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Abdominal bloating
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I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? NK
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>From: "No Kidding!" nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE) >Date: 6/26/03 8:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time >I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine >medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that >most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer >or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the >waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight?
Not sure about suddenly,but I’m finally losing the weight I packed on in my abdomen. I thought it would be with me for life. I think I started gaining there during peri,and I’m now 7 years post meno. Sharon…………A warm toll-house cookie is an experience not unlike a religious epiphany.
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why not go to the gyn and make sure. A friend of mine complained that her stomach was sticking out. She had recently had colon surgery so the drs said it would go down in time. Well, she just had an ovarian cyst burst!!! I would check it out. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Frankenmel wrote: >>From: "No Kidding!" nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE) >>Date: 6/26/03 8:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time >>I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine >>medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that >>most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer >>or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the >>waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? >Not sure about suddenly,but I’m finally losing the weight I packed on in my >abdomen. I thought it would be with me for life. I think I started gaining >there during peri,and I’m now 7 years post meno. >Sharon…………A warm toll-house cookie is an experience not unlike a >religious epiphany.
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>From: jen jett…@yahoo.com >Date: 6/27/03 7:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Welcome to asm. When you post,could you please turn off the HTML? It would make your posts easier to deal with. >why not go to the gyn and make sure
Can’t tell if you mean me…if so,I did. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->A friend of mine complained that >her stomach was sticking out. She had recently had colon surgery so the >drs said it would go down in time. Well, she just had an ovarian cyst >burst!!! I would check it out. >Frankenmel wrote: >>>From: "No Kidding!" nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE) >>>Date: 6/26/03 8:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time >>>I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine >>>medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that >>>most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer >>>or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the >>>waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? >>Not sure about suddenly,but I’m finally losing the weight I packed on in my >>abdomen. I thought it would be with me for life. I think I started gaining >>there during peri,and I’m now 7 years post meno. >>Sharon…………A warm toll-house cookie is an experience not unlike a >>religious epiphany. >————–050705030408040305090000 >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> ><head> > <title></title> ></head> >why not go to the gyn and make sure. A friend of mine complained that >her >stomach was sticking out. She had recently had colon surgery so the drs >said it would go down in time. Well, she just had an ovarian cyst >burst!!! > I would check it out. >Frankenmel wrote: ><blockquote type="cite" >cite="mid20030626221526.28409.00001…@mb-m13.aol.com"> <blockquote >type="cite"> From: "No Kidding!" nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE) >Date: 6/26/03 8:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time > </blockquote> > <!—-> > <blockquote type="cite"> > I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine >medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that >most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer >or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the >waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? > </blockquote> > <!—-> >Not sure about suddenly,but I’m finally losing the weight I packed on in my >abdomen. I thought it would be with me for life. I think I started gaining >there during peri,and I’m now 7 years post meno. >Sharon…………A warm toll-house cookie is an experience not unlike a >religious epiphany. ></blockquote> >————–050705030408040305090000–
Sharon…………A warm toll-house cookie is an experience not unlike a religious epiphany.
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No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE)> wrote: > I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine > medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that > most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer > or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the > waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight?
Not suddenly, but I’m not on any drugs. But yes, right on my tummy, below the belly button, I have a nice roll of fat I never had before. My hips have gotten more "feminine", too, and my thighs can now touch each other when I stand. 
It’s not inches so much as shape. But the tummy definitely pooches. Stress increases it. — ****** Keera in Norway ****** * Think big. Shrink to fit. * http://home.online.no/~kafox
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Frankenmel <franken…@aol.comStopIt> wrote: > >From: jen jett…@yahoo.com > >Date: 6/27/03 7:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time > Welcome to asm. > When you post,could you please turn off the HTML? It would make your posts > easier to deal with.
