weight gain

June 13, 2003

Sadie,

I don't have any specific information on weight gain associated with breast implants. But I can tell you after 5 years of reading posts from hundreds of women that many have had to deal with this issue, either as a result of taking prednisone, adrenal insufficiency, thyroid problems, (most common), inability to exercise, and there may also be a problem associated with the metabolism of fats. The reasons are varied, but it does appear to be an issue.

Some women, on the other hand, are very skinny and have lost weight due to severe illness. These are in the minority.

Of course, many women will say it has to do with age, but in my opinion, aging is a condition in which the body is less able to function efficiently, and breast implants definitely screw up the bodies ability to function efficiently!

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: sadierose2000

Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 7:24 PM

Subject: weight gain

i posted last evening due to the agony i have with these breast implants. as i said at the last post i cannot entirely blame the implants with my weight gain, but i know that it has to do with it in some way. my whole body has changed since the implants a little over 7 years ago. does anyone have any information or thoughts on weight gain in connection with breast saline implants? i am 50 years old now and i feel 70. i am so depressed. thanks sadie rose

June 13, 2003

Dear Sadie,

i think weight gain is very common in women with implants. I do

believe that there are several factors at play here. Of course there

is the fact that if one is ill it is much harder to work out, hence

the weight starts to pack on, but in my case I know that I went from

a lean muscular 119 to a still lean heavier 125 and then up to about

127 with implants. I still worked out, lord knows how, as I was so

ill, but I was determined and very crazy(almost suicidal) from the

brain fog so I thought oh well, might as well kill myself with

exercise. I had a very crazed mentality with implants. I got them out

after 18 months of sickness and torture and got better and better and

now I feel like my old self only better. My health is awesome again,

the weight has come off, and I am back to about 119 120 ish and body

fat is 19% and working on it getting lower, to about 16 or 17 % I

will be happy. I work so hard though, it amazes me how hard I work. I

could not have worked this hard with implants in my body, especially

not my chest muscles. Anyhow, I believe the longer one has the

implants and the illness the more of an issue this will be. Some

women when sick or depressed will also tend to emotionally eat too, I

know I have done that many times, so as you can see it is not only a

physical issue but an emotional one as well.

I think that if you get the implants out and heal and then begin a

reasonable diet and exercise plan you will see results. If not then

you need to see if your thyroid is functioning properly.

good luck

In , " sadierose2000 "

<sadierose2000@y...> wrote:

> i posted last evening due to the agony i have with these breast

> implants. as i said at the last post i cannot entirely blame the

> implants with my weight gain, but i know that it has to do with it

in

> some way. my whole body has changed since the implants a little

over

> 7 years ago. does anyone have any information or thoughts on

weight

> gain in connection with breast saline implants? i am 50 years old

> now and i feel 70. i am so depressed. thanks sadie rose

January 22, 2004

Although antihistamines may cause weight gain, I do believe that we who have been poisoned by mold have a big problem with metabolism because mycotoxins interfere with our endocrine system - something called the HPA axis - and we can't properly absorb or utilize foods. This seems to affect women more than men and I bet the type 2 diabetes which seems to come in about 7 years after exposure is directly related to this problem. I am not a doctor but have been researching this issue for awhile and I think there is a connection. I do hope some of the researchers on the list put this together for us. Mal

January 22, 2004

mac> Although antihistamines may cause weight gain, I do believe that we who

have

mac> been poisoned by mold have a big problem with metabolism because mycotoxins

mac> interfere with our endocrine system - something called the HPA axis - and

we

mac> can't properly absorb or utilize foods. This seems to affect women more

than men

mac> and I bet the type 2 diabetes which seems to come in about 7 years after

mac> exposure is directly related to this problem. I am not a doctor but have

been

mac> researching this issue for awhile and I think there is a connection. I do

hope

mac> some of the researchers on the list put this together for us. Mal

Very interesting. I also believe that the chronic fatigue associated

with mold poisoning has a lot to do with it. It's a vicious circle.

The CFS and FMS causes inactivity, which causes weight gain, both of

which can cause diabetes type 2.

Barth

TOXIC MOLD SURVEY: www.presenting.net/sbs/sbssurvey.html

September 25, 2005

Hi, i'm new to board but have been taking xolair for a year. i was not

previously on predisone. i noticed a lot of people lost weight coming

off the predisone. i eat very healthy and work out almost daily and

drinks tons of water daily and those habits haven't changed in the past

year. i gained 15 lbs the first month after the shot and another 10lbs

the second month. i also get the hot flashes and sinus headaches

almost daily. i was wondering if anyone else had these symptons and

if/when the symptons went away if they quit taking the xolair?

September 25, 2005

hi. i'm sorry to hear of your recent weight gain. i wonder if you were like a

friend of mine from way back. my friend was on 20 mg of pred a day, and some

how her body must have metabolized it differently, and it caused her to lose

weight. (the body is a weird thing -- its like me - i take benedryl and i become

hyper).

i would ask your dr, like others said, just to be sure everything is okay.

i'm sure its frustrating. good luck

heathe

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