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[Pierced Musie]

Your symptoms sound dangerously like crohns disease. Massive weight loss and weight gain, stomach pains etc...

Hope you get better soon

[claire_louise]

Crohn's disease doesn't have to be serious though. A friend of mine has it and unfortunately it got really bad for her, but there are a lot of people who live fairly normal lives. The main thing is changing your diet so that you don't eat things that aggravate it. Check it out with your gp.

[buffygirl]

This is really weird to ask, but does anybody know how to gain weight fast?

Over the last month and a half, I've lost One and a Half stone. I've gone to the doctor because I was getting really sick, she gave me anti-biotics. They didn't work. She also gave me sachets to put into my drinks, to replace everything I've been losing. Didn't work. I'm going back to her tomorrow after school.

I've gone very thin, and I want to gain weight. Today I went out for lunch. I got the biggest portion of food imaginable, and I ate it.... Ignoring the mouth and stomach pains. It didn't help because it didn't stay in my stomach for long.

I was going to buy Milkshakes that make you gain weight really fast. They have 3000 Calories and 300g of fat in them, but the thing is ..... I can't eat dairy products at the moment, they make me feel ill.

So, does anybody know how I can gain weight really fast without eating Dairy?

Thanks.

Cal

Have you been ill as thats a lot of weight to loose in that short space of time, also for the doctor to give antis- tell me that you have..did you loose the weight before you went to the doctors?

i cant see if thats the case she'd just go and put you on anti-bioticts..she'd be more concern of the sudden weight loss.

The otherthing is to realise when we dont eat much the stomach shrinks so by forcing it to streach by over eating ..end result vomiting is not going to help either..try to introduce a bit more at a time not all in one go.

What really concerns me about this as im not sure if im reading it right,

1. If the weight loss is sudden you need to have a proper medicall check out as weight loss like that should'nt be taken lightly , i'd be surprised your gp has taken it that way.

2 If you've being ill eg had flu or other bug havent been able to eat ..that would explain it as it's the bodys own defense mechnism .

3. The saches are giving the body a vitimn and bulk buid up but its a short term thing to help get you back on track.so to speak.

4. To gain the weight ..go to gp or any health advisor ..most inportantanly do it healthly as buy doing it like that it'll be a long term it will envolve your daily life..

[MarMar]

Right now I feel like suc a failure. Things have not been good lately at the cafe - I don't own any share of it, but work the hours my boyfriend has to do (so-and-so many hours a week split between the three owners), and this has resulted in the other two owners not seeing me as "him", but as a buss-boy or similar, ie. they're making something, and don't have all the ingredients, and thus makes me go to get it in the storage room even though I do my job etc. Not only that, but once I sent a text message as soon sa I remembered that I had forgotten to take up frozen ciabattas before I left the day before, so they should do it straight away when they got in, so that there would be food to serve the customers (there were app. 5 left, but it's always better to have many than few etc). Got a text back which was rather rude etc. The next time I opened after they'd closed the day before, they had also forgotten to make sure there was enough ciabattas up from the freezer. I could go on and on about similar situations.

We haven't worked together for more than 1 1/2 month, but in that time they have ruined our friendship. I dread going into work, which is bad because I love makiing coffee and serve food - I just can't function with these people anymore. I've told my boyfriend what annoys me with them (they make mistakes but don't see it, and only yell at me when I do stuff they do), etc, and though hehas tried talking with them about it, they are unwilling to do so.

I haven't had a day off in 1 1/2 months. I've worked every Saturday from 10am-1am. They have left early, not only in the week, but on Saturday as well. They don't cover all their duties, and yesterday there was a huge scene where we (my boyfriend and I) left for two hours to go see a movie. Yesterday was our Saturday "off". They left early last Saturday. I can't really explain it all very well, sorry.

So - today I let my boyfriend know that I will not go into work on Tuesday (tomorrow being a uni-day), and that I don't want to work there anymore. I need to get a job that pays so that I can afford paying my mom to stay at home since she's unemplyed (I own half the house, and want to buy it one day, but I have to help financially). I can't work for free 40+ hours a week when all I get is being yelled at etc.

[Jess]

Cal...I reckon you should go back to your GP...I wouldn't try those dairy drink things, if your stomach reacts badly to dairy, it'll just make things worse. Hope you get better soon, hun.

[Cal]

Your symptoms sound dangerously like crohns disease. Massive weight loss and weight gain, stomach pains etc...

Hope you get better soon

The doc asked my parents if that was in the family, and it wasn't. I hope it isn't that, sounds scary!

Cal

Have you been ill as thats a lot of weight to loose in that short space of time, also for the doctor to give antis- tell me that you have..did you loose the weight before you went to the doctors?

i cant see if thats the case she'd just go and put you on anti-bioticts..she'd be more concern of the sudden weight loss.

