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Thursday I wasn't able to sign on and journal. I was 197.4 and so happy to see a loss, HOWEVER... That day was spend getting ready to go to a wedding which was actually an 80s Rock Show. (Seriously THE coolest wedding I've ever attended.) I split an order of Nachos with my husband and that was it for food intake. The next morning I had to go to an all day librarians' conference. Scrambled eggs and sausage for breakfast, Salad, green beans, and grilled chicken for lunch, and 1/2 an Asian chicken wrap for dinner. Considering I was on-the-road, I was proud of my food choices. Yesterday I was ravenously hungry in the morning and grabbed an egg sausage cheese bagel on my way to work. Lunch was the other half of the Asian chicken wrap. Dinner consisted of 2 small lobsters (on sale now at Price Chopper). The scale this morning (Sunday) has me back at 199. I truly don't understand the gain and it makes me want to say, "screw it" and eat everything in the house (OR never put anything in my mouth again). I finished my course of antibiotics and steroids. Ended up with an HS flare, diarrhea, and a yeast infection. (Yay me!) So I'm going back to eating chicken and carrot soup for a bit. I also had what I think was one of those panic attacks that sends people to the ER. I'm not sure because I feel like the pain caused the panic. Regardless, my husband got me through it. I did not want go to the ER to be diminished and be told it's nothing. The only thing I can equate it to was transition in childbirth. When the contractions are one on top of the other and you can't catch a break and you kind of lose it for a bit. It was kind of like that, but behind my breastbone. At first I thought my hiatal hernia allowed acid into my esophagus, but the pain got worse and spread across my chest, left then right. Then it was in my back like a burning band around my torso and up into my left shoulder. Yeah, as I write this I realize maybe I should at least let my doc know it happened. Anyhow... I'm contemplating my next move: eat all the stuff or refill my water bottle and cry in the corner. The struggle is real. ;)
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89.5 kg
Lost so far: 13.5 kg.
Still to go: 14.7 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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Losing 0.8 kg a Week
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If i were having searing pain anywhere around my chest, shoulders, jaw, throat, etc, i would tell my doc. Women have heart attacks way more often than we thought growing up. Full disclosure, i was having chest pains and got it checked and it was anxiety. But i was glad to know it. Hope you are feeling better soon!
20 May 18 by member: jengetfit123
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Take a deep breath and drink your water first. You said you were on steroids and antibiotics? And you expected to lose? You would be lucky to... So any time you are on steroids expect to gain a pound (or 5) and relax. Any time you are on antibiotics make sure you take your probiotics if your doctor didn’t clue you in. And make sure you use back up birth control! LOL Now for the panic and anxiety. Do a 5 step. Count 5 breaths, deep and even. Look around the room, name off 4 things you see. Listen. What are 3 things you hear? Smell. 2 Things you smell. One. Thing you feel. You can repeat this as many times as you need to. LOL 😆 But if the pain does not subside quickly, or the lips or fingernails go blue call 911 immediately!🤷🏻♀️Life is busy and it’s complicated. It gets better though. One step at a time. 🙋🏻
20 May 18 by member: smprowett
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Thank you so much!! I did send my doctor a quick email to fill him in on the situation. Within 30 minutes he wrote back!! He wanted me to go to the ER right away. I told him I wasn't in crisis, so I didn't think that was the place for me. I went to urgent care, they ran an EKG, but refused to run the labs he asked for. EKG looked okay, but he wasn't happy he had no labs, so he sent me to the lab this morning anyhow. I love my doc. I'm so lucky to have found someone who truly cares about the whole patient. Every woman I spoke with understood why I didn't want to go to the ER, but also stressed how important it was for me to do so. Urgent care Doc actually agreed it was no panic attack, but doesn't think it was cardiac. May have been epigastric... No way of knowing because I didn't go to the ER. Today's labs should rule out cardiac. (At least, I hope they will.) ...and I learned my lesson. Next time I will just go to the ER. ...and speak up if I feel I am being diminished, disparaged, or dismissed.
21 May 18 by member: WendyMaq
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