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Chemotherapy and Hashimoto's Disease - Autoimmune Thyroiditis
When I started chemo my weight was stable and I felt good. Three months in my weight was still stable, then on the fifth round of chemo my weight started rising by a kg a month and never stopped. I...
Really? I wonder how common this disorder is. Most of the ladies in my bc group and also a few in the oncology waiting rooms I've been in complain about the problems of weight gain. I wonder how many of them should get tested.
Do you go on any special diet to help manage it?
I've been strictly on 1200 cals and that hasn't worked, so I'm now restricting myself very severely as I refuse to gain one more gram. I basically haven't eaten anything other than steamed broccoli, cabbage or other leafy vegetables or carrots in over a fortnight. I am dreading getting on the scales to discover I've gained weight again. It throws me into such a terrible depression.
Do you go on any special diet to help manage it?
I've been strictly on 1200 cals and that hasn't worked, so I'm now restricting myself very severely as I refuse to gain one more gram. I basically haven't eaten anything other than steamed broccoli, cabbage or other leafy vegetables or carrots in over a fortnight. I am dreading getting on the scales to discover I've gained weight again. It throws me into such a terrible depression.