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Pyxis

heartbreak_star wrote: »

I'll be 36

HBS x

Hahaha! I see what you did there!
Thought it was some kind of computer game!

mellymoo74

Happy birthday to the recent burpdays (bit preoccupied thought I'd posted on here yesterday and hadnt)

Docs at 3pm. Need to get the letter for the meeting any idea what to say? Arm is weak getting hacked off now.

Driving lesson was poor today, heads not in the game

seven-day-weekend

Calley, I am like you too as regards not feeling full and eating chocolate and biscuits. I do SO understand.

I went to the Drs today because I thought it might be my RLS medication causing my weight gain (one side effect of it is overeating). He agreed with me that the medication causes weight gain, but also said that the weight was making my RLS worse and wants me to come off the meds altogether:eek::eek:.

He says I won't die through lack of sleep.

I wasn't able to tell him this today, too upset, but if it was plain ordinary not being able to sleep I could cope with that, I could read or watch the TV and catch up as and when. But it's NOT that. If I came off the meds, from about four o'clock onwards, I would not be able to sit in a chair long enough to read or watch the TV. I would have to be constantly walking round to ease the symptoms. Bed time, I could not lie in bed and watch the TV or read, I'd have to walk round. I'd be doing this all night. And that would make me more and more tired and exhausted. And I STILL wouldn't be able to sleep - not because I am not sleepy, but because I can't sit or lie down for long enough.

And I wouldn't lose weight either because I'd be so upset and fed up during the lonely nights that I'd eat.

There is a RLS website called Nightwalkers, it's not called that for nothing. I wish the condition had a more serious-sounding name then Restless Legs Syndrome, then perhaps people might take it seriously.

Anyway, I have to see him again in a week, my husband is going to come with me to make sure he understands what a poor quality of life I will have if he takes me off the meds completely. I don't mind changing to a different one, but I will NOT come off them completely, if he won't give them to me, I will buy them from the internet.

I'll put up with the weight gain if needs be.

Sorry for the rant

heartbreak_star

*hugs* SDW!!

HBS x

Georgiegirl256

That sounds an absolute nightmare SDW. I know when I've had very mild symptoms of restlessness in my legs, the weird feeling was bad enough, I can't even begin to imagine how hard it is to have it all the time and not being able to settle down to rest or to sleep.

Off to pick my Mam up soon, she's enjoyed it, but she said "never again" as she hates travelling and it makes her feel nervous. I'm abit peeved with my uncle though, I thought he'd at least take her to Euston, but no, he just put he on a train at Colchester and just left her to it. :mad: She managed ok, but I don't think she was best pleased either. Poor thing sounded so shakey and lost when she rang before. She did manage to cadge a lift on one of those buggy things at a Euston though! :rotfl:

calleyw

SDW I know its just not me. But it just feels like it some days. And when you read in DT forum on here its so easy to loose weight just stop shoveling it. It just makes me feel even worse.

I am over weight by 3-4 stone. I can live with the big bum and big chest but its my belly that gets me down. And I can't stand anyone touching.

Its funny if you look at photos until I was 9/10 I was skinny little thing. I have no idea what happened after that!!!1

anyway some good news for me my tax rebate arrived today. So I am £371.20 better off today :j

Off to pay the cheque in and collect my new toy. A camera before you think its anything else :rotfl:

SDW sorry to hear you are suffering with RLS.

catch you all later.

Yours

Calley

seven-day-weekend

Calley, yes, that is exactly how I feel about my weight, I don't even undress in front of my husband any more. I am at least as overweight as you are, maybe more, and mine is on my belly too.

And many people STILL think that you are a greedy pig if you are overweight, and tell you how little they eat, and how they 'forget' or are 'too busy' to have their lunch, ( because it means so little to them because they are not a greedy pig like me. ) :mad: Many a time I have had to tell myself it is NOT greedy to look forward to lunch at lunchtime, it is normal to be hungry then if the last time you ate was 5-6 hours ago.

(I am NOT talking about people with eating disorders here - they would understand, even though their disorder might be different to mine).

Sorry all, just feeling very beleaguered today after my visit to the Dr. My husband took me to IKEA for a treat (yes, I know I'm sad in that way!) and we spent ages just walking round looking, he was so kind to me.

calleyw

Back from town. Talk about boil in a bag :rotfl:

And it started to rain when I was just a few mins from home and I had bedding out on the line. It got a bit wet. Oh well.

Got my camera. Just charging the battery.

I had the whole sum of 50p on me so went to lidl and bought a packet of midget gems that I have eaten all of sorry!!!!

Now a lonely friday evening spanning out in front of me Whoooooooo!!!!!

Yours

Calley

disabled_NCIS_fan

I used to and still do hate seeing the dietician. I once lost 1 lb over a year cause I had been having periods of sickness and she threatened to hospitalise me over 1lb. Yes you saw right. From now on I'm refusing to let her get to me. She was annoyed when the doctors agreed I was healthy enough to come off drink supplements. It's like she wants me to not get better. I'm always going to struggle with an eating disorder. It just doesn't disappear. Meat is a real hard limit for me. Mine is due to the fact my brain associates food with pain due to illness was when I was younger. I know it's not a big deal to some but I'm having some sweet potato, spinach and Feta cheese filo pastry pie today my mum got reduced to see if I like the tastes. Just the fact I can look at that and think that looks nice is a huge achievement. And I can't believe all the years I missed the joys of pizza!

calleyw

disabled_NCIS_fan wrote: »

Mine is due to the fact my brain associates food with pain due to illness was when I was younger.

I have heard that about associations with food and being ill puts you off it.

In my case nothing seems to stop me.

I doubt I will have any tea. And lunch was a chicken breast, salad, a potato.

And the bag of midget gems LOL!!!


Yours

Calley