Does this canSer make my A** look fat???

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Permalink Reply by Caroline on October 12, 2008 at 3:27pm

Its a proven side effect of treatment - dissatisfaction with the way we look! I haven't gained weight and did lose some at the beginning. Now I would love to lose another 15 lbs but its just isn't happening.

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Permalink Reply by Carole on October 12, 2008 at 3:46pm

I am hungry all the time. So I understand gaining weight.

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Permalink Reply by Tay on October 12, 2008 at 5:31pm

When I first was dx'd I comforted myself that first month with popcorn, ice cream and Scotch. There was 10 lbs. on, then during rads, I was so wiped out, I could hardly move. Being a couch potato turns you into a shape like a potato! Eekk! yes, 10 more lbs on.

Now trying my damnedest to lose the 20, plus the extra 20 I was already carrying.

Your title made me laugh out loud, thanks. After BC, with smaller boobs, I can say that yes, Cancer does indeed make my ass look fat...my new shape is a pear!

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Permalink Reply by Dee on October 12, 2008 at 8:15pm

You are not alone. I gained weight during my treatment for Ovarian Cancer in 2005. I too ate everything in site even if it all tasted like cardboard. If you take any steroids as part of your chemo regimen that will increase your appetite.

When I finished chemo I had gained 30 pounds. I started weight watchers and lost 10 pounds 20 more to go.

Exercise helps too.

Dee

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Permalink Reply by Barbara on October 12, 2008 at 9:09pm

LOL Me too. I can't understand why I still need to eat, when my sense of taste, & smell have diminished greatly. I just bought some oolong tea. That may help with my appetite. Seriously, though, I was told to lose weight. They say cancer loves fat. Something to do with estrogen. Tomorrow is a new day.

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Permalink Reply by Sheri on November 29, 2008 at 5:19pm

Here I was hoping to finally lose some weight here! Canser should be a great diet? How much does a uterus weigh? I should drop 10 pounds or so after my surgery, eh?

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Permalink Reply by genie on November 29, 2008 at 5:26pm

The steroids made me feel that I could eat Cincinnati. Actually, weight gain during chemo has become extremely common and since the docs are thrilled we aren't losing, they haven't gotten serious about the opposite problem.

Here's a "funny" chemo weight gain story. I weighed myself the morning of chemo and again the next morning. The horrifying result was that I had gained 20 pounds in one day. My onc kind of laughed it off -- ha ha, it's the steroids and then all those liquids. It did return to normal the next day, but what a heart attack that scale gave me.

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Permalink Reply by Baldylocks on November 29, 2008 at 5:35pm

I lost and then I gained. Both ways I had to get new clothes.

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Permalink Reply by carolyn on November 29, 2008 at 5:56pm

my god, genie, that's a funny story. steroids are wild!
i measured an actress once for a Bway show- she was probably a size 4. a few weeks later, she came in for her 1st fitting and i didn't recognize her. we let everything out AMAP quick. then we had our 2nd fitting and delivered the costumes 4 days later. they fit her for the first two rehearsals. by the third rehearsal they were 4" from closing! since there had been a 4" overlap to begin with, that meant her costumes were like 8" too small!!! overnight!!!! the wardrobe supervisor was beside herself. we took the clothes back and put the skirts on elastic waistbands and tried to adjust them so they could accomodate a vast range of sizes
yikes!

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Permalink Reply by Carole on November 29, 2008 at 5:56pm

I have gained weight too. It really sucks.

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Permalink Reply by marie on November 29, 2008 at 10:19pm

I lost a lot of weight when I was first dx because I was in a coma the first 3 weeks and on a feeding tube and vent. tube then I could barely eat when the tube was removed because the vent tube came out at almost the same time so my throat was SOOOOO sore. After that I worked really hard to maintain my weight during each course of treatment. After my stem-cell transplant ( I was one of the 2 patients that the transplant unit saw over the entire year that maintained their weight during that joy of a process) I came home worked on my doctors to allow me to eat fresh & raw fruits and veggies - I had to wait 6 months and they still aren't thrilled about the idea becauses of bacteria and my non-existant immune system and then suddenly I came up w/ some serious side effects from the transplant so I was put on steroids. I gained 30 lbs in 2 weeks and they promised that it was mostly fluid and would go away as the dose of 'roids was dropped. Well, I've been dropping the dosage for over 6 mo and I haven't lost an ounce of weight. It is exactly the same every 2 weeks when I get weighed. I've also started working out (moderately but it's something) and am now on my feet all day all day because I'm back at my full time job. I think a lot of it must have to do with the stress from worrying that the big C will return and the stress from my job. I'm stymied. My docs laugh it off and say that it's better to be slightly overweight then underweight but I'm borderline obese according the the BMI charts. I'm not really thrilled about the "new normal" that they keep encouraging me to accept! Anyone out there have any suggestions for me while I taper off of the last 12.5mg over the next 6 months or so??? I know others have been here, too.

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Permalink Reply by Sheri on November 29, 2008 at 10:52pm

I just hate myself because of this. I have battled my bloody weight my whole life and here I am living with cancer and I'm still thinking "if only I could lose another ten pounds"

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