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<blockquote data-quote="Ellis79" data-source="post: 1878054" data-attributes="member: 99854"><p>Thank you for writing and sharing. I, too, have my fair share of difficulties. In addition to coping with my 90 - year old Mum whose health is slowly failing, I have my own crises. I had weight loss surgery two and a half years ago, and went through sheer hell in the aftermath as the passage to my stomach was too narrow and I kept choking all the time. I needed two endoscopic dilations to improve my ability to eat, and they only had a partial effect. The massive intervention also caused me to develop IBS and for months I couldn't eat a thing without suffering constant and acute diarrhea and cramps. </p><p></p><p>And after all that, despite everything I was told and despite losing weight and eating less (and hopefully losing more weight in the future), my blood pressure and diabetes are essentially the same as they were before. So when it comes to eating now, I am essentially between a rock and hard place. If I eat the things I want to eat and should be eating - vegetables and wholegrain fiber etc. - my stomach turns. If I eat the things I can eat but obviously need to eat less of, my sugar goes up. </p><p></p><p>I am also suffering from debilitating neuropathy, which has probably has more than one cause and which has not responded to medication thus far. I've been using Gabapentin and am going to switch to Lyrica in the hope that it helps. </p><p></p><p>I confess that there are days when I wonder whether there's any point in waking up in the morning and days when I quite literally wished I wasn't here any more. But I keep going and carrying on with life as best as I can and I believe the meditation practice that I have incorporated into my regular routine has definitely had an impact here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ellis79, post: 1878054, member: 99854"] Thank you for writing and sharing. I, too, have my fair share of difficulties. In addition to coping with my 90 - year old Mum whose health is slowly failing, I have my own crises. I had weight loss surgery two and a half years ago, and went through sheer hell in the aftermath as the passage to my stomach was too narrow and I kept choking all the time. I needed two endoscopic dilations to improve my ability to eat, and they only had a partial effect. The massive intervention also caused me to develop IBS and for months I couldn't eat a thing without suffering constant and acute diarrhea and cramps. And after all that, despite everything I was told and despite losing weight and eating less (and hopefully losing more weight in the future), my blood pressure and diabetes are essentially the same as they were before. So when it comes to eating now, I am essentially between a rock and hard place. If I eat the things I want to eat and should be eating - vegetables and wholegrain fiber etc. - my stomach turns. If I eat the things I can eat but obviously need to eat less of, my sugar goes up. I am also suffering from debilitating neuropathy, which has probably has more than one cause and which has not responded to medication thus far. I've been using Gabapentin and am going to switch to Lyrica in the hope that it helps. I confess that there are days when I wonder whether there's any point in waking up in the morning and days when I quite literally wished I wasn't here any more. But I keep going and carrying on with life as best as I can and I believe the meditation practice that I have incorporated into my regular routine has definitely had an impact here. [/QUOTE]
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