I hate to repeat myself, but for those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with CF at the age of 36...so much of this is new to me.
Anyway, I have been taking my enzymes (not religiously) and had managed to put on about 20 lbs. (I had lost 15 while in the hospital, so a gain of +5 I thought was really good)...anyway...it put me at 120lbs. This is more than I have weighed my entire life except for when I was pregnant. Stupid people still told me I needed to eat and I "looked" sick...but that's another issue.
My point is that I just finished a course of Prednisone and being on that gave me sort of the "moon" face and also caused me to gain ANOTHER 10lbs. Now, none of my pants fit and the ones I can actually pull up I can't fasten. I'm feeling SOOOO fat, and my friends don't seem to be at all compassionate about this. They just keep saying "welcome to the real world"...oh please, gag me!
I know that having the extra weight is good and I will lose it the next time I get sick and am on IV meds, but for the moment I just feel fat and no one wants to allow me to just feel FAT.
Thanks for letting me vent!
Amy
36 w/CF, recently diagnosed with Osteopenia, and mom to 16 yo w/o CF
Anyway, I have been taking my enzymes (not religiously) and had managed to put on about 20 lbs. (I had lost 15 while in the hospital, so a gain of +5 I thought was really good)...anyway...it put me at 120lbs. This is more than I have weighed my entire life except for when I was pregnant. Stupid people still told me I needed to eat and I "looked" sick...but that's another issue.
My point is that I just finished a course of Prednisone and being on that gave me sort of the "moon" face and also caused me to gain ANOTHER 10lbs. Now, none of my pants fit and the ones I can actually pull up I can't fasten. I'm feeling SOOOO fat, and my friends don't seem to be at all compassionate about this. They just keep saying "welcome to the real world"...oh please, gag me!
I know that having the extra weight is good and I will lose it the next time I get sick and am on IV meds, but for the moment I just feel fat and no one wants to allow me to just feel FAT.
Thanks for letting me vent!
Amy
36 w/CF, recently diagnosed with Osteopenia, and mom to 16 yo w/o CF