I would love to have mine disappear too. I have a few where the necklace sits on the neck. It stops me wearing smaller gauge necklaces because they get all tangled with the skin tags and it hurts.OMG my skin tags have gone too! I never noticed til now, but I had some round my neck and they’re gone!
I would love to have mine disappear too. I have a few where the necklace sits on the neck. It stops me wearing smaller gauge necklaces because they get all tangled with the skin tags and it hurts.
I have been on a low carb diet since November. 2017. My BMI has fallen from 28.9 to 25.3. Apart from the dietary change I have cut out alcohol (I drank to the max of medical guidelines most weeks) and I increased my exercise from weekend rugby refereeing to at least an hour of moderate to strenuous exercise every day + the refereeing.Apart from weight loss and much better BG control, does the Low Carb approach have any other proven benefits eg.medical/psychological ?
Just curious as, being T2, I'm on it for life
Oh yes, the awful, dreaded planar fascitis I had had not recurred. I forgot about that.Has anyone mentioned elimination of reflux (I aspirated once, scariest thing of my life), skin tags gone, plantar fascitis gone, suppressed energy and motivation gone?
I had been having severe palpitations and a fast heart rate for a couple of years and had to wear a monitor for a week to record the palpitations. I also had a heart scan just before Christmas. I was diagnosed with SVT and advised to take beta blockers with a view to have surgery to burn away the irritable part of my heart . Needless to say I didn't fancy that and declined the beta blockers as they can cause drowsiness. I have fibromyalgia which makes me fatigued so I didn't want to make it worse.I have been on a low carb diet since November. 2017. My BMI has fallen from 28.9 to 25.3. Apart from the dietary change I have cut out alcohol (I drank to the max of medical guidelines most weeks) and I increased my exercise from weekend rugby refereeing to at least an hour of moderate to strenuous exercise every day + the refereeing.
I can't be sure if it is down to the diet or the other factors or a combination of them, but my irritable bowel syndrome has almost gone, as has my asthma (35+ years and on steroids until Christmas) and my atrial fibrillation (occasional fast and irregular heartbeat and two trips to casualty dept with very rapid heartbeat. I was on 5mg of Bisoprolol and have now reduced this to 1.25mg in consultation with my doctor).
This doesn't answer your question, but it does give food for thought (sorry for the terrible pun).
Gald to hear I'm not the only one who is feeling so much better on the LCD. I still wonder if it was the Bisoprolol that I was prescribed for my irregular heartbeat that triggered the T2 in the first place as I was pretty fit, ate quite well and wasn't really overweight when it struck. Typically, my GP said diet and exercise, but he made no comment about the link between Bisoprolol and T2. It was only after I did my research that I realised the link and told him I was cutting them down. I was on 5mg and am now taking 1.25 mg. I feel exactly the same.I had been having severe palpitations and a fast heart rate for a couple of years and had to wear a monitor for a week to record the palpitations. I also had a heart scan just before Christmas. I was diagnosed with SVT and advised to take beta blockers with a view to have surgery to burn away the irritable part of my heart . Needless to say I didn't fancy that and declined the beta blockers as they can cause drowsiness. I have fibromyalgia which makes me fatigued so I didn't want to make it worse.
I started LCHF at the beginning of January and have already seen a significant drop in my BS and have reduced my insulin by 70 units per day. I realised today that I hadn't had any palpitations for a few weeks! Hopefully this will continue.
