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    Aww Sangye thats horrible. I hope you get your ahem sorted soon. lol.

    Well i'm still at 5mg, waiting for Addenbrooks for the ok to dip again. See them at the end of the month, will be asking for a referral to a chest consult there too.
    "I believe that I have seen a negative attitude kill people, but I don't think that a positive one will cure you. However, I know that it Helps". Jack

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    SO glad you're not going back to that fool.

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    Not as glad as i am Sangye!!

    Last quick question before bed, any reasons why a chest consultant would want a urine and blood tests done? Surely his job is to look at the lungs?
    "I believe that I have seen a negative attitude kill people, but I don't think that a positive one will cure you. However, I know that it Helps". Jack

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    My Pulmy wanted urine and blood done too before doing the bronchoscopy.
    Phil Berggren, dx 2003

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    Wow, that doctor sounds like a dick! (excuse my French )

    I've put on about two stone in around two weeks after my pred was bumped back up, which is a huge amount, but my doctors are not worried about it, as it's stayed at that level and my appetite is healthy. Five pounds in six months is something I wouldn't even notice going on!

    I'm not medically trained in any way, but I've been told (as you probably have) that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as eating breakfast basically gives your body the signal that you're awake and starts your metabolism going for the day, which supposedly helps you to lose weight. I don't know how true that is, but it seems to make sense

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    Quote Originally Posted by freakyschizogirl View Post
    Not as glad as i am Sangye!!

    Last quick question before bed, any reasons why a chest consultant would want a urine and blood tests done? Surely his job is to look at the lungs?
    my pulminologist is the most intelligent and thourough doctor I have ever been to in my life and he either checks that stuff himself or makes sure that my other doctor does. I actualy get heart palpatations when he is not on the requisition in the "send copies to" section as I know he will be the first one to notice any issues.

    what blood test did he require.
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    I gained 30 pounds (uh.... 2 stones) and don't give a rats.... Hang in there.... YeeeHaw!!!

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    I am up to 162 now. My normal weight before Wegs was about 150, so I should not really complain. It is the big gut I have that is more concerning to me. I joke with some people that with Wegs and pred I went from a six pack to a keg overnight. I did reach about 180 shortly after being dx. I ate like a team of horses.
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    I think in general men are not as stressed by the weight gain as women. You see men patting their beer bellies and laughing, totally uninhibited about it, while women are always trying to suck in their stomachs and cover up excess weight.

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    Hmmmmm..... Don't know about that. My new physique was the hardest thing for me to deal with. Much more difficult than anything else associated with the disease. It still bothers me. One of the hardest things to do was go shopping for new pants and having to go up a size. I have kept some of my "pre-surgery" pants just in case, but I'm quickly coming to the realization it 'taint never going to happen.....

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