All of the volunteers who participate in the group, approve women into the group, to [...]
