Compression made me put on weight?
I'm not officially diagnosed. I tried a while ago, and called the office my PCP recommended, but they said "we don't do that" and basically hung up on me. I didn't know what to try after that and I'm pretty low level anyway, so I figured I'd just figure it out myself.
But when I finally got serious about wearing compression, I put on ten pounds and all of my clothes got tighter. My waist now has this fluffy fat on it that it never had before, and my legs didn't seem to really get better.
I noticed recently that a couple of pairs of jeans that I got from a friend that were previously a bit loose, were better fitting, so I've started to wear those recently. These pants are tighter at the ankle and looser at the waist (like I kind of need a belt to keep them on, but I can go without if I don't mind hiking them up somewhat regularly while walking). Wearing those seemed to help my weight go down again a bit. (Not to the previous level.)
Recently I figured I'd try my compression stockings again, so I measured everything and rechecked the next day after wearing compression all day. My legs got smaller, but my waist and chest got bigger. I'm worried that I'm stretching out the fascia/skin in new places leaving everything to swell more. But also, a lot of what got bigger was my hips and waist when I previously gained 10 pounds, which would've been under compression. Is it possible too tight of stockings on my waist is making it hard for the lymph to actually get to my kidneys somehow?