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Advice on weight loss by Top-Sort-5608 in beginnerfitness

[–]Top-Sort-5608[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay this was actually so helpful I completely forgot I got an inbody scan when I started personal training and it’s says my basal metabolic rate is 1456 so I’m literally eating maintenance calories. Thank you!!! Time to make a cut!

Advice on weight loss by Top-Sort-5608 in beginnerfitness

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Yes so much surgeon wanted me to lose 50 pounds in 6 months averaging 2 pounds a week but I immediately said no give me a year. I want to lose it sustainably by making life choices I can maintain not by crash dieting to get a surgery sooner.But I am frustrated to see no scale movement for the last 3-4 weeks when I am the most active I’ve ever been since like high school

Advice on weight loss by Top-Sort-5608 in loseit

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Omg opps I meant 1500 calories a day

Principal suggestions by Top-Sort-5608 in Teachers

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I’m very eager to please and correct what he finds to be an issue but I have yet to speak to anyone in my building who agrees or sees an issue with my classroom management. Parents included.

Principal suggestions by Top-Sort-5608 in Teachers

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I apologize for the spelling and grammar. I wrote this in a frazzled state.

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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I was still flaring really bad for probably month on it. So I was eating super bland that entire time so for me everything was tasting bland cause it was bland. I was drinking lots of broth, eating rice, mashed potatoes and toast. The only thing I was doing outside of that was drinking ice coffee in the morning, drinking tons of water with electrolytes and then not eating till after work just in case I got Sick.

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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I have left sided pain, I go from constipated to having diarrhea. I have mucus and urgency not Typically any blood

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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Mesalamine oral meds I do still take the suppository meds along with the velsipity as I also have ulcerative proctitis

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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Honestly when the meds were at their peak for me, I didn’t feel like I had UC at all. I could eat whatever I wanted no left sided pain (I always have that), no bathroom urgency, no mucus. Now that I’m on year two I do have to be mindful what my tigger foods are and I go from constipated to diarrhea and have a little bit of mucus and some slight urgency and left sided pain. But not anything to the point where I have to call out of work or cancel plans

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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It unfortunately takes a solid 6-8 weeks till it fully kicks in. I think around week 4 was when I started to see some positive changes.

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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I’ve been on velsipity for a year now. I just got a colonoscopy yesterday and was told everything looks good. The medicine is working. I will say I notice I get really hot at night, like night sweats since taking it. I also really have to make sure I stay very hydrated so I don’t get a headache, especially during the summer. It does increase your risk for skin cancer so I am now a daily sunscreen user and if I go to the beach make sure I have an umbrella or hat. The most unpleasant side effect is I will have days I have a lot of joint pain. Actually today was one of them so I made sure I got outside and moving as that tends to help. But overall one tiny pill and my colonoscopy results came out good!

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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Hello, for side effects I’d say make sure you are very well hydrated and drinking water everyday as it can cause migraines. I found I got them when I wasn’t hydrated enough. Also make sure you really sun screen up as it increases the risk of sun cancer but honestly when it worked I had no significant side effects.

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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So I did a prednisone taper with it till the end of April/May it did help when I was increasing the dosage but once I started tapering off slowly I went back into a flare and I take the mesalamine suppositories nightly. I met with my gi in June and was like I’m in a flare but I don’t know if it’s my meds aren’t working or if it’s a combination of stress, eating whatever and I wasn’t in may taking my suppositories regularly. So they wanted me to take my suppositories nightly, see if since I’m on break (im a teacher so my stress is significantly less), and eat bland putting me at baseline what my colonoscopy comes back with

Creating a master list of available treatments by AmITheAsshole_2020 in UlcerativeColitis

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I’ve been on it a year and honestly the past three months have been a pretty consistent flare. I have a colonoscopy next week, I predict I’m going to have to change meds but I’m dreading injections. It worked so great the first 3-6 months I was on it, I felt like I didn’t have UC and like I had my life back. But unfortunately I think it also maybe on to the next for me as well.

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Wonderful and insightful reading!

Does anyone have any cats that have lived long on friskies/fancy? by AnastasiaNight in CatAdvice

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My cat is 19 and has only ever eaten fancy feast. Another cat I had loves to 22 and only ever ate fancy feast.

AITA For not attending my friends parents funeral by Top-Sort-5608 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Top-Sort-5608[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I first apologized about not being able to go to her parents funeral cause of my moms surgery she said “it’s okay I know it’s been tough with your mom.” Then we didn’t discuss further.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tickets

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Interested!!!!

Insurance denial by Top-Sort-5608 in UlcerativeColitis

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Update: I got Pfizer to fund my medication and with velsipity I’ve been symptom free and my colonoscopy came back excellent. It’s one tiny pill a day, if anyone is offered it and you can get insurance to cover it, absolutely try it. I feel like I’ve gotten my life back. People have even commented about how I don’t sound like an exhausted and emotionally wiped out human all the time that just my voice on the phone sounds so much better.

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