MEdoubleLL

My thoughts on living with lipedema and lymphedema…and other stuff

Waiting…

I took the Zepbound at a dose of 2.5 mg for the first month, and last Monday I bumped up to the 5 mg dose for the month of November. Next time it will be 7.5.

I’m still waiting for some effect. I did have about a week in the middle of last month in which my knee pain dropped by more than 50 percent and swelling decreased; I thought maybe that was the beginning of the trend, but then one morning I woke up and the knee pain was back and my legs and feet were back up to maximum swell. I thought long and hard and couldn’t come up with anything I had done that might have triggered my cranky inflammatory response: No new foods, no seed oils, nothing that you would expect would aggravate my system.

So…I’m waiting. Hoping. Wondering if it will, at some point, kick in. I’ll keep you posted.

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About Me

I started this blog to talk about a genetic, fibrotic fat-storing (some say autoimmune) condition called Lipoedema, which is something I began to experience in my 60s, although some see early onset at puberty, or post-pregnancy, or at menopause. The other “L” condition from which I suffer is Lymphedema, as a common secondary effect of the fibrosis that blocks lymphatic drainage. Despite the fact that one in 11 women suffer from lipoedema, most doctors have never heard of it, so on top of the pain and embarrassment of this extremely obvious malady, millions of us are out there being fat-shamed for a condition that isn’t contingent on diet or exercise for its growth. This blog was intended to share my reactions.

I have, however, reserved the right to discuss “other stuff” here and, increasingly, since January 20th, 2025, that is politics, because what else, after all, are we legitimately obsessed with in this age of fascism in these United States of America? So while the “theme” of this blog may be confusing, it is my blog, where I can talk about whatever I wish. You are not constrained to read the parts you don’t like. But I feel compelled to write about them.