ok so i went to the hospital today, for my every 4 week rhuemy appt.
so im sad, im super fat now. i weigh 141 pounds and before i got sick i had only been 110
and we told him about stuff, like how i get headaches every day, he sayd my blood pressure wasnt high enough to cause them and he sayd my eyes looked ok
i got some amoxicilan (i know i spelled it wrong), and i gotta take that on the day i go to the dentist in August, 6 pills 1 hour before, then 4 pills 6 hours later, then 1 pill every 4 hours until theyre gone, or somethin like that (its confuzing)
for my tummy aches everyday (i get tummy aches and what i call acid burps, my mom says its acid reflux or somethin) he gave me a prescription for some pepcid, yay now my tummy wont hurt anymore, thats good.
and he lowered my pred, from 3 pills in the morning and 1 at night, to 2 pills in the morning and 1 at night, so a 10 mg drop. maybe i'll not look so fat, that might be embarassing at school.
uh and basically thats it, i think. i go back August 19th, about a week or so before school.
after that, me, mom and grandma went out to eat.
i had: pasta w/ butter sauce, a piece of rustic bread, 2 glasses of strawberry lemonade and an ice cream and chocolate cake desert w/ whipped cream and hot fudge
and that was my day, good news from the doctor, and going out to eat and exercise
ooh and August 4th, i gotta have a stress test, on a stationary bike, the ppl called today
so, yup thats it
[QUOTE=StarPerson121]
awww Star- I know how you feel about the weight gain. That darn prednisone gives you the appetite of a horse. I am usually a person of very strong will power when it comes to saying no to food cravings but if I'm on 10 or above (the higher the worse it is) of prednisone I cannot control myself. I eat even though I am not hungry. I just feel compelled to put food in my mouth. I have had to go to bed just so I would stop eating.
Try and keep low fat/ calorie stuff around. Maybe some sugar free popsicles? Keep up the good work exercising too. Glad he reduced your dose- that will help.
My doctor had me on prilosec when I was on a lot of prednisone- it really did help- I never had a tummy ache. Good luck with the Pepcid.
thnx wanttobe, im takin some pepcid tonight, and i hope it works good
of course it probably wont work the first time, but maybe after the second day of takin it, i'll see some effect... i hope
yeah cuz i used to be so thin, kids at school were even asking if i was anorexic. oh i miss those days, before i was too thin, now im too fat. ugh, i can never be in the middle.
now instead of askin if im anorexic, ppl ask why my face is all puffy. one person thought i got stung by a bee or somethin, its terrible.
to compare, my eating habits from before pred and when on pred, im gonna say what i ate for breakfast today.
breakfast today:
2 mini cresants
1 blueberry muffin
an egg w/ cheese melted on top (not omlette)
a yogurt
a glass of milk and a banana
now, back when i was in school on a usual morning i would eat:
cereal
egg
glass of milk
thats it, nothin more, no bananas or muffins, i used to barely eat actually
i rarely ever finished my dinner or lunch
and even when i was hungry i would avoid eatin, for fear of being "fat" when i was far from it. oh well, now its like the exact OPPOSITE, my rhuemy sayd w/ the lower pred, i might not eat so much tho.
It's true- the lower the prednisone the less you will feel compelled to eat. How tall are you Star? 140 does not sound like an awful lot for a 14 year old boy. If your joints are up to it maybe you could lift some light weights too. That darn puffiness in the face is a side effect too- it's not really fat and I think that went away when I got down to 10 mgs a day.
I always took my prilosec in the morning with the rest of my pills.
yeah i know its not fat, my doctor sayd it was like fluid and when im off the pred it'll be gone
im 5 foot 6
so i decided id take the pepcid w/ my mornin pills
and w/ my night pills
since i take it twice a day, i already have a morning and night pill time
so, that makes it more convienient
5' 6"! You are not fat! You are just becoming a young man Star!
see thats why when i was 110 pounds, ppl sayd i was too thin
my mom sayd i was so thin, i looked really sick
then when i went to 100 pounds after being in the hospital 6 days, i was really sick lookin and i even noticed
but then i started eatin a ton, not havin blood sugar problems yet. i could eat whatever i wanted and i did, i ate too much. im NEVER gonna do that again.
well, i dont look fat. my arms and legs are thin still. BUT, my tummy is fat, and thats whats bad. im so fat around my waist and stuff, it actually left stretch marks, which apparently dont go away (grandma still has some from when she was pregnant w/ my mom)
so i also decided, that im gonna cut back tommorow, eat less and exercise ALOT more. maybe 2 hours of exercise, my mom sayd to be careful, BUT she's gonna go along with my decision. i was thinkin of skipping meals too, but she sayd NO.
im gonna need lots of support if im gonna exercise and eat less now, i know tho. ur probably gonna say: Star, u can lose weight, but do it in a healthy way. get ur vitamins and such and eat healthy foods such as vegetables and fruits. dont forget ur meats and dairy, those play an important role too.
im sure somebody might say somethin similar to that. but im gonna try and w/ the lower pred maybe it'll work... i hope
nah i never preferred "seafood" never liked fish, lobster, clams
nothing like that.
altho i took a tiny bite of my grandma's lobster roll, and i gotta admit it wasnt so bad
yeah the pepcid better work, i hate acid burps. some are terrible, like i even felt somethin come up when i had an acid burp yesterday. its like throw up, but not so cuz it never comes all the way up.
Hey you learned quick
yup moderation, my dad sayd that too
hmmm, maybe u ppl have a point... i should actually listen to u sometimes
u think 30 mg a day is alot of pred?
it dont seem like much compared to what i was takin about two months ago
back then it was 90 mg a day
that was ALOT
i better lose weight soon tho
it'll be embarassing at school
my dad told me not to overdo myself exercising , and he sayd not to starve myself either
maybe i should listen to him
Star,
I am not one to tell you how to eat, so I'm not gonna! BUT, I do want you to be smart. Don't do too much or you will get burned out. Take care Star.ok i'll be sure to not do too much
i dont wanna end up hurtin later
im definately NOT doing 100 minutes on that stationary bike
i was suffering terrible the next day after that
so im gonna start out slow this time
and hopefully everythin will be painless
except for the tummy aches, from being hungry
unless the pepcid would make that hurt less too
idk, oh well i'll find out tommorow
tommorow, im a new person (figuratively lol)
im gonna try and eat right and exercise
and be healthy, cuz i figure
if i dont take care of myself now, when im an adult then i'll be suffering
so its best to start healthy, and make it a habit
it sounds easy, but im sure its gonna be hard
BUT im sure i can do it
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