Forgot about another challenge I'm facing... EDEMA! We haven't figured out why yet, but since last summer I've been retaining fluid and have pitting edema in my lower legs 24/7 and accumulations of fluid in my hands and face --around my eyes. Some days are worse than others and it is unresponisve to diuretics at this point. I can work around this by focusing on total weightloss for the month instead of daily weight gains and losses, I think. It was still disappointing to get on the scales this morning and see that I've gained three pounds. I'll just remind myself that it is likely the same three pounds that I will pee back out at some point today, ha, ha. Probably at the most inconvenient moments, too!
posted @ Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:22 AM