Shortly after having my son who is now 19 months old I was hit with the devastating diagnosis of lipoedema, basically this is a progressive disease where there is an abnormal build up of fat in my limbs. It has taken me until now to mentally come to terms with the fact that this is happening to me. I am in constant pain having to put on compression tights that are immensely painful to wear which help to slow down the progression. I eat healthy and exercise but this does not affect lipoedema it continues to expand and grow. I find it hard to leave the house most days, working full time and having my son in nursery not leaving the house isn't an option. I Iive with constant pain and try to cover up my legs and arms due to the embarrassment of having them on show. There is three stages of lipoedema and I am currently stage 1, after obsessing researching lipoedema I have found a surgeon in Germany Dr heck who is a specialist in this condition and claims that if in stage one he can cure the condition with surgery. This operation is not available on the nhs something I plan to petition for. I would need three operations and each surgery costs over 5000 and I also need to get to and from Germany on three separate occasions (not much then). I can see now that there is light at the end of the tunnel but time is running out before I hit stage 2, so, I am begging you please help me, I don't want to be in pain anymore and I'm scared if I progress I will loose my mobility and be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I will keep everyone updated on the progress and thank you in advance for reading my story.