Four Lipedema Controversies: What the Research Actually Says
Introduction This article is based on work produced by the Lipedema Foundation, presented in their Four Lipedema Controversies document prepared for the Boston Lymphatic Symposium (BLS). The document synthesises current research and highlights areas of uncertainty, limitation and clinical relevance in lipoedema. What follows is a clinical interpretation of that work for Lipedema Lounge. All […]
The Politics of Lipoedema: Why Diagnosis is Still So Confusing
Introduction If you have tried to get a diagnosis of lipoedema, you may already know how confusing, frustrating and at times deeply invalidating the process can be. One doctor may recognise it immediately. Another may tell you it does not exist, that it is simply obesity, or that the diagnosis itself is controversial. You may […]
The Lipoedema Lounge: Living Well with Lipoedema
Welcome to the Lipoedema Lounge The Lipoedema Lounge is a space I created to hold honest, evidence-based conversations about lipoedema (also spelled lipedema), grounded in real lived experience and informed by my clinical work. It exists because many women feel overwhelmed while seeking a diagnosis and beyond, as the information available online is often confusing, […]
Aromatase Inhibitors & Breast Cancer-Related Lymphoedema
Before you read This blog summarises a peer-reviewed article I wrote and published in the British Journal of Community Nursing (Chronic Oedema Supplement) in October 2023. The original paper presents a reflective case series examining women referred with complex arm swelling following breast cancer treatment. This page does not replace medical advice. Aromatase inhibitors are […]
Compression Garments: Physics, Safety & ‘Tightness’
Why I am concerned about the way compression is being discussed online As a clinician working daily with people who have lymphoedema, lipoedema and chronic venous disease, I am increasingly concerned by the way compression garments are being discussed online. Compression is often presented as something you can simply buy, try and either believe in […]