What do you wear?

[Katica21]

I'm a 35 year old female (so just scrape into this group). I find it hard to feel stylish and feminine as feel limited to what clothes I can wear whilst wearing compression garments.

I have leg lymphoedema and wear compression knee high stockings. I feel like I can only wear trousers.

What do others wear usually? What about shoes? I tend to wear flat boots as that tends to keep the swelling down but this is also limiting, particularly in the warmer months. It's kind of a catch 22 as the warmer months the swelling is worse so need to wear compression garments more but it's also quite hot and uncomfortable to wear them when it's warm.

[blubrdfrend]

Well, I can't help you there. I have only ugly shoes and boots. I saw a lady at a Treadle Sewing machine meeting recently who was wearing flip-flops with rhinestones. I told her that they were the trashiest shoes that I had ever seen. She thanked me. My closet if full of pants with loose legs. I will probably never wear a dress again. Now that I am older, time is precious. I don't have time to answer all the questions that I am ask when wearing a dress. " Yes, I have seen a doctor. No, I don't want to see your doctor." Once a woman told me that my shoes were ugly and that was when I could wear a D. Now I wear a size 7 in a 4E.