I'm taking Vitamin D at the moment and have been since lockdown started.
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Question of the Day - Monday, July 27, 2020
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I am considering cryotherapy for my lipedema and injury-related pain. The pain is in my left leg, which also hurts from the lipedema. Acupuncture was not much of a help. Cryotherapy--at least anywhere near me--is cheaper than any acupuncture in my area. Still not covered by my insurance, but my doctor thinks I should give it ago. My issues are that I am short, claustrophobic, and hate the cold. The shortness is an issue because they put you in some standing container thing. I am afraid I would not be able to see over the top and I cannot easily stand on a platform that might make me taller because my balance is really bad. I just have to be brave enough to try. One would think if I can handle acupuncture I can handle standing in a semi-open chamber!
My daughter-in-law and I both use it. She gets cramping from her medication, and I have restless leg syndrome, lipedema (which also causes leg pain), and nerve damage to my left leg. I love my magnesium spray! It is worth the cost, and do not have to use a lot of it.
I take Collagen (With vitamin C and Calcium included) and B12.
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Yes, but only when I remember! I'm terrible for keeping up with taking them.
I'm supposed to take Iron for anemia. And I also have Vitamin D, a B complex, Omegas and Magnesium...but I often fall off the wagon about taking them everyday. I also have vitamin C that I'll (try to) take during cold and flu season.
Also, I would look into cupping. It helps to get the fluid under the skin to move, and also would help get the fascial tissue release which may help the distribution of the fat deposits that accumulate the fluid.
I've treated many clients with cupping techniques for swelling, edema, restless legs, and various other leg pain issues and they feel it really helps.
I'm supposed to take Iron for anemia. And I also have Vitamin D, a B complex, Omegas and Magnesium...but I often fall off the wagon about taking them everyday. I also have vitamin C that I'll (try to) take during cold and flu season.
Have you ever considered liposuction? I know it's a bit extreme, but it can help, and because it would not be considered a "cosmetic procedure" your health insurance may cover it.
Also, I would look into cupping. It helps to get the fluid under the skin to move, and also would help get the fascial tissue release which may help the distribution of the fat deposits that accumulate the fluid.
I've treated many clients with cupping techniques for swelling, edema, restless legs, and various other leg pain issues and they feel it really helps.
I consider liposuction every day, even before I was diagnosed and was smaller just because my legs and arms never have seems to fit the rest of my body. I am on Medicare because I am disabled. They do not like to cover much, and despite my diagnosis, they consider liposuction cosmetic. I had bulimia starting in 8th grade until I got pregnant with my son at 18. Then I had bouts of anorexia. This may sound like a lie because it seems impossible, but there was a three-year period that I only at 1/4 to 1 pack of ramen noodles a day, with two days a month that I would permit myself one small meal. (It helped that my children and I were seriously struggling financially at the time, and I spent my money on food for them.). I dropped from a size 9 to a 4 over three years, but my legs and arms were still "puffy" and oddly shapen. I cried over my shape more than my weight. I had become disabled in 2009 because of my ex-husband, so that did not help things.
When I started seeing a nutritionist, I started gaining weight. Fast. I had to get a new wedding dress because I went from a size 4 to a 12 in a matter of 3 to 4 months. I was a mess because my doctor just thought I was lying about what I eat.
Thankfully, my husband is the sweetest man alive and told me to start advocating for myself. He knew I was struggling and that it was not the case of me just eating too much. He made me feel good enough that we set a wedding date for November that year.
During one of my appointments, my doctor said that my arms and legs look like they belong to another body. Oh, and my butt, too. I started researching and found lipedema. I told her about it, and she started looking for a specialist, except, in her head, it would have been a bariatric doctor. Nope. It is a vascular doctor, which my vascular doctor who I see for my bad leg happened to mention when we were talking during an appointment. His colleague specializes in lipedema in Cleveland. So, I was finally diagnosed. A diagnosis helps me understand that it is not my fault, but it does not change my body shape. I am currently a size 14/16. It does not sound that bad, but I am only 5' tall with extremely short legs (25" inseam) and arms and an exaggerated hourglass shape. I look like I have been smooshed!
My insurance covers three therapeutic lymph massages a year. I am supposed to have them every two weeks, so my husband watched videos on Youtube to learn how to do the massages. (I adore that man!) It does not cover the "correct" compression garments: I have ones that do not do as well as they ought.
I do dry brushing. I have considered Cool Sculpting, but they said my lymphatic system has to be working properly for it to work. Liposuction is on my mind daily, as I said. Thank you for suggesting the cupping. I will look into that!
At the recommendation of my doctor, chondroitin and glucosamine as well as a plant-based calcium supplement. She said there was some evidence that plant-based calcium is more easily absorbed. I also take fish oil capsules in a vain attempt to relieve some of the arthritis pain in my hips which bothers me only at night when I sleep on my side.
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I have a friend who LOVES cyrotherapy! She was very athletic as a teen (and still is very active) so she has had some sports injuries.
I take a multivitamin and a calcium and magnesium melt. Since the pandemic started here I am taking a D3 melt everyday.
I take two on doctor's orders: calcium with vitamin D and magnesium.
I have about a hundred different supplements around that I never remember to take, lol. The ones I take most often are a gummy multi and mint Tums for calcium (I don't like swallowing big pills and I don't like the flavor of most chewable calciums). In the winter I try to take cod liver oil for my skin.
I'm also vitamin D deficient, so take that every day along with a multivitamin, extra C and calcium.
