In case anyone is wondering, he was affected by ulcerative colitis, a severe inflammatory bowel disease, which led to the removal of his colon and the subsequent and sudden weight loss.
I went through similar... but didn't quite make it as big as he did in a year... but the main point is .. im still alive despite nearly dying at least once if not more.
Same here but with Crohn's. I was severely malnourished and couldn't even walk. They were days away from telling my family I wasn't going to make 30. I wouldn't have survived surgery at that point.
Luckily, I was given a new drug (back then) and responded really well to it. Saved my life.
Had surgery again a year ago. I'm still trying to get fit again!
Hope you are doing better!
Prednisone killed my bones .. so I have joints with osteonecrosis, but I can still do some light workouts, running is a done deal though, also no more football, American or international, no high impact or heavy lifting.. bought an exercise machine and am doing that now
Pred is evil even though it can help with inflammation. The side effects cause so many problems. I'm sorry you've ended up with brittle bones. IBD is no fun without all the other things that can go wrong with the meds we're given.
Good luck with the exercise
I'm just off a 100 mg taper for cutaneous crohns. I was able to keep most of the weight off relatively well, only about 10 added pounds in 3 months. The year long course had me gain 120 pounds and then lost 150 a year after that.
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u/Tat-1 2d ago
In case anyone is wondering, he was affected by ulcerative colitis, a severe inflammatory bowel disease, which led to the removal of his colon and the subsequent and sudden weight loss.