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Posted 6/27/2014 1:42 AM (GMT 0)
Okay, so I've been concerned because I lost 13 lbs when I first became ill - in a very short time - many months ago.
I have been trying to gain it back...eating as much as I can. It's been really bothering me.
Well, I'm up 2 lbs now.

But, I have decided that I am okay with the weight. As long as don't lose anymore, I will be fine. I'm not losing weight anymore. I am exercising now, so hopefully I will tone up my muscles.

Besides, it's summer now - bathing suit weather - can't hurt to be slimmer.
Posted 6/27/2014 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
I just got scanned and they found a thyroid nodules. It's maybe nothing but could be causing my weight loss. Now I have to go in for mire scans. Then I'm going to see the gastro to rule out other stuff. Still treating lyme while getting out her stuff ruled out.
Posted 6/27/2014 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
Louise - have you been steadily losing weight? Or did you lose it a while ago?

I see the ENT Doc in a few weeks to check out my throat. But the lump seems to come and go...and i'm wondering if it's Lyme related.
It seems the worse when my other nerve symptoms are flaring...maybe it's nerve involved somehow.

All this crazy stuff...is it ever going to end? Where's my crystal ball when I need it.
Posted 6/27/2014 12:24 PM (GMT 0)
Girlie, my story is so crazy. My cat died in December. Shortly after I felt sick. Throat hurt, no appetite, nausea. The whole month of Dec no appetite and morning nausea. So I started looking weight then. And it just continued. So I still have so many throat issue that I can't eat slot.

The weird thing is that my cat escaped a while back. She took off into the woods and came back about three weeks later. Covered in hundreds of ticks. We pulled them all off and brought her to the vet but never had her treated for lyme or parasites. She died a few years after this. I wish I knew then what I know now, I would have gotten her on meds and stuff.

To this day I'm convinced that I caught something from her in her final days as I was caring for her, even though no one thinks that's a possibility. Maybe I'm grasping here but none of this makes sense to me.
Posted 6/27/2014 3:56 PM (GMT 0)
Louise - so sorry that you aren't getting relief for your throat.

At least you have an explanation for weight loss - you weren't eating much.

I have been eating normally, more than normally. But, I just can't let it consume me.
I have decided that because I lost weight, and I'm not losing weight anymore...that it's okay.
If I start to lose again, then I'll get worried.

I am a cat lover...so I feel for you. I have two now, and one of them is very special - he is a polydactyl, ginger cat. He's quite unique. I am teaching him to "sit" now with his kitty treats..and he is doing it. It's so cute. He has to do his rub up against me first, and then he sits.
Isn't it possible that one of the ticks she carried in bit you?
Have you got another kitty now?
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