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<blockquote data-quote="Nenah" data-source="post: 1235405" data-attributes="member: 293062"><p>Hello.</p><p></p><p>Been a lurker for a while as it was such a blessing to find this forum a few months ago. First Thank You so much because all the info here has been beyond valuable especially the stickies starter info & questions to work through. I finally felt confident with my bg monitor with having a methodology to use in recent months. I did say hello in April but then my arthritis got bad and was just trying to get the hang of it all following the stickies advice & typing was difficult to communicate this. The fevers seem to mess with my sugars as does disturbed sleep, so can be difficult to untangle what is happening especially as i can be quite out of it due to fevers yet now I'm wondering how much might have still benn RH (mood swings,upset,anxious).So variables can get confusing. I know from reading that I'm far from the only one here with other conditions to make me complimicated <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. Hubby has now started to read here with me in last couple of weeks and thats really helped me, as i was getting so overwhelmed at times still &lots of symptoms. Although in the 'normal range' I was still getting spikes and quick drops, up to 7s and never seeing 4s, very rare below 5.5 and I just nt feeling good at all. Have now gone very low carb for last week and adding more fat while challenging my perceptions that apparently been drummed into me. So I now realise and feel a bit silly really as I increased my carbs after seeing a dietitian in March time & until reading posts here for himself hubby only had what me, endos and dietitian were saying. So altho the only carbs i was eating were wholegrains (brown rice, quinoa, unpearled spelt) with meats,fish,veg and salad and rapeseed oil, no wonder I was still spiking I think. . I'm now waiting for new testing strips as ran out yet I feel better after a week of very low carb(chose the wrong postage option so they're taking longer than usual to get here,doh).</p><p></p><p>I think my fear of very low carb has come from 2 places; 1 been drummed into me since small Fat (&sugar&salt) are bad because of serious heart disease/strokes/bp issues in my family, altho I've been doing good fats for long time now & 2 when i was in late teens I had very disordered eating in that I went days without food except odd veg&salad and when I ended up in hospital on a drip because i was in ketosis&low weight, I now represent ketosis in my mind with unhealthy&hospital. I've been at a very healthy stable weight for 5 years as before that all the medications had meant I put on a lot of weight & when i was unwell eating 1st thing to go. </p><p></p><p>Yet in 2012, years before RH dx in 2015 it was visiting a nutritionist & embracing a low carb/gd fats/no sugars diet by with regular smaller meals that helped me stabalize my weight and feel better than in years & eating something even when in arthritis flares etc. I'm so frustrated that i listened to all the you need complex carb for your brain etc. All my Hb1ac tests have been in the 4s in last 18 months altho i don't know what my last one was but I'll ask tomorrow. My cholesterol was 3.9. I'm lactose intolerant.</p><p></p><p>Hubby really helped me feel better about trying very low carb after we discussed my fears and pulled it apart a bit. Its very foreign to me to eat the skin off the chicken etc Yet I'm now not craving things like I was on more carbs, things I never used to eat anyway before all this!</p><p></p><p>I guess I'm wondering how if hopefully I'm making any sense you might be able to help me challenge my fears and drummed in beliefs?</p><p></p><p>What's the difference between the lchf ketosis and the ketosis i went into as a young person? Daft question i know but i think I need to feel reassured although i know part of difference is in eating and not eating...i still feel overwhelmed by how ive felt in last year or so.</p><p></p><p>Do others find fevers affect their sugars and how do you cope with no appetite brought on by other conditions? </p><p></p><p>Thank you( especially for letting me ramble)!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nenah, post: 1235405, member: 293062"] Hello. Been a lurker for a while as it was such a blessing to find this forum a few months ago. First Thank You so much because all the info here has been beyond valuable especially the stickies starter info & questions to work through. I finally felt confident with my bg monitor with having a methodology to use in recent months. I did say hello in April but then my arthritis got bad and was just trying to get the hang of it all following the stickies advice & typing was difficult to communicate this. The fevers seem to mess with my sugars as does disturbed sleep, so can be difficult to untangle what is happening especially as i can be quite out of it due to fevers yet now I'm wondering how much might have still benn RH (mood swings,upset,anxious).So variables can get confusing. I know from reading that I'm far from the only one here with other conditions to make me complimicated :-). Hubby has now started to read here with me in last couple of weeks and thats really helped me, as i was getting so overwhelmed at times still &lots of symptoms. Although in the 'normal range' I was still getting spikes and quick drops, up to 7s and never seeing 4s, very rare below 5.5 and I just nt feeling good at all. Have now gone very low carb for last week and adding more fat while challenging my perceptions that apparently been drummed into me. So I now realise and feel a bit silly really as I increased my carbs after seeing a dietitian in March time & until reading posts here for himself hubby only had what me, endos and dietitian were saying. So altho the only carbs i was eating were wholegrains (brown rice, quinoa, unpearled spelt) with meats,fish,veg and salad and rapeseed oil, no wonder I was still spiking I think. . I'm now waiting for new testing strips as ran out yet I feel better after a week of very low carb(chose the wrong postage option so they're taking longer than usual to get here,doh). I think my fear of very low carb has come from 2 places; 1 been drummed into me since small Fat (&sugar&salt) are bad because of serious heart disease/strokes/bp issues in my family, altho I've been doing good fats for long time now & 2 when i was in late teens I had very disordered eating in that I went days without food except odd veg&salad and when I ended up in hospital on a drip because i was in ketosis&low weight, I now represent ketosis in my mind with unhealthy&hospital. I've been at a very healthy stable weight for 5 years as before that all the medications had meant I put on a lot of weight & when i was unwell eating 1st thing to go. Yet in 2012, years before RH dx in 2015 it was visiting a nutritionist & embracing a low carb/gd fats/no sugars diet by with regular smaller meals that helped me stabalize my weight and feel better than in years & eating something even when in arthritis flares etc. I'm so frustrated that i listened to all the you need complex carb for your brain etc. All my Hb1ac tests have been in the 4s in last 18 months altho i don't know what my last one was but I'll ask tomorrow. My cholesterol was 3.9. I'm lactose intolerant. Hubby really helped me feel better about trying very low carb after we discussed my fears and pulled it apart a bit. Its very foreign to me to eat the skin off the chicken etc Yet I'm now not craving things like I was on more carbs, things I never used to eat anyway before all this! I guess I'm wondering how if hopefully I'm making any sense you might be able to help me challenge my fears and drummed in beliefs? What's the difference between the lchf ketosis and the ketosis i went into as a young person? Daft question i know but i think I need to feel reassured although i know part of difference is in eating and not eating...i still feel overwhelmed by how ive felt in last year or so. Do others find fevers affect their sugars and how do you cope with no appetite brought on by other conditions? Thank you( especially for letting me ramble)! [/QUOTE]
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