Health Issues
well i was going to start on the challange..but at this point it wont do me
any good…i had bronchitis…which turned into pneumonia…
i’ve been very sick…and now they’ve put me on prednisone…so i am expecting
to gain quite a bit of weight since its a 14 day course
far i’ve gained 6 pounds back..which is discouraging..but i know i have to
take the medicine or i wont be able to breathe…which would be even worse. In
addition i had some blood tests done last week…my blood sugar was high..which
caused alarm in my doctor for two reasons…A..i’ve been on atkins 6 weeks now
so i’ve had NO sugar in my diet at all..and B..Diabetes is heavily in both
sides of my family..in addition to the blood sugar being high..my thyroid was
very low…so tonite i have to fast after 8pm..then go to the hospital tomorrow
morning around 9 and have the levels drawn..and a full thyroid panel including
Hashimoto’s disease, which i also have in my family..and then Friday i will
meet with the doc to discuss the results and see if i do in fact have diabetes
and/or a thyroid issue…this is very very upsetting to me..i havent even a
clue if i can still continue Atkins if i have either or both of these
things…if anyone has any suggestions or experiences with any of this…it
would be
appreciated
Thanks
Angel
228/went down to 214.5 now back up to 220/short term goal of 200…long term
goal..i HOPE 130-135
Angel ^i^
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one
day, so I never have to live without you.”
— Winnie the Pooh
Three Rules for Living:
1 Admit nothing.
2 Deny everything.
3 If caught, lie like hell!
May 11th, 2006 at 1:30 am
My husband has Lupus too and has taken prednisone for years. Occasionally he
switches to Plaquanil (I may have spelled that wrong), anyways, the point is
he isn’t even officially on Atkins, only me and my daughter but since I cook
the meals he eats what I make. He has lost 11lbs! So you can take it and
lose weight, or some can. On the other hand isn’t that sad! Here we are
busting
our butts to lose weight, he does nothing and loses 11 pounds! GRRRRRR LOL
Patty
238/210/170…at least!!