Aspiring model with a $wo^llen leg
After banning her family and friends from talking about lymphedema, Meagan Barnard was left feeling su!c!^dal and alone. For more than a decade the 24 year old hid her leg under baggy clothes and refused to wear a dress or a skirt. She was even called Michelin Man and other cruel nicknames by her school friends. For 2 years she was able to hide about her condition to her 27 year old boyfriend Robert Neidenfeuhr.
She said, ‘If Rob and I were sitting next to each other watching a movie there would be a big, thick blanket between us so he couldn’t feel how hard my leg was.We had been together for two years when I went public and he had no idea.’
Even when the couple was at their most intimate,...