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We need some motivational stories now and then. Hang around!
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Oof. After my MI, WW meetings met my "get out of the house" requirement while not so long to be excessively stressful. Over the two weeks around my hospitalization, I lost 13 pounds. Not recommend heart attack to lose weight, obviously. It might meet the FDA requirement for "effective," but nowhere near "safe."
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I vote stay, too. I'm really sorry about the way you lost weight. I hope you can get back to health ASAP.
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Oof. After my MI, WW meetings met my "get out of the house" requirement while not so long to be excessively stressful. Over the two weeks around my hospitalization, I lost 13 pounds. Not recommend heart attack to lose weight, obviously. It might meet the FDA requirement for "effective," but nowhere near "safe."
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Could your stroke have affected your hypothalamus? I had a blood clot at mine from my head injury years ago. (Seen on a CAT scan in the very early days of those scanners. The clot cleared up by the next scan 5 day later.) I didn't have an appetite for the next 4 months. I could eat just fine. But if I didn't look at my watch, I wouldn't have a clue that it was time. And I was no clydesdale. In fact, I left the hospital well under my racing weight.
Easton? I grew up just off 138 in Milton. Rode 138 to Bristol, RI a few times. Memories.
Thanks for sharing your story. Keep us posted on your journey. And it is a journey, One we make one step at a time. And one where we always have the choice to do it with our heads held high or hanging low. The event that triggered my journey was long ago but it has shaped everything since.
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Easton? I grew up just off 138 in Milton. Rode 138 to Bristol, RI a few times. Memories.
Thanks for sharing your story. Keep us posted on your journey. And it is a journey, One we make one step at a time. And one where we always have the choice to do it with our heads held high or hanging low. The event that triggered my journey was long ago but it has shaped everything since.
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OUCH! That sucks! Gotta be something causing that. I've known others who have had strange responses to strokes, most had minor problems, but one actually regained some hearing in a deaf ear caused by an accident many years ago. Maybe a brain specialist (if that's what they are called, IDK?) could come up with some possibilities if you could get referred to one? Or a gastro-intestinal specialist? Good luck with it, keep us informed.
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OUCH! That sucks! Gotta be something causing that. I've known others who have had strange responses to strokes, most had minor problems, but one actually regained some hearing in a deaf ear caused by an accident many years ago. Maybe a brain specialist (if that's what they are called, IDK?) could come up with some possibilities if you could get referred to one? Or a gastro-intestinal specialist? Good luck with it, keep us informed.
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Second opinion? A quick web search shows loss of appetite is not that unusual after a stroke. How is your sense of taste and smell?
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ps: to the OP, welcome, and we definitely sympathize with your interesting problem since your stroke, and of course we all would wish what's best for you.
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If my doctors could see what o have eaten the last 2 days, they would telll me to STFU because there's nothing wrong with me.