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Umm_Aaminah
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Salaam and peace! My name is Jeanna and I live in Knoxville, TN. I have to lose 37 more pounds in order to get a second kidney tranpslant. My first lasted for over 10 years then started failing in 2012. I only weighed 155 before my first transplant but I was totally unprepared for the effects of prednisone! Wow. I gained about 60 pounds post transplant and then after my rejection episode in 2012 I added another 30 pounds. 
Every time I'm on high doses of steroids (we're talking 500mg/daily for a few weeks, tapering down) I balloon up.
So now I'm working to get this weight off! I've made good progress thus far but it's a bit of a struggle every day. I am doing a medically-supervised diet as I do not want surgery. I try to stick to 1200 calories a day with 75 to 100 grams of protein. Sometimes I have a hard time eating that much protein but I keep trying.
Every time I'm on high doses of steroids (we're talking 500mg/daily for a few weeks, tapering down) I balloon up.So now I'm working to get this weight off! I've made good progress thus far but it's a bit of a struggle every day. I am doing a medically-supervised diet as I do not want surgery. I try to stick to 1200 calories a day with 75 to 100 grams of protein. Sometimes I have a hard time eating that much protein but I keep trying.
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