And you’d be sure everyone would see them. My ISP does not allow any html on its Usenet servers, so I don’t see news messages that contain html. — ****** Keera in Norway ****** * Think big. Shrink to fit. * http://home.online.no/~kafox
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"Danielle" <dgreen…@rcvideo.com> wrote in message
news:21c93b4a.0306272015.3c813eac@posting.google.com… > thinkbigshrinkto…@yahoo.com (Keera Ann Fox) wrote in message
<news:1fx8756.yoqyk4gjo2azN%thinkbigshrinktofit@yahoo.com>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> > No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE)> wrote: > > > I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine > > > medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that > > > most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer > > > or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the > > > waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? > > Not suddenly, but I’m not on any drugs. But yes, right on my tummy, > > below the belly button, I have a nice roll of fat I never had before. My > > hips have gotten more "feminine", too, and my thighs can now touch each > > other when I stand. It’s not inches so much as shape. But the tummy > > definitely pooches. Stress increases it. > Is your stomach painfull or feel like it hurts when you push on it?
No. I get annual GYN exams. I’m not even overweight…….it’s just that I have a big belly for my size and I’ve never had kids. NK
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.netNOSPAM> wrote: > "Danielle" <dgreen…@rcvideo.com> wrote in message > news:21c93b4a.0306272015.3c813eac@posting.google.com… > > thinkbigshrinkto…@yahoo.com (Keera Ann Fox) wrote in message > <news:1fx8756.yoqyk4gjo2azN%thinkbigshrinktofit@yahoo.com>… > > > No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE)> wrote: > > > > I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an > > > > antihistamine medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has > > > > me concerned is that most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that > > > > maybe I have ovarian cancer or something but DH says a lot of middle > > > > aged women get "the spread" in the waist. Does peri make you > > > > suddenly gain weight? > > Is your stomach painfull or feel like it hurts when you push on it? > No. I get annual GYN exams. I’m not even overweight…….it’s just that I > have a big belly for my size and I’ve never had kids.
The weight gain around the middle could mean that you are one of us women who are apple-shaped, i.e. all the weight gain is centered around the waist. However, I seem to remember reading that some drugs (steroids?) can cause even a pear-shaped woman to gain weight in an apple-shape. Do you know _all_ the side-effects of the medication you took? It could be the body is taking time getting the effects out of its system. — ****** Keera in Norway ****** * Think big. Shrink to fit. * http://home.online.no/~kafox
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thinkbigshrinkto…@yahoo.com (Keera Ann Fox) wrote in message <news:1fx8756.yoqyk4gjo2azN%thinkbigshrinktofit@yahoo.com>… > No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE)> wrote: > > I have gained 10 lbs in the past month- mostly due to an antihistamine > > medication I took (I stopped thank goodness). What has me concerned is that > > most of it is in my abdomen. I am freaking that maybe I have ovarian cancer > > or something but DH says a lot of middle aged women get "the spread" in the > > waist. Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? > Not suddenly, but I’m not on any drugs. But yes, right on my tummy, > below the belly button, I have a nice roll of fat I never had before. My > hips have gotten more "feminine", too, and my thighs can now touch each > other when I stand. It’s not inches so much as shape. But the tummy > definitely pooches. Stress increases it.
Is your stomach painfull or feel like it hurts when you push on it?
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Danielle <dgreen…@rcvideo.com> wrote: > thinkbigshrinkto…@yahoo.com (Keera Ann Fox) wrote… > > No Kidding! <nokidd…@ria.net(NOSPAMPLEASE)> wrote: > > > Does peri make you suddenly gain weight? > > Not suddenly, but I’m not on any drugs. But yes, right on my tummy, > > below the belly button, I have a nice roll of fat I never had before. My > > hips have gotten more "feminine", too, and my thighs can now touch each > > other when I stand. It’s not inches so much as shape. But the tummy > > definitely pooches. Stress increases it. > Is your stomach painfull or feel like it hurts when you push on it?
It hurts when I push today but it could be from a recent bout of IBS or the fact that I’m about to get my period. Doesn’t hurt in general. Why? — ****** Keera in Norway ****** * Think big. Shrink to fit. * http://home.online.no/~kafox