Working out…

I was originally dx with GBS, but my dx was changed after I kept on getting worse instead of better. I was strictly in a power chair for over 2 years, then began to walk a little with a walker, then two canes, then one cane. I also have severe foot drop, so I need AFOs. Since I had CIDP I was on weekly solumedrol (steroid) infusions for almost 2 years. During that time period I gained 80#, but I have to add that I did lose 30# the first few months after I got ill, so I had actually put on about 50#.

I have managed to lose that weight (I am 5 years out), mostly by following Weight Watchers diet, it hasn’t been easy though as I am also limited to the exercise I can do. I have been going to water aerobics classes for almost two years now, but it does exhaust me, & I do suffer a lot of cramping afterwards. But that is all the exercise I am able to do. I hate to say this, but you will probably not be able to get enough exercise with your residuals to lose any substantial amount of weight. I think you will need to change your eating habits in order to lose the weight, & permanently. Good luck…