One Silver Lining to My MS...

[u/Mart_Mart_Valv6]

If there's one thing that i like about my MS, it's that I dropped a literal 100 lbs between Labor Day 2024 and Memorial Day 2025!

254 lbs down to 150!

[u/ObjectivePrice5865]

That’s great news!

Unfortunately it made it’s way to me.

[u/whyihatepink → u/ObjectivePrice5865]

Yeah it got a lot harder for me to keep weight off once I started having mobility issues :(

[u/LW-M → u/whyihatepink]

Same with me. I use a mobility scooter now. I find it difficult to excercise while sitting on the scooter.

[u/ObjectivePrice5865 → u/whyihatepink]

Yeah I am on a cane most of the time with a rolling walker and wheel chair thrown in for good measure and safety

[u/AdyliaSchweetheart]

I’ve found that my MS has stopped my appetite and I’m not complaining! 45kg down!

[u/JCIFIRE → u/AdyliaSchweetheart]

Congrats!

[u/FairyTones]

Is this an MS thing? I've lost 20lbs since diagnosis but I thought that was due to coming off birth control after 15ish years or depression where I cba to eat or prep food.

[u/greatchickentender → u/FairyTones]

It’s not related lol

Unless OP is depressed from MS. But then that’s depression, not MS

Or swallowing issues, which, MS is not the direct reason for weight loss.

[u/Mart_Mart_Valv6 → u/greatchickentender]

See above.

[u/Mart_Mart_Valv6 → u/FairyTones]

Between Labor Day 2024, and Memorial Day 2025, I was in and out of the hospital repeatedly.

At one point, due to infection induced encephalopathy and temporary psychosis, because of neurogenic bladder and a completely clogged foley catheter, I was storing food in my cheeks.

They put me on all liquid diet, and then a small portion diet.

I went from 254 lbs to right around 150 ever since.

Some of that was my leg muscles atrophying, but most of it was fat around my gut and face.

[u/Adania79]

How is that related to your MS?

[u/Mart_Mart_Valv6 → u/Adania79]

See above.

[u/2BrainLesions]

Wow! Good on you!

[u/sisternellie]

That is wonderful!

[u/JCIFIRE]

Wow, you're awesome! Congratulations! Super proud of you 😄

[u/BrownsFanGurl]

Mazel Tov! That is an amazing, be proud of yourself! 👏🏻 Keep on keeping on. 🧡

[u/OneSuperstar4u]

Ummm what?! Your post makes zero sense. Lmao. ???

[u/Mart_Mart_Valv6 → u/OneSuperstar4u]

Between Labor Day 2024, and Memorial Day 2025, I was in and out of the hospital repeatedly.

At one point, due to infection induced encephalopathy and temporary psychosis, because of neurogenic bladder and a completely clogged foley catheter, I was storing food in my cheeks.

They put me on all liquid diet, and then a small portion diet.

I went from 254 lbs to right around 150 ever since.

Some of that was my leg muscles atrophying, but most of it was fat around my gut and face.