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- Aug 2, 2020
A Nova Scotia woman with lymphedema has applied for MAID.
This is not to start a MAID sperg. This woman wants a surgery that is covered by Nova Scotia, but nobody in Nova Scotia does it since its so specialized. So the province would theoretically cover it, but they won't cover it if the woman goes out of province. It's a Kafkaesque loophole, and it looks the MAID application is a stunt to get the province to change their policy.
What's interesting is that the surgery is not liposculpture!! Colour me shocked. It's something called LVA, which apparently involves rewiring the lymph vessels so the fluid bypasses the damaged area and drains back into the venous system. It is NOT simply removing fibrotic tissue.
This woman was able to get LVA in one leg out of country, but had to remortgage her house to do it. SMH. Should've had an Instagram sponsorship instead of a normal career, lady!
This woman spends 5 hours a day in her compression machine, and wears compression garments all the time. She's also a healthy weight.
I hope "poster child for lipodema" Anna prancing around with her crippling pain and 500 pounds of unburnable fat doesn't make things harder for people like this poor lady.
*I know lipodema and lymphedema are different things, but I'm not sure Anna does. I'm confused now if she's claimed to have both? The surgery was for lipodema and the massage machine her soul mate fit for her was for lymphedema? Idk whatever.
This is not to start a MAID sperg. This woman wants a surgery that is covered by Nova Scotia, but nobody in Nova Scotia does it since its so specialized. So the province would theoretically cover it, but they won't cover it if the woman goes out of province. It's a Kafkaesque loophole, and it looks the MAID application is a stunt to get the province to change their policy.
What's interesting is that the surgery is not liposculpture!! Colour me shocked. It's something called LVA, which apparently involves rewiring the lymph vessels so the fluid bypasses the damaged area and drains back into the venous system. It is NOT simply removing fibrotic tissue.
This woman was able to get LVA in one leg out of country, but had to remortgage her house to do it. SMH. Should've had an Instagram sponsorship instead of a normal career, lady!
This woman spends 5 hours a day in her compression machine, and wears compression garments all the time. She's also a healthy weight.
I hope "poster child for lipodema" Anna prancing around with her crippling pain and 500 pounds of unburnable fat doesn't make things harder for people like this poor lady.
*I know lipodema and lymphedema are different things, but I'm not sure Anna does. I'm confused now if she's claimed to have both? The surgery was for lipodema and the massage machine her soul mate fit for her was for lymphedema? Idk whatever.