did you gain /lose weight during chemo?

cahjah75 said:

Lin
I gained about 20 lbs. Too tired to exercise, swelling issues and ate a lot after steroids. I'm postmenopause and during menopause gained 80 lbs and have been struggling losing 35 lbs last year only to gain some of it back.
Char

gained 10 pounds in 8 weeks!
in 8 weeks of Taxol; still have 4 more to go.

Cut down to half steroids this week as I was CONSTANTLY hungry and not sleeping that well either; think my steroids were too high.

It;s hard for me not to stress about the weight gain as the past year (starting Jan 2010) I worked really hard to lose 25 pounds by making healthy lifestyle changes. On Dec 16 I was diagnosed with breast cancer!

Now that I;m gaining back so quickly, feels like all that work to lose was not worth it.

I;m happy I can eat well and am not vomiting, but frustrated because the clothes that had just gotten loose are getting tight again!

I do try to exercise and walk almost every day that I'm not working - on the days I'm working I usually don;t have the energy to walk.

I try to remind myself that I need to stay strong and do what I need to do to get through this treatment...and can worry about the weight later. But it is frustrating as I feel like getting chemo AND gaining weight is like adding insult to injury!

Laura

Lin, you got it! You summed
Lin, you got it! You summed that up nicely. I had your same cocktail 4A/C and 11 (couldn't do the 12th, neuropathy) Taxol. My weight went up and down through it all, only about 5 pounds gained during chemo. I ate what tasted good and dealt with the weight later. I weighed 147 at the end of chemo, now I weigh 120 (think it's the bone mets). Anyhow, best of luck to you and eat whatever you like. Be good to yourself!
Miles of Love,
~Kari

Need I say more??
I am still donning my chunkey-flage, do I need to say more?
I put on about 25 lbs (ouch). It was really fast too. Within the first
month of chemo I had gained 10lbs. And I was pushing myself to
work out, had my nordic track at home. I walked at least 20 min
per day. STILL!!!

Unfortunately, I still (there's that darned word again) feel wiped
after a proper walk or they gym. As a matter of fact I was down
for 4 days now... Doc had no idea what was wrong, blood tests
came back fine but I really could not wake up.. so exhausted
after 6 or more trys of leaving my bed I decided to call in sick.
But hated that I had to do it. I literally slept for nearly 4 days.
You'd think I can now keep up with the energizer bunny but no
still kinda tired.. can you believe it??

Now still is also a magnificent word, since I am STILL here posting
and bugging you all (:

Hugs,
Ayse

jphilpo said:

STILL tired
I love your use of the word "still". I finished chemo Nov.2009 & rads is 2010. I had diep flap reconstruction in July 2010. Since then, fatigue & joint pain have been my constant companions. I sleep most of the weekend to prepare for the next work week. I have chemo induced anemia and couldn't tolerate the iron supplements. I go next week to have more blood work and if it isn't improved, they will go the infusion route.

I am tired "all the time"!

Jean

Gained. Each treatment scale
Gained. Each treatment scale climed.. Total of 30 lbs...Harder to lose