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hi jane; you wrote: >Help, I'm having a problem! >I'm gaining weight and can't seem to stop. >This may seem like a vanity problem >but it is more than that this is serious! it doesn't sound like vanity to me traditionally, women in our society have been judged on their 'looks' we have all been brainwashed into this mode of thinking and it's hard to stop >In the past two years since my deep brain stimulation surgery >I have been gaining weight. >I gained 8 pounds the week I was in the hospital after the surgery >and have been going up in weight ever since. >For years I weighed 135# to138# >I have now blossomed to over 150#. >I have a Doctor appointment this week >and he is going to have a fit!! why on earth would a medical professional react in that way to a change in your physical condition which [to me at least] sounds like it relates directly to your surgery? >I am now eating about half as much as before surgery >I serve myself on a salad plate to make it look like more. >I have cut out all desserts, most meats, and all snacks. > >I know most PWP are trying to gain, Forgive my complaints. nothing to forgive, jane i have heard of other parkies gaining weight after surgery and it makes complete sense to me the parkies who have surgery tend to be severely symptomatic - it's only logical the severe symptoms of this movement disorder of ours include uncontrolled movement such as tremours and dyskinesia and uncontrolled tightness or muscle rigidity in either case our muscles are undergoing much more extra 'strain' than a non-parkie, which sounds to me like the equivalent of a whole lot of involuntary exercise day in and day out hence, possibly, the weight loss problem you mention so, if surgery eliminates or reduces this involuntary exercise voila, a perfect [to me] recipe for gaining weight add this profound change in muscular lifestyle to the thermo-regulatory problems a lot of us have and it seems to me that profound metabolism changes would have to be the norm not the exception >Any sympathy, suggestions or common complaints >are needed to take to my DR.to reinforce that >paladotomy and DBS may cause serious weight gain. if my logic is incorrect, i'd love to hear it if not, i doubt that reinforcement is needed just another 'gotcha' on the pd roller coaster ride your cyber-sis janet janet paterson 51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask]