Great article to show what lipoedema is and how it affects you

Nice simple post today.
This article from the daily mail (no comments either way please) is quite good and shows some of the issues affecting sufferers of this condition

http://www.lipoedema.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Lipoedema-Daily-Mail-PDF.pdf

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