[Anonymous]

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Sandy: I think I might have the dubious honor of being the one on this BB who has done the most complaining about my weight gain since receiving RAI. I am obsessive about this topic and have done a ton of research on it. Feel free to e-mail me and I’ll share what I’ve found out.

Luci C.

[Anonymous]

#1163885

Sandy,

I just wanted to say that everybody is different in this area myself i have
lost 40 pds since i was told i had graves,been hypo now blood is normal.
I dont know why i lose the weight i dont exercise, and i sit on my ass alot
on this computer what im trying to say some books & professionals will
say weight gain will happen, and there are other’s who disagree with this
so good luck, and take care-steve

[Anonymous]

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Since being diagnosed with Graves in Nov. of 96–I noticed that at first I lost about 6 pounds. Now with my blood levels normal and on a lesser amount of medication–I seem to gain no matter what I do. I was reading posts on another board and some of the people said that there doctors told them not to bother with exercise because of the way Graves affects your metabolism. A few said that there doctors told them that light exercise was best. Has anyone heard anything about this seemingly contradictory advice? I’ve been walking, stretching and doing some light weight work, watching my diet and still gaining! My doctor is now testing my FSH to see if I’m finally heading into menopause. Just what I need another hormone problem! I just love this disease–it sure adds a certain amount of what I don’t know to my life!

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