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<blockquote data-quote="Annb" data-source="post: 2538607" data-attributes="member: 25851"><p>Thanks for your reply Margaret. I think I may have a combination of both conditions. All three, in fact, because I am in the morbidly obese range. I wasn't until I started taking insulin, but my weight has climbed hugely in the last years - not helped by the fact that walking, or even standing is difficult, due to arthritis. The only doctor who has given an opinion in recent years diagnosed "venous insufficiency" - but he had only seen photographs and could not tell if dents remained for a time after being made in my legs or even the texture of the skin. Doctors from our own clinic (in Stornoway) don't seem to actually see patients any more, or even answer urgent phone calls. All the work is left to nurses and other staff. They are really good, but their knowledge seems to be somewhat limited. The doctor who gave an opinion was on the mainland and contact via the e-consult system.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add: Original diagnosis, when a rash first appeared on my right shin, was folliculitis and then cellulitis - treated with antibiotics. That was a good number of years ago. It never went away but in recent years just got worse and worse and was diagnosed as varicose eczema. Then it spread to my left leg and now both shins and calves are red and brown, lumpy, burning, shiny and dent when pressed. I try not to let the pressing happen too often because it hurts even to touch the skin, which burns all the time and also seems to be very fragile. Not, apparently, typical of either lymphoedema or lipodoema but rather a bit of both. At least with the stocking support, my ankles were less painful, which is what this thread was about in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Annb, post: 2538607, member: 25851"] Thanks for your reply Margaret. I think I may have a combination of both conditions. All three, in fact, because I am in the morbidly obese range. I wasn't until I started taking insulin, but my weight has climbed hugely in the last years - not helped by the fact that walking, or even standing is difficult, due to arthritis. The only doctor who has given an opinion in recent years diagnosed "venous insufficiency" - but he had only seen photographs and could not tell if dents remained for a time after being made in my legs or even the texture of the skin. Doctors from our own clinic (in Stornoway) don't seem to actually see patients any more, or even answer urgent phone calls. All the work is left to nurses and other staff. They are really good, but their knowledge seems to be somewhat limited. The doctor who gave an opinion was on the mainland and contact via the e-consult system. Edited to add: Original diagnosis, when a rash first appeared on my right shin, was folliculitis and then cellulitis - treated with antibiotics. That was a good number of years ago. It never went away but in recent years just got worse and worse and was diagnosed as varicose eczema. Then it spread to my left leg and now both shins and calves are red and brown, lumpy, burning, shiny and dent when pressed. I try not to let the pressing happen too often because it hurts even to touch the skin, which burns all the time and also seems to be very fragile. Not, apparently, typical of either lymphoedema or lipodoema but rather a bit of both. At least with the stocking support, my ankles were less painful, which is what this thread was about in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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