Three years since my diagnosis and this is the first compression I have kept on past lunch. My prescribed stockings live in a drawer because I could not get them on without sweating and swearing. These go on at 6:30 before the school run and I forget about them. My legs still ache some days, but the heavy, full feeling by evening is so much less.

I honestly ordered these expecting to send them back. I have worn them eleven days straight. Soft enough to sit in at my desk for nine hours, and my calves are not throbbing when I finally put my feet up. Sizing: I am between M and L and went M for the firmer feel. Glad I did.

Twenty-five years of "just lose weight" and it turns out it was lipedema. These do not fix that. What they do is let me wear compression all day without wanting to rip it off in the car. The knit is soft on the parts of my thighs that bruise if you look at them.

By lunchtime my legs used to feel like the fluid was just sitting in them. I wear these under work trousers now, nobody has a clue, and at 6 pm my legs feel like they did at 9 am. Not smaller. Lighter. That is what I wanted.

Getting into my medical stockings genuinely made me cry some mornings. These slide on in about ten seconds. Still firm at the ankle, I can feel the support, but I can get dressed without a fight. The grey is nice too. They just look like leggings.

My legs bruise from the corner of a table and most compression digs in behind the knee. This is the first pair that holds without hurting. Worn every day for a month, under dresses, to the market, on the plane to see my son. First compression I have ever stuck with.

Twelve-hour shifts, mostly on my feet. I used to come home and lie on the floor with my legs up the wall. Two weeks of wearing these under my scrubs and the end-of-shift heaviness is noticeably less. My charge nurse asked where I got them.

Diagnosed six weeks ago and completely overwhelmed. Ordered these on a Tuesday, had them Thursday. The difference for me is simple: I actually keep them on, so they actually get the chance to help. Wish I had known about lipedema ten years ago.

I never write reviews. But after twenty years of hating every pair of compression I was given, I found one I wear from the morning dog walk to bedtime. Less ache, lighter legs, and I do not dread getting dressed. Burgundy, 2XL, fits true to the chart.