To be really annoyed that I am likely to put on weight on my medication ?

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I was in hospital last week for a laparoscopy and cyst removal and they discovered severe endometriosis. Sorry have mentioned this in a few posts before so hope it doesn't seem like cheap sympathy stunt.

In order to try to hopefully shrink it a bit and to give us a stab at TTC no 2 I have been put on monthly injections for 4 months to stimulate a menopause, plus HRT tablets to counteract some of the side effects.

Potential side effects are numerous attractive and varied and could include hot sweats, hair growth ( already have a cute beard growth that I try to keep under control) headaches and weight gain. It's the last one that is getting me down.

I have not enjoyed an easy relationship with food and weight and finally appear to be at a good place with it after losing a stone over the course of this year just by cutting down on extras and portion sizes.

The weight gain isn't likely to be that much, but even a few pounds will be upsetting.

I know I need to get a sense of perspective, I'm bloody lucky I don't have anything life threatening and I have been diagnosed and we have a small chance to TTC, so I should just suck it up and get on with it, but ridiculously with all the things I should be focusing on this seems to be the one that I am thinking about the most. So AIBU ?

Nah YANBU. You've just lost a stone, anyone would want to keep it off.

No YANBU. It's a pain.

My sis was plagued by awful migraines and was put on medication. It made her completely starving hungry ALL the time and she put on loads of weight. I think in the end she decided she would rather live with the migraines.

It's very dispiriting.

But don't forget they are only potential side effects. One of the side effects for the pill is weight gain and I know a few people for whom that has been the case. But certainly not all - it didn't make me gain weight.

Thanks guys, was beginning to wish I hadn't posted, nothing worse than an unanswered AIBU thread.

I just feel so shallow as I know it is inconsequencial in the grand scheme of things, but dammit I have just bought a whole load of lovely size 12 clothes and it would be nice to fit them for a few months.

You're not shallow at all, why shouldn't you want to keep off the weight you have successfully got rid of? BTW, I'm on hormone replacement (me me me!) after a cyst removal and I've only put on half a stone

As grumblingirl says, potential side effects are just that- potential. My blood pressure tablets which I have been taking for the last 8 years have an amazing list of potential side effects, from depression and drowsiness to stomach upsets and cramps; there's about a dozen nasties if not more. I have never experienced a single one of them.

It's for a good reason though! hope your treatment goes well xxx