Doctors Told Me I Was ‘Just Fat’ — My Serious Medical Condition Was Missed

Shannon Ashley’s exhausting battle with lipoedema is far from over — as published in MetroUK

By age 14, I was so ashamed of my big legs that I convinced my parents to let me have a free consultation with a plastic surgeon (Picture: Supplied)

As soon as I got my lipoedema diagnosis last year, tears rolled down my cheeks.

For years, doctors told me that I was ‘just fat’.