Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 I had this 'thingy' on the back of my neck, and was convinced it was swelling from the Arthritis in my neck. It wasn't until, I saw the pictures of what predisone use could do to a person, I realised it looked exactly like a buffalo hump. Thankfully, because I have lost nearly 5 stone now, it is slowly disappearing, so hopefully it might disappear completely. Carole ~~~~ > I don't have a buffalo hump from prednisone use, but I do have a > dowager's hump from heredity. My back looks just like my Mother's did! > She didn't wait until she became a dowager, either, to get the hump. > She had it as long as I knew her. Neither did I. > > I wonder if my dowager's hump looks like your buffalo hump, Tess. I > imagine mine will get worse as I get older instead of diminishing. > > Sue > PS By the way, booted me off the list again. This happens to me > so often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 In a message dated 20/06/2004 07:39:30 Central Standard Time, gwythermystq@... writes: > lost nearly 5 stone now, it is Okay-how much does a stone weigh? Anyone know? Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 > In a message dated 20/06/2004 07:39:30 Central Standard Time, > gwythermystq@a... writes: Hi Cary - 14lbs is a stone, here in the UK, so I have lost 70lbs. Should be more hopefully, will know when I see the Consultant early next month. Do you measure in lbs only? Carole ~~~ > > > > lost nearly 5 stone now, it is > > Okay-how much does a stone weigh? Anyone know? Cary > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 In a message dated 21/06/2004 19:26:16 Central Standard Time, gwythermystq@... writes: > > Hi Cary - 14lbs is a stone, here in the UK, so I have lost 70lbs. > Should be more hopefully, will know when I see the Consultant early > next month. > > Do you measure in lbs only? > > Carole > Well congrats, Carole! That must have been hard work. We usually measure in pounds, although at the hospital we also convert weights to kilograms because a lot of meds are dosed according to so many milligrams per kilogram of weight. Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 > In a message dated 21/06/2004 19:26:16 Central Standard Time, > gwythermystq@a... writes: Many thanks Cary, I started dieting in early November 2003, and it was really hard in the beginning:) Now I know in future I will use only lbs, in postings. As far as dieting, I just suppose I was in the right frame of mind, to suceed. I was really fed up with some of the medical personnel, seeing just a 'fat' person in front of them, not ME as the person!! Before my diagnosis, some of which are recent, everything seemed to be put down to my obesity. One day I saw a report on myself on the doctors computer, and I was correct in my assumption. All over the screen was written Obesity, Obesity, Obesity! e.g. any walking problems answer Obesity, not arthritis or Fybromyalgia! Wouldn't have been so bad, if it had been written only once. Still in a way it was like a wake up call, from then on I was determined to prove them wrong, and decided to lose weight, and I am more proactive in asking for xrays and tests. Also I have found a really lovely lady doctor, who is on my side, and sees the whole me. Now my aim is to lose another 42 pound, (and I should be down to my 'correct' weight} then I am going to make an appointment with the other lady doctor, who wrote Obesity all over the screen, and she will have to take me seriously :)) My mechanical back problems started when I was only 19, and all I was doing was cleaning the bath. Just couldn't straighten up for at least 10 minutes. Then over the years, I would be sitting on the floor playing with the kids, and couldn't stand up, had to crawl on all fours, to a chair and use the chair to get up. Things just progressed slowly from there over the years. In those days I was pretty slim, and I knew their were underlying problems, not my gain in weight:) All the best to you - Carole ^^~~^^~~ > Well congrats, Carole! That must have been hard work. We usually measure in > pounds, although at the hospital we also convert weights to kilograms because > a lot of meds are dosed according to so many milligrams per kilogram of > weight. Cary > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 In a message dated 22/06/2004 08:18:47 Central Standard Time, gwythermystq@... writes: > Now I know in future I will use > only lbs, in postings. > Please use pounds, stones, whatever you like! It's so interesting to hear how people from places outside the US talk-I love it! Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2007 Report Share Posted December 23, 2007 In a message dated 12/21/07 4:48:43 PM, medgerly@... writes: > > Hello ... now I seem to be developing a buffalo hump--or, at least, a > painful, hard lump at the top of my spine between my shoulders. Is > there any correlation to aldosterone? > > > compare you hump with images of Cushings when you Google Cushings Syndrome images. May your pressure be low! Clarence E. Grim, BS, MS, MD Senior Consultant to Shared Care Research and Consulting, Inc. (sharedcareinc.com) Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Med. Col. WI Clinical Professor of Nursing, Univ. of WI, Milwaukee Specializing in Difficult to Control High Blood Pressure and the Physiology and History of Survival During Hard Times and Heart Disease today. ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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