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Hello, all.
I've been "lurking" the forums for several weeks.
Back when my left foot started to swell in July of this year, I stumbled across this site and I thought
"What a terrible condition to have- I'm glad I have something different."
Now, a few days from Christmas, I have to face reality.
My feet and hands are all getting bigger.
I can't seem to keep my limbs warm- they tingle and go numb all the time,
and my legs turn bright red if I sit with them down for a while.
I still have reason to believe my problems are more circulatory in nature,
but their worsening,
and recent development of pain/possible swelling in my...ahem...lady parts have me extremely frightened.
I have terrible anxiety, actually.
This is all I think of every moment of every day.
I cry myself to sleep imagining that I'm going to swell up like a big red water balloon,
my body ravaged with cancer, horrific infections, etc.
I've been to one internist already who simply told me I'm fat (like I didn't already know).
A very nice therapist I spoke to at my city's lymphedema clinic said the swelling not going away was the only bit typical of lymphedema-
particularly this round bulge near both ankle bones that won't go away.
But it appearing in all four limbs after no surgery or trauma is even more odd.
I do have lipedema (I didn't have a name for it til I started researching).
I'm scheduled to see an internist in January, and will soon make an appointment to see a vascular specialist to have a lymposcintigraph. (sp?)
I'm rambling.
I suppose I just want to know:
How many pounds of fluid have you gained since the start?
Do you get infections often?
How swollen are your limbs?
Thank you all so very much.
I've been "lurking" the forums for several weeks.
Back when my left foot started to swell in July of this year, I stumbled across this site and I thought
"What a terrible condition to have- I'm glad I have something different."
Now, a few days from Christmas, I have to face reality.
My feet and hands are all getting bigger.
I can't seem to keep my limbs warm- they tingle and go numb all the time,
and my legs turn bright red if I sit with them down for a while.
I still have reason to believe my problems are more circulatory in nature,
but their worsening,
and recent development of pain/possible swelling in my...ahem...lady parts have me extremely frightened.
I have terrible anxiety, actually.
This is all I think of every moment of every day.
I cry myself to sleep imagining that I'm going to swell up like a big red water balloon,
my body ravaged with cancer, horrific infections, etc.
I've been to one internist already who simply told me I'm fat (like I didn't already know).
A very nice therapist I spoke to at my city's lymphedema clinic said the swelling not going away was the only bit typical of lymphedema-
particularly this round bulge near both ankle bones that won't go away.
But it appearing in all four limbs after no surgery or trauma is even more odd.
I do have lipedema (I didn't have a name for it til I started researching).
I'm scheduled to see an internist in January, and will soon make an appointment to see a vascular specialist to have a lymposcintigraph. (sp?)
I'm rambling.
I suppose I just want to know:
How many pounds of fluid have you gained since the start?
Do you get infections often?
How swollen are your limbs?
Thank you all so very much.