Re: Diet/nutrition.......my mental battle

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I didnt know that so I didnt really appreciate your situation in that respect. I thought the main issue was the foot pain etc. and the tiredness.

These things of course are very personal and I would not expect you to discuss is with all and sundry...

Mo

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http://www.promis.co.uk/?view=eating/eatguide

I think they have their food pyramid upside down -- 11 servings of bread, pasta, etc a day is WAY too much. Other than that, their guidelines seem pretty sane. But then you're talking to someone who lives to eat.

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> has only just started for me, I don't cough anything up, just seems

> to always be something in my throat. Which I guess makes me dead

> annoying to live with constantly coughing.

, I have another question for you. Does this feel like mucus

clinging in your throat, or does it feel like something is stuck

there? I am asking because I spent nearly a year with a similar

problem and ended up solving myself after seeing three doctors.

If you still have your tonsils, you might have what's called a

tonsillolith or tonsil stone lodged in one or both of them. This can

also happen if you don't have tonsils (although it is rare in that

case) because you have a little space in the back of your throat where

gunk can collect. The main symptom of this is that you keep feeling

as though something is stuck in your throat. It is not dangerous and

can be controlled through extensive oral hygiene. If you have ever

coughed up a little white or yellow hard ball that smells really bad,

this is a tonsillolith.

If you think this might be it, get a light source behind your head.

Then use a mirror and a tongue depressor. Look up in the top of your

mouth behind your teeth on either side. If you see something yellow or

white there, it's a tonsillolith. You can try picking it out with

your fingers gently (it will make you gag) or you can ask your dentist

or doctor to take it out.

I spent a year telling doctors something was in my throat, but no one

believed me. By the time I figured it out myself, the stone had gotten

so big my ENT said he had never seen one that size in 20 years of

practice. It was over a centimeter in diameter and had to come out in

four pieces. I now use a special mouthwash, a Water Pik, and a tongue

scraper twice daily in addition to regular brushing and flossing. It

has really cut back on the stones.

I hope this helps you (or maybe someone else here who's had this

problem). It was a great relief for me when I finally could put a name

to the problem and get it solved. I don't know why doctors don't look

for this right away when people say something is stuck in their throat.

Dawn

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Hi

I am glad you are not anemic. Maybe your symptoms are from withdrawal. That is one thing I know nothing about as it was my daughter and not me who took the drugs and she was unable to verbalize her symptoms to me.

I am okay, Tuesday le got the catheter out of her neck (it was being used for dialysis) because the fistula in her arm seems to be fine now and should be able to be used. I think I mentioned before her identical twin wants to give her a kidney.

You take care of yourself and get better. Stay informed and stay healthy.

Patti

> >Reply-To: Withdrawal_and_Recovery >To: <Withdrawal_and_Recovery > >Subject: Re: Diet/nutrition.......my mental battle >Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:39:20 -0000 > >Thanks Pattie. I don't know how to tell if my body wants meat, that's why I asked. My iron is actually high on the blood tests I last had a few weeks ago. Trouble is I don't know my own body, havent a clue. I get all these weird sensations which I assume are all withdrawal. >I just get so confused. >Hoping you and le are doing OK? >Love > Diet/nutrition.......my mental battle > >Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:20:57 -0000 > > > > > >Hi All, > > > >Ok, this is so hard for me you wouldn't believe, I know somehow I > >have to overcome it, it has been controlling my life for far to > >long. But I am going to ask for your patience once again while I ask > >a few questions. > >Regarding Mucus, what are the foods that cause this build up, I know > >milk does, but is it all dairy products and are there others? This > >has only just started for me, I don't cough anything up, just seems > >to always be something in my throat. Which I guess makes me dead > >annoying to live with constantly coughing. I have read your emails > >about lemon in water and have also read somewhere about grapes and > >citrus fruits helping. > >Have just looked through the nutrition files and came across this > >from : > > > >"Some people benefit from minimizing meat intake and increase > >lentils and beans. I am not one of those people. Your body will > >tell you if you are." > >I just wondered in what sort of way your body tells you you need the > >meat? I have been a veggie since I was 7, and I am trying as > > has asked me to, to try some meat. It is very hard for > >me, because my mind abhors the thought of eating flesh. I know that > >sounds daft. > > > >There is a residential food place where I am hoping to be able to go > >and get some help, I know this is weak because I should be strong > >enough to do it on my own. This is the link which explains how they > >believe you should "eat", I would really appreciate feedback from > >anyone who has time to take a look at it, > > http://www.promis.co.uk/?view=eating/eatguide > > > >Anyway, thanks to everyone who has got to the end of this. > > > >Love > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rock, jazz, country, soul & more. Find the music you love on MSN Music!<http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2728??PS=47575> > > To subscribe to the off-topic list go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialWandR/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/socialWandR/> > > > > >

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Hi Glitter

I was anorexic for a few years, especially bad after a knee op, I had it in my mind that if I could loose even more weight the knee would be strong enough to run on. To run again was my dream, I love the feeling, the sensation........

Anyway, after the knee op I began to get what I now know is panic attacks, but then every one just told me I felt like that because I wasn’t eating. So my eating changed again, instead of not eating , I began to overeat. But not like true compulsive eating or binge eating. All I can describe it as is a morbid fear of my blood sugar going low, I hate that feeling, it frightens me so much. I shake, feel faint and weak. I know everyone gets it when they haven't eaten for a while, but I just cant get a control over the fear. I have been battling this for years, I have tried so many counsellors and things, but they all give up on me. I can't get it through my thick skull that it is a feeling everyone has, it doesn’t do anything, it just doesn’t feel very nice. I wish I knew the answer , I wish I knew who could help, I want so much to conquer this. It rules my life and I want to be free from it.

Thanks for listening. You must think I am so daft

Love

Re: Diet/nutrition.......my mental battle

I can't believe I cannot get this sorted out, I know exactly what my problem is and yet I cannot resolve itDo you have an eating disorder??? Is that what you're telling us?I don't know anything about such disorders. But we do have a friend who has tried to rescue a young woman who is anorexic. She's been in and out of the hospital for years while she starved herself, nearly to death. She comes from a very wealthy, but utterly dysfunctional, family, and this is her way of getting attention. When our friend was lamenting how difficult it is to watch this girl starve herself, my husband, (callously) said, "Take her to Bombay or Calcutta for two weeks. She'll eat!" I know the mechanism of eating disorders is very complicated and I guess I'm lucky that I don't have any aversions to food (except packaged or junk food) but if it's controlling your life and impacting your recovery from these drugs, you need to seek treatment. I think about food all day long, what I can eat, how I can fix it, how good it is going to be. I'm lucky I don't weigh 500 pounds, but food is truly my life and it is the sustenance of life, and I find it truly heartbreaking that so many women have bad relationships with the very thing they need to be healthy.

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