TL:DR The title basically. I have a disease that is now being treated and it involves medication that makes you gain weight no matter what.
Ever since I was put on medicine for adrenal insufficiency (Addison's Disease) it is definitely changing my life for the better, but I'm gaining the weight I lost back.
Steroids - Prednisone, Hydrocortisone, high-dose stress doses, all used to treat adrenal insufficiency.
I'm also on a psych med that by itself I was able to ignore any cravings, but now it is going along with the Prednisone and my stomach is a bottomless pit.
However, if I don't take the Prednisone/Hydrocortisone - I will die. Actually die.
Steroids don't just hugely increase appetite - they actually literally change the way your body processes food.
So, I'm still lifting weights, I'm still doing cardio (best I can with a spacer as a temporary hip and I'm for a long time in a nursing facility - but that's another story), trying to be as healthy as I can.
But I've gained back 20 pounds of the 75 I lost.
I know that a lot of people with my disease just have to accept they will be chubby/fat for the rest of their lives. I so wanted that bathing suit body that I used to have. But that is a dream long lost.
How do I just be happy with what I have? For example, I should be so happy that I'm not going to be so sick anymore that I cannot physically care for my 3 yo anymore.
When all of this medical recovery in hospital and nursing facilities is done, I will be back with my son full of life and a leg that works. I'm going to make his life so good. That is one thing I'm holding on to.
Edit: Thanks for the downvote jerk, I already have to deal with so much and you just wanted to add pain to what I'm going through eh?
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