@gennepher re your supplements!!!! I take two anticholinergic meds, which dry me up something fierce. My multi-vit is not heavy on E, although I've been taking a hefty dose of cod liver oil in solidarity w autistic kid (now grown) for nearly 20 years. I'm always assuming my dry mouth is from the inhaler that is known to cause it, and the eyes to old age and ALLERGIES!!!
So oh my gosh to hear you tell of the CoQ10 helping with the Reynaud's!!!! I had it bad all winter (wearing blue exam gloves all day long helps with that lol) and it's still persisting into the warmer weather. My symptoms have been very dependent on my weight, so with the amount I lost eating LC, Reynaud's reappeared with a vengeance. Will try some CoQ10! Thanks so much for mentioning that! Touching ice!!! Snowballs with Bare Hands!!! Can't wait.
@HarrisonK I hope your trip was bearable! Personally I think one can earn one's meltdowns over, say, 40. But having raised a HF but nevertheless autistic kid with definite touches of Asperger's, and another who started on the spectrum and grew up into a shadowy Aspie, and disliking crowds myself, and finding that Mom's dementia symptoms can be ameliorated by giving her the same considerations I gave my autistic toddler, I think I can relate a little! Geriatric gangsta, five stars for laugh out loud!
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@gennepher the only people who got away with hugging my son until he hit maybe 26, 27, were my mother and his favorite aunt. He has improved to the point where he will tolerate hugs from huggy girls his age, and he's always been very good with hand shaking thank goodness. I doubt he will ever hug me...
@ianpspurs re nutrition101: my bro, 54, has kept his HbA1c around 6.1 and his lipids at numbers a baby in utero would envy by eating every vegetable on his radar, lean meat, no sweets except if out with Mom, and whole grain bread when he has to have bread. Pretty Mediterranean WOE. He's a pilot, and spends more time eating airport and hotel food than he does home cooking, so he has to work pretty hard to find good foods. As a pilot, he's not allowed to take diabetes meds, and he said the statins were awful. For years he was a faithful runner, thinking nothing of 10 miles on an afternoon layover, but has aged into some arthritis so has had to give that up. Is any of that helpful?
@alf_Josiah ay yi yi!! Feisty woman vs feline owner, never a good outcome.
Glad the Drs appt was spiffing. I have just consulted Dr Google where I have been diagnosed with WIS (widespread intolerance syndrome) - Genetic condition but I will happily own it. Allegedly, not even upping fats can cure this one - I find that very funglikely
