Unintentional weight loss in peri

[Periweighloss]

Has anyone had found themselves unexpectedly losing weight in peri? I am not particularly doing anything different to normal but have lost c10% of my weight since Sep and 5% since new year. I am now right on the cusp of having an underweight bmi. I appreciate this sounds like a nice problem to have but obviously it can also indicate something sinister. I am waiting to see whether I can get a drs appointment but am worrying and wondered whether anyone else had had this and all was fine? On the positive side I feel completely fine otherwise and this was my standard weight from my teens to mid 30s but not in the past 10 or so years.

Thanks v much. Do you mind me asking how old you are? I massively dropped weight running around with two little ones and never having time to eat! Actually I did have COVID quite badly last year so it could be that.

No I am certainly not conscious of eating less and definitely not deliberately doing so. It might be your norm but it hasn't been mine for the last decade.

That's not quite what you've described. You have said you've cut down on wine. You're more active, busier at work and cycling to work more too.

So those small changes could make a difference.

I'd forget about ovarian cancer. You don't seem to have any of the sings and weight loss would be the very last sign (as a tumour would press on the bowel etc) and you'd have other symptoms long before weight loss.

If you have no concerns about gluten and IBS symptoms that could show coeliac or IBD (and therefore malabsorption of food) I think I'd try to relax about it but get a FIT test at the drs to see if there is any bleeding from your bowel.

That's not quite what you've described. You have said you've cut down on wine. You're more active, busier at work and cycling to work more too.

That was in response to someone asking me whether things had changed. And I was trying to think through whether there had been unnoticed changes in diet etc that I wasn't conscious of. Possibly these small ones. On the other hand, being busy at work for me comes with eating out much more because the role I've taken on is quite outward facing. So this week I've been taken out for lunch 3 times at work and then had 2 formal 3 course with wine type dinners. Am still half a kg down on last weekend. When I'm working from home I grab whatever we have in, don't tend to snack and will try and go for a run before work/at lunch. So perhaps there's some small changes but nothing major.

Anyway I am going to get it checked out and go with an open mind. If it's medical my guess is thyroid but it can clearly also be a sign of various cancers.

Hi OP I am turning 42 next month. My friends constantly say ‘do you not eat anything?’ truth is I just seek to lose weight the whole time. I had all my bloods done and I’m totally normal (except for a slightly raised C-125 level of 55 which tomorrow I’m Checking out with a pelvis scan. Probably cysts as have no bad symptoms. I think young children is the reason - and just not having much of an appetite after Covid. I eat what I want but never want much of it…

Thank you, that's reassuring and I hope everything is fine tomorrow.

Sorry terrible typo… I meant SEEM not seek!!! Eeek!

I do think that if you had cancer and associated weight loss you'd have other symptoms linked to your digestive system like pain, bowel changes, tiredness etc. Weight loss is usually the last symptom to appear.

It's more likely your thyroid but you would usually have other symptoms as well- have you looked at the thyroid charity website? Overactive thyroid comes with other signs as well.

Maybe push your GP for an ultrasound of your abdomen so they can see your pancreas, kidneys, etc and blood/stool tests. Don't be shy in asking for these!