Calling all AUTOIMMUNE sleevers

[natalie_christin 61]

Welcome! So if you had surgery sept 17 and have stalled a bit, I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you've lost over the last 30 days, then occasional stalls are to be expected. From what I have read, for those with autoimmune, the best diet is one that is 40% Protein, 40% fat! and 20% carbs. That's what I switched to a month ago, and it has really helped my weight loss start up again. You might try that and see if it works?

Diet is really messing me up – I'm doing my best to follow it but it is difficult at times. I don't always know what to eat. It's completely opposite of what I've always been talk to eat and then at the same time, I'm dealing with all this pain and all of the different medical issues that I have and it's not so easy to plan and cook and prepare for when I'm in pain.

I have already been diagnosed with endometriosis, PC OS, spinal stenosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, nerve damage, just to name a few and now I apparently have psoriatic arthritis as well. I'm just trying to work on the right now. My husband recently up and filed for divorce without warning and I'm kind of at a loss there as well. I'm just not sure what to do! My rheumatologist is wonderful – I love her to death… I finally reached the time postop where I can actually go back on my Re: minutes… he is already dating...

I've been on prednisone, methotrexate, and Orencia. I'm also on various medications for pain. Now with the psoriatic arthritis, she's considering switching me to another drug…

I'd really like to get a handle on the diet though. So much of what I've been shown doesn't make sense. The dietician says one thing and then another. People have suggested that I go see another dietitian but that's not something I can afford to do, So in the meantime I just feel stuck…

[natalie_christin 61]

I don't know about everybody else but I was prompted to download an app called BariatricPal and it's everything seems to be in the app format instead of having to go to the website

[ReDbEaN 654]

I didn't see where to join...if I understand correctly I have to be on a computer?? I have psoriasis as well as lichen planus and wanted to join.

[gamergirl 4,610]

Redbean I think the groups kind of got lost in the transition. Let me see if I can find it again.

[gamergirl 4,610]

all right, here's the new link. I still haven't figured out how to access it from a mobile device. I'll give Alex a few days of breathing room before I hit him with this one

http://www.bariatricpal.com/groups/357-autoimmune-sleevers/

[barbmeow 92]

I have fibromyalgia and it has been horrible the last 3 weeks. I can barely walk and the headaches are non stop. I was wondering if my loss of 48 pounds in 3 months has caused the increased pain, but reading this topic I am wondering if it is a lack of vit. D. I am going to try to up my dose and see if things improve. I am so tired of not feeling good. I can not even walk, which I really enjoy.

[gamergirl 4,610]

I have fibromyalgia and it has been horrible the last 3 weeks. I can barely walk and the headaches are non stop. I was wondering if my loss of 48 pounds in 3 months has caused the increased pain, but reading this topic I am wondering if it is a lack of vit. D. I am going to try to up my dose and see if things improve. I am so tired of not feeling good. I can not even walk, which I really enjoy.

Interestingly, I almost feel like I'm having more flareups too but I don't know if that's because I want to be more active now, and so perhaps I notice it more when I can't go walk or do something I want to do.

I do know that in between flares, I hurt a lot less so I count that as a blessing. You may need your pain/fibro meds adjusted perhaps? Mine have been adjusted downward but perhaps yours need increasing or you may need something different. Maybe time for a phone call to the doc?

[barbmeow 92]

Gamergirl, I woke up feeling better today so I am hoping that the increased D vit, is going to be the help I need. Believe it or not I only take tylenol or Ibuprofen for my really bad flareups. I failed on all the others. So I gut it out most flare ups with just conventional over the counter meds. Yesterday's flare up was a doozy, but today I feel better. I did also take a walk which maybe made me feel better(even if I limped along). I have a curious type of Fibro which is only really bad enough to whine about 2-3 months out of the year,the rest of the time the pain, I perceive, is mild 3-4 on a 1- 10 scale, so I just keep moving. Yesterday was a 10+. I also remember someone, maybe you, posting about having pain after losing weight. Its like all my joints are loose and my bones seem to be clicking in places they never clicked before. I think an adjustment by a DO is in order. I think you are right a trip to the DR is in order.