Cankles, yes, i get it. But what do you call it when your knees go away too?

GingerSun

I am so very swollen up with retained fluid that I have cankles and little sausages for toes. (my BP is fine, my MD knows, its not a medical concern). But now, as it slowly gets worse, I swear my knees are disappearing too. I'm trying to come up with a word for it, maybe knegs? As in kn(ee+l)egs? Trying to keep my head up my sense of humour What would you call it?

jbd1020

Well if we're going by the same convention of calf+ankle = cankle, then I would think it would be something like thigh+knee = thnee?

Meanwhile, my ankles can get so bad I think they should be call thankles. LOL that sounds funny though. They've gone down a bit tonight, so I can say, "Yay, I have cankles again!".

fabfive

::lurking::

during my 1st pregnancy i was sooooooo swollen in my legs, my husband called them "thankles" (thigh+ankles).  we still laugh about it today.  he's lucky i couldn't catch him to beat him...   

Tinky101981

Elephant legs!

Red_Dahlia

Thankles   Or biscuit knees.

EJensify

ROFL at Thnees.