Transplant patients/Prednisolone takers?

Unfortunately it's the nature of the med. It does really puff you out. My boyfriend was nearly 15 stone when he was taking it. He was weaned off of prednisolone last year and onto azothiaprime. He's now just under 12 stone.

I got really sick a couple months ago with Bronchitis and they put me on prednisolone I got really swollen from it and undoubtedly put on about 5 pounds or so, just recently got off of it and I still dont feel right. It helped with my breathing but it also supercharged my appetite. I started working out again just as I got sick and my original plan was to drop weight and get a bit leaner now i've gone in the complete opposite direction putting on 15 pounds the last two months and eating 3500-4000 calories a day. DAMN YOU PREDNISOLONE, DAMN YOU !!!

Hi, I was on Prednisone & CellCept for years.. I gained 30 lbs easy over the years but when I started walking and watching my food intake it really worked. It's slower to lose & I was hungry "all the time" (maybe my dose??) but my doc said "eat carrot sticks" (which meant less food) and I tried! I did lose the weight, just slowly.

Good luck with everything! You can do it!

I'm on constant low dose and a high dose every 4-6 weeks and yes, its a pig. Weight loss is harder, not just because of the gnaw your arm off hunger either, it seems to mess with everything. Water retention is a HUGE one for me, and although I know its not fat when you've gain 11lbs in a day it shows...the only good point there is you can also pee away 11lbs in a day (done that!)



Best advice I can give is just keep plugging away, dont get disheartened if you lose slower than others or stall more often.

I am a 2 time Kidney transplant paitent and on constant Prednisone, my doc says he will not take me off ever.. I am back down to 5 mg matienence dose . My weight has yo yoed over the years and you can usally track if I was on a high or low dose at those times. Now that I am on a low dose I am trying my hardest to get this weight off.

Hi

I'm a kidney transplant patient received mine from my mum nearly 3 years ago. I take prednisolone,cellcept and prograf. I gotmoon face from the steroids and I get bloated belly too. I'm trying o keep my weight down so I'm healthier and my kidney can keep performing as well as it has.
Happy to accept friend req from anyone pre/post transplant for chat and suport

Amy

First, congratulations to all you transplant patients and donors. I am also 3 years post-transplant (kidney) and received my kidney from my brother. KimLoan325, you are a special person to donate your kidney. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Now, on to the topic at hand. I am on tacrolimus and cellcept but only had to take prednisone for the 5 days I was in the hospital post-transplant so I'm lucky there but gained 40 lbs from the time I was diagnosed as near kidney failure to the time I received the transplant (about 3 years). I carried that extra weight around for another 2+ years and finally had enough.

I couldn't stomach another round of Weight Watchers (although it's a good program and lots of people have great success) so decided to try MFP. I've lost 28 lbs and have another 4 to go to my goal weight. Food restrictions from the transplant as well as drug side effects have made this an interesting journey but I'm glad I stuck to it.

I figure it's enough for my body to have to contend with what it considers a foreign object and taking drugs to keep it from rejecting, lugging around extra weight wasn't fair.

You all keep it up. It is well worth the effort to treat ourselves better. And for the lady waiting for her kidney/pancreas transplant, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. :-)