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mginger
mginger Member Posts: 150
edited June 2019 in Working on Your Fitness

   Before diagnosis, I was weighing 116 lbs.  After surgery, I started to drink a lot of green tea (leaves, not in little bag).  I ate less bread.  I went down to 103 lbs and then panicked. Hey, I was too thin!   I started to eat more, eat sweets, more meat, etc.  I am at 108, but it is really tough to gain weight.  Do you think I am sick and... I just don't know?

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  • cheryl58
    cheryl58 Member Posts: 182
    edited April 2009

    Hi -

    I am now 50 years old, and I still weigh the same as I did in high school.  I just have some kind of super-metabolism or something.  I try to eat healthy but very rarely do.  I eat McDonald's, hot dogs, fries, chocolate (all the time), and I do not gain a pound.  I actually would like to gain some weight because at my age now, the slender build is actually aging me terribly. I look much older!  I just think there are some people that just can't gain weight (honestly, I don't know that, but that is how it is for me!) 

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  • idaho
    idaho Member Posts: 1,187
    edited April 2009

    My x-husband was that way,  The doctor gave him something to slow his metabolism down, I can't remember what it was called.  You might ask your doc though.  I have heard that tamoxifen can make you lose weight also.  Are you postmenopausal?  The second I was I gained weight!  Tami

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  • mginger
    mginger Member Posts: 150
    edited April 2009

      I am pre-menopausal.  And you are right, not gaining weight makes you look older, maybe that is why also I hate it a bit.  Maybe green tea accelerate my metabolism too much.

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  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited April 2009

    Oh God, to only have this problem.  I am not making light of your situation but Oh My God to have this problem.

    You might want to have a thyroid test.

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  • mginger
    mginger Member Posts: 150
    edited April 2009

      well, you know, I am actually not whining because of looking too thin.  If I just have problem gaining weight, I don't mind. My concern is... I hope I ONLY have this problem and it is not a symptom  of something else.

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  • oneheadlight
    oneheadlight Member Posts: 2
    edited April 2009

    mginger,

    I am new and maybe i missed it, but are u in chemo? I have always been really skinny, well not so much at 46 years, but yeah, 5'11" and 113 at 20. I got so thin during chemo it was scary, but 18 months later, I am fat and happy. Well, 150lbs and feeling right for my age.

    When I couldn't eat, I just couldn't. Even with all the meds. I got so thin and weak. But I bounced right back after rads. That also made me feel sick, but my natural remedy worked for that.

    Hon, just force youself to eat what you can. A frap from Starbucks is better than nothing. Stawberries and whipped cream...anything!

    Take care!

    Susie

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited April 2009
    I'm 5'2" and struggling to stay under 130#.  During chemo I was thrilled to be at 122-124# and size 4 - - now clothes are getting tight again and I want to get this weight issue under control.  I drink lots of green tea.  Frown
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  • Abbey11
    Abbey11 Member Posts: 335
    edited April 2009

    I am in the same situation.  I weighed about 118 before my surgery and was down to about 108 this winter.  I am now back up to 113 and should probably gain a couple more pounds.  I think that there's the possibility that I just lost lots of muscle weight this winter because I didn't exercise after my mastectomies.  I started working out again after my reconstructive surgery in February and am slowly putting on some weight.  Also, weight loss and weight gain are both side effects of tamoxifen.  It could be that. 

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  • mginger
    mginger Member Posts: 150
    edited May 2009

       Oneheadlight, to answer your question: no,  I did not have chemo, only surgery.  I had anemia two months ago. I took iron supplements.  Yesterday got my blood counts results:  red blood cells a little low,%lymphocytes a little low, but folate, B12 vitamin and folate are ok.   Are should I interpret that?

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