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I am 25 and I have a severe case of Ulcerative Colitis. I have b...

Posted at 5:35 PM on Jan 19, 2008 by agntorang1, #26442
I am 25 and I have a severe case of Ulcerative Colitis. I have been taking Prednisone for about ten months, about as soon as my little daughter was born I started taking it, and I have gained about fifty pounds. I am so depressed because before I was pregnant I had just lost a whole bunch of weight and was very happy and healthy, and had just gotten married before I became pregnant. Things were going great. Now I don't even want to leave my house because I don't want people to see me. I feel like a balloon. If I am able to stop the medication, will the weight gain stop and will some of the weight I have gained go away on its own or am I going to have to get working on a fitness plan again, because I am still pretty ill and it is difficult for me to work out. Help! I am so frustrated and I don't know what to do.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Feb 11, 2008 by rthepp, #4776

My daughter has UC and has been on prednisone since Oct. 2007. She was on IV form for 2 weeks in the hospital and then 40mg. for 2 mo. and then started weaning from there. We know have her on 5mg. for the next week and are changing her to a steroid called Entocort, which works great we're told but none of the side effects as prednisone. My daughter's dr. assured us that her weight gain would eventually go away, along with her moonface too. He did say it would take a few months though. Hang in there I know it's not easy. My daughter was diagnosed at 11 and is now 13 ~ I wish I could trade places with her. We just put her on 6mp about 3 months ago and I hope it puts her disease inactive soon. Good luck!!!

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