i need help

[MCC]

Wow, 10 lbs on pred is nothing. And you can RUN? The southern hemisphere really IS opposite. Happy to hear that you're doing so well, Mandy.

Thank you Sangye, I've appreciated all the help and advice you guys have given me.

When I said run I should have said 'beginners jog' really! I've never been sporty, but trying to do it now for the sake of my health...will see how I stick to it long term.

[Lightwarrior]

I am constantly losing weighr because i am afraid to eat.. i feel like everything i eat goes to my face and belly...it is so frustrating. I dont want to lose no more weight because people around me say that i'm disappearing and i know it but cant help it. If i gain a few pounds will it all go to my fat stomach? And will it shrunk after i'm on 10mg? I think i'm going insane ;(

Katarzena,
You must eat, don't set yourself up for an eating disorder. The prednisone is responsible for your face and belly, it will improve when you are able to lower prednisone. Meanwhile you have to give your body the building blocks that proper nutrition provides to keep you as healthy as possible. Don't let yourself disappear, you are too special.

[Nancy]

Katarsena -
I will try to share my feelings when I was on Prednisone and had weight increases and moon faces to share with the world.. I was also taking Cytoxan - knowing I was putting this "helpful poison" into my body... I like to garden... I can owrk long days and then go to te garden - it seems to releieve me of the fatique/pain and depression issues...
I would imagine my body as a beautful garden - in 3-D... I then saw a patch of a jelly like mold covering some of the garden... I would everyday - think about restoring my garden by use of these drugs... kind of like a treatment ( insecticide/aphid powder...). It made the worries about weight gain/changes in my body less - since I was effectively workening to strengthen and re-beautify my entire body... The weight does go down...the face does decline back to normal size... The prednisone just makes your body change how it deals with your food intake and then re-distributes the fat into specific areas... Pregnant women are not Fat - they are short-term "Fluffy"... You are not crazy - but the meds and verthinking can result in the same results... Give yourself a break - eat healthy to provide the best building blocks to get healthier... Like Sangye said - less empty calories to produce more fluff and less salt to hold fluids/water retention issues...
Wishing you the best... the beauty of who you are is truly inside.... Do not adopt a negative coping mechanism ( anorexia) due to convcerns about the disease... Follow though with others here on the site or professionally for counseling... All the best to you!! Nancy

[Nancy]

sorry for the poor/bad spelling - it looks alright until I put it to be saved/posted.... : - )