I've recently become a fan and follower of The Fat Nutritionist, and I'm delighted to point to this post about an emerging vision in the nutrition community that people are complex, that there are no simple answers to problems of food and fat, and that...

Amanda, who posted a blog last year about her liposuction surgery for lipedema, has taken it down. I don't know why, and I hope she's still healthy and happy, but I am sorry not to know how she is doing. It is hard not to suspect that she has...

I went to a new therapist this week, Danielle Allain at the Mercy Hospital Lymphedema Clinic in Portland, Maine. She took these "before" photos of my legs and I'm posting them here for reference. Once you know what to look for, lipedema is pretty easy...

Today I bit the bullet and sent out my application for a handicapped placard. I don't like the idea of admitting to being "disabled" -- I'd much rather be "abled" and NOT hurt, but the reality is that I do not do well walking long distances or standing...

This blog tends to hear from me when I'm unhappy about something, and I want to adjust the balance a little. I posted this elsewhere today and I'm adapting it a little for here: I am so very thankful for so much in my life: My dad is alive and happy...