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Obese but with pretty normal legs / arms etc but very fat, enormous belly ***Ovarian cancer diagnosis - title edited by MNHQ at OP's request***

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TwitterQueen1 · 27/02/2017 15:00

Hi
I'd be glad of any advice or personal experiences here. I am around 4 stone overweight, so definitely obese. Most of it is on my stomach though, which now looks like I'm 11 months pregnant with triplets. I'm in my 50s so this is not a possibility. It's very painful and I am short of breath when I walk etc.

I've put on a lot of weight in a short period - 10lbs in 2 months.

Six months ago I was bodyboarding in the sea, walking every day and doing an exercise class every week. Now it's a struggle to do anything.

I'm having bloods done on Friday but any ideas / comments? Am I just unlucky to pile it all on in one place?

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tobee · 13/07/2017 22:07

Lovely to hear from you TQ!

Butteredparsnip1ps · 13/07/2017 22:15

Lovely to see your messages TQ - still thinking about you a lot!

Can I be really naughty?
Fingers crossed for a discharge tomorrow might have made me titter, just a bit. Sorry. Blush

Now I'm worried about the cashew and laxative combination...

orangina · 13/07/2017 22:45

So glad to hear from you TQ!

mustbemad71 · 13/07/2017 22:47

TQ hurrah!!!!! Fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed that you are back with your girls tomorrow. Flowers

augustusglupe · 13/07/2017 23:38

Oh TQ great to hear from you!!
Hope you'll be able to go home tomorrow Flowers

hairymuffet · 14/07/2017 00:40

Yeeha girl !
You're back !!
Great stuff.
Onwards and upwards Flowers

CiderwithBuda · 14/07/2017 00:40

Oh it's so good to hear from you. You must be doing really well. Although it might not feel like it!

Rest. Rest. Look after yourself. And rest some more.

Flowers
NormaSmuff · 14/07/2017 07:15
Thanks glad to hear from you
Brenna24 · 14/07/2017 08:50

Great to hear from you. Sorry it has been so horrible for you. I hope you are freed soon. Flowers

Mum4MrA · 14/07/2017 09:05

💐so glad you are doing ok post op. Have been thinking of you TQ 💐

dameednatheaverage · 14/07/2017 09:17

Amazing TQ, I have been checking in regularly and hoping you'd resurface soon. What an ordeal. I'm a cryer, and I advocate crying. So hope you get home soon and can waft and cashew to your heart's content.

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BIWI · 14/07/2017 13:31

Glad you're back! Urgh to the self injecting though ...

StilaOnTheWrongPlane · 14/07/2017 14:23

Hey TQ , glad your 'back' and hope you're home soon ! Flowers

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TwitterQueen1 · 14/07/2017 16:26

I'm home! Yippee! I was definitely ready to come back today, though not before if I'm honest. It's a confidence thing.

I'm fortunate enough to live very close to my surgery and they have been brilliant about the injections. I'm going to have them there on weekdays and apparently I do have a district nurse booked for Sunday and hopefully subsequent sats & suns too. I'm sure upthread a poster said their district nurses wouldn't do them.

I know I'm a wuss but I am someone who cannot wear earrings for pierced ears - I used to faint whenever I put them in. No pain, just something weird about me... I cannot look at my one DD who has them or help her in any way. So just the thought of self-injecting makes me go all woozy.

Leslie I'm so sorry you are chucking up. Is it the chemo or a bug? I hope you feel better soon. TBH I did tell the girls not to worry about visiting too much - they don't drive (yet). And what I really wanted, being totally honest, was someone to tell me everything would be OK and that would look after me etc. I go into Mum mode with the girls and end up reassuring them... This 'thing' is making me re-evaluate my stance on loving being single....

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Itscurtainsforyou · 14/07/2017 16:44

Very glad you're home TQ - and good news about help with injections, I was similar after my c-section and in the end the midwife/hv had to come out and do them because I just couldn't.

Will you have help while you're recovering (meals etc)?

gonegrey56 · 14/07/2017 16:46

Yay, brilliant news that you are home. I bet you will sleep better too in a quieter place. Keep asking for others to do your injections . My own dd (22) always faints after an injection, not because she is worried or anything, her body seems to shut down . A doctor once said that a % of people do this, feel faint or woozy, and it is not psychological, rather a genuine physical reaction to needles. So keep insisting on help from others .
The sun is shining, your op is behind you, and you have been allowed home . Lots to think positively about . Big bunch of Flowers to you x

TheSnorkMaidenReturns · 14/07/2017 17:56

Glad you are home TQ Flowers.

Nix32 · 14/07/2017 18:02

So good to hear from you! Glad you're home.

Vegecook · 14/07/2017 19:02

Delurking to say hello and best wishes TQ Flowers

AlbusPercival · 14/07/2017 19:05

I feel you on self objecting TQ. I was meant to after a c-section. Just couldn't. Couldn't even hold the syringe.

Glad you are home x

StilaOnTheWrongPlane · 14/07/2017 19:13

Glad you are home Flowers

Pennina · 14/07/2017 19:35

Hope you have a lovely weekend, lots of rest and getting better xxx

Butteredparsnip1ps · 14/07/2017 21:14

Glad you're home. Hope you have a restful weekend

ChanandlerBongsNeighbour · 14/07/2017 22:01

So glad you are home, you I'll be able to rest and recuperate so much better! All the best to you xx