Search Results

Hi @Lawrencepa - welcome to the forum :) It's easy to live by the numbers, and to fall into an obsession and harder to know what our bodies are telling us. Quite simply, if your body isn't hungry, you don't need to eat. If you worry that your calorie intake is a touch low try: - Avoiding...

Oh, I nearly forgot, @donnellysdogs I think you're onto something (again) with your supposition that T1s and T2s respond to pain differently. Or, at least, our insulin does: we all experience elevated cortisol and (at times) adrenaline when in pain, which leads to a sugar dump and, thus, a...

@maryrachel - that's horrendous. And I know it's not as easy as "Get to the doctor and sort yourself out" when you're in pain, but, gosh, it really does sound like you're due some answers, and perhaps something as simple as a round of blood tests could help you find them? I'm sending you much...

Hey, @paulos - your story is really interesting (and kind of exciting!), thank you so much for sharing it. I've been two months on the Jardiance now and by and large the initial unpleasant symptoms have settled. Rarely (and only on days when I'm deliberately resting) does my bladder wake up...

Are you kidding? That's HUGE! Without preaching or lecturing, just by being a friend with time to explain, you've caused someone else to take a moment of reflection and make some changes. It all starts with one, small thought and that thought came from you. It's amazing - well done, you!

I think there's a somewhat traditional mental break women (and men, too, if they're the family "nurturers") go through where we model "good" mothering on what we experienced as children and grandchildren (back in the days when we were raised to expect to nurture families of our own). Certainly...

Heya, @Sweet_Sophie ! I've been on LCHF since mid-June and, in that time, my very fussy son with autism (who at first deeply resented the lack of crisps, sugar and cereal in the house) has now started eating many, many foods that he would never touch before, including salads (when we go out to...

No, he said the Doc of a different team! There's still hope! Shall we start a sweepstakes? :)

This is super-exciting, @Lamont D ! Not just because someone's heard of your Thing, but because it's so optimistic! Just curiously, what is his "local district"? (Am I ever hoping it's the SW!) x

Yes yes yes. After pushing too hard and too far yesterday, today should have been a rest day. Instead I had to go see the new house, collect keys, sign tenancy, measure up rooms, meet the neighbours, which is all lovely and fabulous except I'm exhausted and shaky and unsteady and in huge...

Interesting. It seems chronic pain and obesity have a two-way relationship, i.e. having one can lead to the other: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892725/ And this makes instinctive sense to me (though my instincts are often wrong!). But for years the only way I could manage my...

Oh, that's super-interesting. So you're saying your BG will rise before your pain starts to increase?

Ha! I dunno! On the phone, I use the poop emoji! I think this forum is too polite for such a thing...

Aaargh! The Heroic Birth Stories! Interesting about adding the pain rating to the diary, though - I already track my periods, and sort of keep an eye on what they're doing (have only had one truly low-carb period since my diagnosis), but hadn't considered pain (and, I guess, the activity levels...

I was incredibly worried about my weight loss at first, but I jumped into my diagnosis with both feet - a huge daily dose of Jardiance and LCHF started at 120g carbs / day (which also meant the end to the junk food and nonsense I was constantly - and unknowingly - eating before). I lost 3...

It sounds maybe a bit bonkers, but I sometimes find sensory distraction to be useful, though my theory is that it's about making the rest of me as comfy as possible when specific bits are acting up. Something the smells nice - often the oven with something good roasting inside - comfy, soft...

Just an extra thought - it might be worth reading up on what treatments are available in your area. By and large, the faster they work, the harder they are to deal with, so it could be a plan to know in advance which options you'd prefer and what to expect from them.

Yes. A million times yes. Signed and shared. Also, I'm 99% certain you could get this into newsletters in every Local Authority when school goes back in September by writing to the following two orgs, both of whom work with parent carers - many of whom don't drive and struggle with getting...

I know a few others here who are / have been frequent pain sufferers, but I don't know if it's polite to "out" them by tagging them in. But, no, you're far from alone, promise. I hope you're able to relax and enjoy some of your holiday - even if it's slightly hazed and dopey!

Hey there @sjm1308 - you're right, anaemia is miserable. But it's not immediately life-threatening and relatively easy (though at times unpleasant) to remedy, so please don't worry! Our red blood cells are our bodies' messengers - the insulin and sugar thing you already know about, but also...