Lyme Disease and LOTS of weight gain!

Regina727

I have been in treatment for Lyme disease since February 28th of this year. I am so grateful to have finally been correctly diagnosed with Lyme disease but I have gained almost 40 pounds since I began treatment. I have a PICC line inserted and receive antibiotic infusions five days a week. Although I will not be finished my treatment until mid July, I am working with my doctor to begin losing the weight I have gained. I have gained about 60 pounds in total the last two years and wonder, as I am sure a lot of you do, how I ever let my weight get so out of control. It's time to regain control over my body!

Lkav88

Good luck in your weight loss journey!!

coropez01

Hang in there. I did I've antibiotics for 6 weeks.. it made the ultimate difference. They added vitamin c an it really helped for me.

Fiqahana

Hi there, I'm Hana. I'm 21 years old. I joined MFP on 2013 but I guess never really stuck with it. So currently, I'm on an almost 4 months semester break from university so figured I better focus on myself, just losing weight and getting healthy. I was at my heaviest by the end of February 2017 where I weighed almost 125kg. I currently weight 117kg and is working hard to at least be 110kg by the end of June and my main goal for my semester break is to be 90kg or at least below 100kg by the end of August.

I was diagnosed with GERD at the end of February 2017 and was hospitalized for 4 days because of it. It felt terrible as I felt like it was hard to breath, it's like a sensation of a lump in the throat. At the hospital I kept on throwing up the food I ate, I couldn't even sleep, I was crying most of the time because my GERD was really bad, I had to be on Xanax for a few days just so I could get some rest. It has been almost 3 months of me dealing with GERD and I have on medication yet I still have the symptoms, although it is now better as I do not throw up anymore and I am able to sleep. I am going to make an appointment for an endoscopy very soon just to be clear on what is the cause of my GERD and hopefully after that I will be able to get suitable medications that will make me recover 100%. One of my doctors did say losing weight my just be the cure for my GERD and after doing some research, I did find that what he said is true and most people who have GERD does feel better after losing weight. So, I hope when I do lose weight, I'll be so much healthier and happier as well and my GERD will be gone completely, forever.

Ever since I was diagnosed with GERD on February, I have lost a total of 10kg. I still have 55kg left to lose to hit my goal weight, but I'm very positive that I will achieve it, slow and steady, losing at least 1kg every week, healthy way all the way!

So basically, I am determined to lose all this weight and be completely healthy again. I am going to take control of my life, this is it. Here's to a better life, a better me. If you have GERD or maybe you just wanna be friends, add me as a friend. I'd love to have people to encourage me get on the right track and it will be my honour to encourage my fellow friends to stay motivated as well. Have a nice day! Thank you for reading, I appreciate it!

p/s : So happy that you are feeling better, have a speedy recovery and a healthy weight loss journey hunn!

doony62

So has anyone found anything that works for Lyme weight gain to lose? I am in Iowa and getting no treatment for Lyme as there are no doctors here that believe I even have it!!!

rwhyte12

I think you have to fix your thyroid function before you can lose weight or in some cases gain weight with Lyme Disease. If you're not being treated, you should really check out Kudzu for Lyme Disease Facebook group.