I have been really bad at updating. I am still doing well. My blood counts continue to remain stable and somewhat normal (low side of normal). I am down to 1 mg of prednisone daily, but despite that, I am gaining weight like crazy!!! I've been gaining about 2 pounds a month, and I feel like I haven't been eating more or exercising less than normal. I've tried to make smarter choices when eating and even went to a crossfit class (where I DIED), but the scale keeps going up. I brought this up to Rheumy at my last visit and we're going to check my thyroid to see if my medication needs to be adjusted.
Other than that, all is good in lupie land. I still don't feel like I have tons of energy, but when I look back at how I felt a year ago, I am 1000% better. It is hard to relate to how fatigued I was back then...even though I went through it, I have a hard time remembering exactly how debilitating it was. I'm thankful to be able to make it through a day of work now and even have energy to run some errands or go out to dinner afterwards. I still have to be careful not to overdo it and try to keep a day free to just relax and recuperate.
In case anyone still reads this, I'll try to be better about updating...
- a (not so) little lupie -
