Knee injury and surgery has made me fat, borderline diabetic due to asthma Prednisolone tablets, RNOH says i need to loose 1 to 2 stone.

[becky3344]

Hi.

Hi I'm Becky, 47 year old living in Wiltshire.

I've always been active and healthy.

Then i hit my 40's and my aches and pains started, and i hit peri-menopause. I had hot flashes, i got a bit bigger in size slightly. I have been a road cyclist and was fit cycling 30 miles country roads and hills.

In February this year i had my worst asthma flare up/attack in years and years. And was on lots of steroid prednisolone tablets to try and get my asthma under control.

But i was on so many of them over 3 months, it's given me borderline diabetes.

I did my knee in 2 years ago cycling up a hill. Knee was never the same after that. I had key hole surgery on knee this May. But it hasn't made the pain go away much. It still limits my activity, especially long nature walks i used to love to do.

I do exercise on exercise bike maybe 2 hours a week. I have a vegan diet, i don't eat junk food. But my food portions could be smaller. Walking is an issue for me with my pain in my knee. So i cant go on long nature walks like i used to love doing.

I'm 5ft 7 and i weigh 13 and half stone.

I travelled 2 an half hours one way to have 2nd consultant referral on my knee injury.

I saw the consultant at RNOH in London yesterday, and saw him for 2 mins. He examined my knee said im level 2; level 4 or 5 being the worst. Be told me to loose 1 or 2 stone.

I need help and support from any weight loss groups.

Can anyone offer me any advice to help me to loose 1 or 2 stone in weight please.

Kind Regards,

Becky

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome, Becky

That's an awful lot to have to deal with, so well done you, for pushing through. You may find these communities helpful too

healthunlocked.com/asthmauk

healthunlocked.com/drwfdiab...

I'd like to invite you to join our Newbie Club, which we hope will be a good place for you to connect with members, who are also just starting out. If you just post a few words to introduce yourself and respond to others there, you'll soon break the ice. Here's the link

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

You'll find all the information you need to navigate the forum in the header, so please take the time to read it carefully.

Wishing you all the best

[becky3344 2st 7lbs in reply to moreless]

Hi Moreless. Thanks for your welcome and message. Thanks for the links. I will look and read them. And i will introduce myself.

May i ask on the Newbie Club what do the many posts of peoples names and the letters after them represent?

Many thanks. Becky

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to becky3344]

The letters are just for Admin use, Becky, to follow forum activity