Photos: Pre-Surgery

I've been asked for pre-surgery photos and other than realising I don't have many of my legs in clothes (never mind undressed!), I thought that perhaps for consistency I should share the photos taken of me literally just before surgery, taken by Professor Schmeller.  I added a post-it note to ensure I was decent (ish!) as he made me take my surgery gown off for the photos so I had only a towel for modesty.  

These images were taken in the theatre just before we started the procedure so I am standing on a squishy mat, hence my feet sinking into the floor!  Unlike many ladies with lipodema I don't have an ankle cuff.     My calves are chunky but Professor Schmeller said he felt that was currently natural rather than lipodema, and he didn't detect lipodema in my calves or ankles so he only operated on my upper legs.  

Looking at the photos above and these closer photos of the areas to be operated on, you can see that my bottom half is disproportionate, with how wide I am out at the thighs, how close together my inner thighs are and that the alignment is wrong around my inner knees, so you can see the fat pads there.  

Professor Schmeller then knelt in front of me with a marker pen and started to mark up just where my thighs and knees were out of proportion to ensure he was very precise in where he would operate.