Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation by Siobhan Huggins at our Innovative Solutions for Lipedema & Lymphedema virtual symposium that was held in October 2021. Siobhan Huggins is a budding researcher and had been diagnosed with lipedema herself earlier in 2021. In this excerpt, she describes the different features of lipedema that may respond to treatment and her hope for the future.

In this episode, Nobuhle Williams shares the treatment options that help her in managing lipedema.

Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Joanna Dudek at our Innovative Solutions for Lipedema & Lymphedema virtual symposium that was held in October 2021. Dr. Dudek is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and Assistant Professor at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. She has conducted important research into quality of life issues for women with lipedema. In this excerpt, Dr. Dudek gives some metaphors and steps to discovering what is important to you or what your values are. She believes this is the key to thriving with a chronic illness like lipedema.

This episode is a review of the study by Prof. Wollina, published in 2019, about the recent updates on lipedema diagnosis and treaments.

Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Matthew Carmody at our Innovative Solutions for Lipedema & Lymphedema virtual symposium that was held in October 2021. Dr. Carmody is an internist and Obesity Medicine Specialist. He is on the faculty at the Harvard Medical School and had been assessing and treating lipedema for many years prior to his retirement a few years ago. In this excerpt, Dr. Carmody talks about recognizing and acknowledging anti-fat bias. He believes that obesity is not a choice and patients need to be treated with more compassion and respect.

In this episode, we talk about a study by Melissa Garcia-Caballero and her group in Belgium, which was published in 2019.

In this episode, Raeann Sparks shares the joint treatments that she used to ease joint pain and improve her mobility.

Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Joanna Dudek at our Innovative Solutions for Lipedema & Lymphedema virtual symposium that was held in October 2021. Dr. Dudek is a psychologist, psychotherapist, and Assistant Professor at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. She has conducted important research into quality of life issues for women with lipedema. In this excerpt, Dr. Dudek talks about the 3 steps to thriving with a chronic condition like lipedema and she suggests that it begins with identifying your values.

In this episode, we talk about a paper by Rischelle Crescenzi with a group at Vanderbilt University.

Today, I have an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Matthew Carmody at our Innovative Solutions for Lipedema & Lymphedema virtual symposium that was held in October 2021. Dr. Carmody is an internist and Obesity Medicine Specialist. He is on the faculty at the Harvard Medical School and had been assessing and treating lipedema for many years prior to his retirement a few years ago. In this excerpt, Dr. Carmody talks about what he considers to be important aspects of compassionate care.