The otherthing is to realise when we dont eat much the stomach shrinks so by forcing it to streach by over eating ..end result vomiting is not going to help either..try to introduce a bit more at a time not all in one go.

What really concerns me about this as im not sure if im reading it right,

1. If the weight loss is sudden you need to have a proper medicall check out as weight loss like that should'nt be taken lightly , i'd be surprised your gp has taken it that way.

2 If you've being ill eg had flu or other bug havent been able to eat ..that would explain it as it's the bodys own defense mechnism .

3. The saches are giving the body a vitimn and bulk buid up but its a short term thing to help get you back on track.so to speak.

4. To gain the weight ..go to gp or any health advisor ..most inportantanly do it healthly as buy doing it like that it'll be a long term it will envolve your daily life..

It all started at the start of August. I went down to my friends house, then to my relations house. They both live on the other side of the country. I didn't think it was a bad thing, so I thought it would pass on. When one night I didn't get any sleep at all (due to a hell of alot of toilet breaks), I told my Aunt. She went to the chemist and bought me a load of tablets. They also didn't work. I then went to the chemist myself and asked for something to stop it, she insisted I bought this product that I knew wasn't the right one. She got very touchy when I refused to buy it, so I bought it and walked out. People around me were noticing that I was losing weight, that concerned me a bit. I tried to add more fatty things to my meals, but I'd lost my appetiite. It took me an hour to eat half a slice of toast!

When I got back on near the end of August, it was still happening.. (toilet breaks, stomach aches, dizzyness and VERY tired). One night I has Chilli, I felt very dizzy afterwards and threw up.

On Septemeber 1st, I went to the doctor. We didn't mention the weight thing because we thought after being to the doctors, that everything will be fine and I'd gain it again. I was off school for a week. She said No Dairy, No tomatoes or no spicy food. She said I had Gastroenteritus. The tablets didn't work.

A week has passed and it is getting worse, my stomach is sore, my appetite is bad (Had a grand total of 1 slice of toast and 5 noodles yesterday).

I'm going back to the doctors tomorrow after school. I hope we get it sorted, it's really scaring me!

My stomach has gone very small, and feels like nothing will fit in it. And to top everything off, I have got ulcers in my mouth. To put the cherry on top of everything, this country has a shortage of Bonjela!

I hope everything goes well tomorrow and thanks everybody for the advice.

[Jess]

Right now I feel like suc a failure. Things have not been good lately at the cafe - I don't own any share of it, but work the hours my boyfriend has to do (so-and-so many hours a week split between the three owners), and this has resulted in the other two owners not seeing me as "him", but as a buss-boy or similar, ie. they're making something, and don't have all the ingredients, and thus makes me go to get it in the storage room even though I do my job etc. Not only that, but once I sent a text message as soon sa I remembered that I had forgotten to take up frozen ciabattas before I left the day before, so they should do it straight away when they got in, so that there would be food to serve the customers (there were app. 5 left, but it's always better to have many than few etc). Got a text back which was rather rude etc. The next time I opened after they'd closed the day before, they had also forgotten to make sure there was enough ciabattas up from the freezer. I could go on and on about similar situations.

We haven't worked together for more than 1 1/2 month, but in that time they have ruined our friendship. I dread going into work, which is bad because I love makiing coffee and serve food - I just can't function with these people anymore. I've told my boyfriend what annoys me with them (they make mistakes but don't see it, and only yell at me when I do stuff they do), etc, and though hehas tried talking with them about it, they are unwilling to do so.

I haven't had a day off in 1 1/2 months. I've worked every Saturday from 10am-1am. They have left early, not only in the week, but on Saturday as well. They don't cover all their duties, and yesterday there was a huge scene where we (my boyfriend and I) left for two hours to go see a movie. Yesterday was our Saturday "off". They left early last Saturday. I can't really explain it all very well, sorry.

So - today I let my boyfriend know that I will not go into work on Tuesday (tomorrow being a uni-day), and that I don't want to work there anymore. I need to get a job that pays so that I can afford paying my mom to stay at home since she's unemplyed (I own half the house, and want to buy it one day, but I have to help financially). I can't work for free 40+ hours a week when all I get is being yelled at etc.

Merc...you shouldn't be made to feel like a failure. From what I've heard, you've worked incredibly hard to get the cafe through its first month and a half. I know it's hard because they're your friends and all, but no-one should make you feel that way. I really hope things get better for you, hun. *hugs*

[Cal]

Just back from the doctors....

Got the same tablets but more. He said that if I'm not better by Wednesday, then I have to go into hospital and go on IV.

[Jess]

Awww....Cal! They've given you the same tablets? But they didn't work last time.... I really hope you get better very soon! *hugs*

[Cal]

Oh darn...

It's Wednesday and I'm still not improving... When I get home from school, we are going to see if I need to go to Hospital. It's more than likely that I will...