Hello from another palpitations sufferer. Congratulations on having the courage to stand out against the operation and medications. I know that is not easy to do! I sympathise with you in having had to wear a monitor for a week. I had to wear one for 24 hours and that was quite enough! The white box (which had to be worn next to the skin) was about the size of a cigarette packet and had sharp corners that dug into my flesh. Surely that little problem could have been fore-seen and avoided? I was having occasional AF (high, up to 200bpm, and irregular, heart rate) incidents. I tried beta blockers, but the remedy was worse than the symptoms! Even the lowest possible dose stayed in my system into the next day and lowered my HR so much that I could hardly walk upstairs. However I have to say, it did not make me drowsy. Luckily my cardiologist finally put me on Flecainide, which suppressed the problem conpletely for years. (Flecainide is not for everyone, as if your heart is not in good shape it can be dangerous. However, it suits me, as it corrects the rhythm rather than the rate of the heart beat, so allowing me to run.)I had been having severe palpitations and a fast heart rate for a couple of years and had to wear a monitor for a week to record the palpitations. I also had a heart scan just before Christmas. I was diagnosed with SVT and advised to take beta blockers with a view to have surgery to burn away the irritable part of my heart . Needless to say I didn't fancy that and declined the beta blockers as they can cause drowsiness. I have fibromyalgia which makes me fatigued so I didn't want to make it worse.
I started LCHF at the beginning of January and have already seen a significant drop in my BS and have reduced my insulin by 70 units per day. I realised today that I hadn't had any palpitations for a few weeks! Hopefully this will continue.
I too was slim, fit and obsessive about my healthy (Mediterranean style) diet when AF and later bg problems struck. So I don't think it was necessarily the Bisoprolol in your case. However, this does highlight the worrying fact that doctors are not alert to the bg-raising side effects that many drugs have, and when these are pointed out to them they don't seem to think it matters. I was prescribed Apixaban (anti-coagulant) but found out that it is known to have quite a high risk of raising bg. When I asked to change to Dabigatran, which is not known to raise bg, the doctor I spoke to was very reluctant. It was only when I went on strike and refused to take any more Apixaban that I got my way. AND I am obliged to take Furosemide (diuretic) at present, which is also known to raise bg. I have accepted that I do need to take the Furosemide regardless of risk, as there is no reallistic alternative, but I was shocked that no doctor to whom I spoke minded that I had been prescribed TWO bg raising drugs at once!Gald to hear I'm not the only one who is feeling so much better on the LCD. I still wonder if it was the Bisoprolol that I was prescribed for my irregular heartbeat that triggered the T2 in the first place as I was pretty fit, ate quite well and wasn't really overweight when it struck. Typically, my GP said diet and exercise, but he made no comment about the link between Bisoprolol and T2. It was only after I did my research that I realised the link and told him I was cutting them down. I was on 5mg and am now taking 1.25 mg. I feel exactly the same.
I too was slim, fit and obsessive about my healthy (Mediterranean style) diet when AF and later bg problems struck. So I don't think it was necessarily the Bisoprolol in your case. However, this does highlight the worrying fact that doctors are not alert to the bg-raising side effects that many drugs have, and when these are pointed out to them they don't seem to think it matters. I was prescribed Apixaban (anti-coagulant) but found out that it is known to have quite a high risk of raising bg. When I asked to change to Dabigatran, which is not known to raise bg, the doctor I spoke to was very reluctant. It was only when I went on strike and refused to take any more Apixaban that I got my way. AND I am obliged to take Furosemide (diuretic) at present, which is also known to raise bg. I have accepted that I do need to take the Furosemide regardless of risk, as there is no reallistic alternative, but I was shocked that no doctor to whom I spoke minded that I had been prescribed TWO bg raising drugs at once!
Good grief!Doctors have no idea. Pharmacists are better at this. I was in hospital, clearly marked as T2 diabetic and receiving daily glucose finger pricks. I had ventricular ectopic heart beats with a slightly raised HR that had caused me to faint twice, which is why I was in hospital. The consultant prescribed beta blocker Atenolol 50mg for me. When I was discharged I did some research only to discover Atenolol is not recommended for diabetics. In research it has been shown to raise BS levels enough to give 20% of the non-diabetic participants T2 diabetes. It interferes with insulin production and increases insulin resistance. Hardly suitable for a diet controlled T2. I am only taking 25mg as GP thought the 50mg was too much for my symptoms. I am waiting for the report on a recent 24 hour ECG and will then have some discussions with the GP about stopping the Atenolol or changing to one of the non-selective beta blockers that have no effect.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a skin tag?OMG my skin tags have gone too! I never noticed til now, but I had some round my neck and they’re gone!
Excuse my ignorance, but what is a skin tag?
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