You are hereHome  /  Workout Routines  /  Abs Workouts  /  Exercises What You Need to Know to Lose Belly Fat Fed up with my abominable abdominals, I turned to lab docs for help in separating fact from flab. Here's what to know to lose the excuses — and the crunches. I saw a consultant in manchester around 4 months ago who diagnosed me with Lymphedema. Although I am overweight he did not link me lymph to this he gave me a letter to give to my GPs for creams and to order compression stockings I got my creams and was waiting 4mths for stocking I never got after complaining I got told I need special measuring and that would get sorted well a few days ago my GP rang me telling me she had spoken to some lymph clinic in Liverpool and they said I couldn't have the stockings till I lost weight but the original consultant prescribed them my legs are dreadful they also leak really bad , I just don't know what to do now ? My mother had this same condition and I've read it can be hereditary.

Can anyone offer me any advice ? Yes Cagsy48There is hope...I just you can find it where you are. My leg was 3 times it's size for 3-4 years and then leaked like crazy and caused disgusting wounds. I went to the lymphedema clinic in the hosp that is for low income people that I've been going to for 4 years while waiting for my disability to get approved. She told me I just had to lose weight. I have a hanging belly which I have had since my first pregnancy 25 years ago but now due to immobility, I'm a big girl. That pressure helps to crush your lymph glands in your groin so the fluid cannot get back out of your leg or legs. I was devestated bc i know there are people much bigger than me that manage this. The problem is...there are not many folks certified in lymphoedema and that's a huge problem. But I had a wound turn black and I rushed to a better hosp close by on Aug 29th this year. They admitted me and I just got out on the 7th....But they have a lymphoedema clinic and a wonderful therapist who did a lymphoedema wrap on my leg and it made my leg go down to almost normal size.

And so it doesn't leak now and when my wound is totally healed I'll get compression stockings. She taught me how to lightly massage the glands in my neck and collar bone to help drainage in my leg. I lost 36 lbs in fluid and alittle fat bc i could barely eat anything 9 days. I have hope now and I'm going to transfer everything to this hosp and their clinic. That person that told you just lose weight is not fully trained and you need to go to another hospital to find out about their lymphoedema dept. I know how you feel....my husband bandaged me every single day and they would get wet after about 12 hours or so depending on if I was on my feet alot. It was a hot mess. And we used huge abdominal pads but still got wet. I hope this helps...I'm thanking my God now for finding this hosp bc it changed my quality of life and is restoring hope. There's hope for you too. I have had this for around 6 months now and my regular doctor wrapped my legs with bandages once and I lost 7 lbs in water weight and my legs went down 3 inches in my calf.

I found these wraps on line that are made out of the material wet suits are made of and really really strong velcro. Can Vera Wang Wedding Dresses Be AlteredThey come with the part for your foot and a separate part for you legs. Air Purifier For Extra Large RoomI wore them and last week  and my calves went from 23 inches to 18 1/2 inches in about 12 hours. Top Gun T Shirt Forever 21You put them on snug and after about 6 hours they start to get loose so you just tighten them up again. I work sitting down all day and that is the worst thing for me because i am not moving around. They just ache all day until i can put them up when i get home. I am going to a weight doctor on September 28th and see if loosing weight will help any.

I sure dont want to spend the rest of my lift wearing these wraps so my legs can go down. I still am not able to wear my shoes because my feet swell and i cant get my feet in any of my shoes. These wraps cost $110.00 per leg but are well worth it. Sometimes i wear them to work so i dont hurt all day. I will get the name of them and the e-mail address of where i bought them after work today and send it to you. Cagsy48  The company i got the wraps were from Spectrum Health Care. The product is called BiaCare:Comprefit BK Compression wraps for legs. The phone number is 1-888-210-5576. I use them alot because everytime i have the doctor wrap my legs it costs me 110.00. My co-pay is 55.00 per visit. I have them put on and then taken off a couple days later. I now have my husband put them on and the next day i take them off and i own them. They are great and I can wear them to work also. I am lucky my legs only leak internally not on the outside. I take lasix 20 mg daily to help get the water out.

I cant wrap my own legs. Listen to ladyjack51 she knows what she is talking about. I live in Palmdale California and dont know of a doctor that specializes in lymphedema. My doctor said I have Venous Insuffuciency. I dont know if that is different. I have had Lymphedema a very long time, the older I get the worse it gets. Im a photographer and find that now (getting older) I can't stand as long, it also effects my back from the standing. Its very frustrating as I love my work and I most certainly am going to have to cut back. The compression stocking hurt like hell when i where them, i can't tolerate them. I worked a wedding yesterday and there where so many stairs in the old hall and the grounds where huge that I had to sit down during the shoot my legs where throbbing. Luckily they where a great bride and groom. I rest up when im at home, editing photo's but also can't sit in the same place for to long as I am prone to blood clots. Im severly over weight, unable to exersice and diet correctly because im not ment to have to much vitamin k, which is green things, tomatoes, basically diet food...