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I've got vascular reflux...a nasty little situation where leaky vein valves can cause edema and crappy circulation in my lower legs.

Probably the thing I most love about my recent weight loss....other than my stellar labs and being off almost all my meds.....is my feet and ankles.

My calves used to have horrible pitted edema. Like...stick your thumb on my shin for a minute... and it would leave a dent you could put a grape in. Was pretty ghastly.

I was a prime candidate for lymphedema legs, cellulitis, and lots of other problems. My legs hurt all the time. If I was on my feet too much, my ankles would be tree trunks, and my feet would swell to where the tops would dome up where you tie your shoes and be mushy edema...and my toes would kinda poke out from under the dome. It looked awful. It hurt. It made wearing shoes a pain in the arse to get a workable fit. And I thought I was stuck with it forever:)

Ever since I hit about 220...my feet have been gorgeous. No more domes. You can see the little tendons working when I wiggle my toes again. My ankles look like ankles...not cankles. There's very little edema in my legs now and i couldn't be more grateful.

I just ordered some sandals and got a bunch of colors of toe nail polish.

My feets are coming out:) They're pretty average feet, really....but I think they're gorgeous.

If you've got lower leg edema....you're gonna be so happy when this happens for you.

Love, love, loving my new feets and ankles!

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Yay!!!! I'm so happy for you!!! That is such fantastic news!!!! Paint your toenails girlie and wear those sandals and capris!!!

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Isn't that just the most exciting lol when we can see our feet and reach them toes to paint them pretty ...summer is coming !!!! I remember seeing the bones in mine wow! I have bones??? and no kankles ???? Its so awesome watching all the changes

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Congratulations. ;-):rolleyes:B):lol:B):P:)

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Hear, hear! I only had one “fat foot.” Could make the same dent with a finger press. No tendons visible. Now I can’t tell which foot used to be Fat Foot. So nice. Edema sucks.

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