Dressing up wearing a support stocking can be difficult.
In this picture, I choose to wear one of my favorite little dresses. Because it’s fall, the weather allows me to wear my dress with pantyhose.
Underneath, I’m wearing my support stocking. As you can see, it’s only visible on the brighter side of my pantyhose. The support stocking I’m wearing, bought in Spain, comprises 93% polyamide, 7% elastane, and silicon. It’s a thin, type 2, long support stocking, held up with a silicon band. The brand is Farmalastic.
After I visited the vascular specialist, I realized I had something special to talk about. The first thing she said to me was: ” You are the woman that had a DVT three times.” Because I wanted to get back my mental health, I thought about starting a blog about stockings. This blog message was the first I wrote for www.daphneinstockings.com. It took me a lot of work because of my lack of concentration, but I managed eventually. I had to be persistent. After a while, I decided to write about all the things that had happened in 2020.
I was able to do so because I made pictures and notes about everything; conversations, appointments, phone calls, preparations, visits, etc. I even kept all medical stuff like injections because I thought it proved my illness that I needed to show my supervisor later.
During the writing process, I was amazed by all the things that had happened in ten months. By making this blog, I gave all the negative things that had happened a place, so I don’t need to keep them in my mind and on different notes anymore. I also think that sharing my story may help others, especially after this crazy pandemic year.
