Guest guest Posted June 12, 2000 Report Share Posted June 12, 2000 Bob, I'd like to see lower numbers for your sake. Diabetes can be very damaging with high sugars. Often fasting sugars are high because you have a low in the night. Insulin is needed to store glucose, release it, and allow cells to use it for energy. we may have enough to use it for energy, but when we don't make enough effective insulin, we can't store and release sugars. The answer for good control is to limit the amount we take in, we simply can't eat the way we used to. My meter told me to give up bread and wheat products, breakfast cereals, pasta, pizza crust, limit rice corn, potato. I took glyburide for a year, it allowed me to loose weight, and I was forced to the lowest dose and then to diet only. What I do is eat small amounts by hunger and the clock to keep even sugars. By eating up until bedtime I avoid nighttime lows. Sam in San Diego Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2000 Report Share Posted June 12, 2000 I ran into someone the other day who mentioned glyburide as well. I'll do some checking on it in the web as well, but what kind of side effects did anyone see, if any? I've been really leery about any meds due to potential weight gain, since I'm already at 228 (which is down from the 244 I started at Oct 99). I saw a message earlier today about the nighttime lows as well, and the liver response - had not heard of such a thing. I'm going to try and shoot a couple night sugars over the next few days to see what I see. Did you have to cut out all breakfast cereals, or has anyone found any that are better than others? Bob Mueller Legalize Freedom RKBA! Re: New member intro > Bob, I'd like to see lower numbers for your sake. Diabetes can be very > damaging with high sugars. Often fasting sugars are high because you > have a low in the night. Insulin is needed to store glucose, release it, > and allow cells to use it for energy. we may have enough to use it for > energy, but when we don't make enough effective insulin, we can't store > and release sugars. The answer for good control is to limit the amount > we take in, we simply can't eat the way we used to. My meter told me to > give up bread and wheat products, breakfast cereals, pasta, pizza crust, > limit rice corn, potato. I took glyburide for a year, it allowed me to > loose weight, and I was forced to the lowest dose and then to diet only. > What I do is eat small amounts by hunger and the clock to keep even > sugars. By eating up until bedtime I avoid nighttime lows. Sam in San > Diego > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Would you like to save big on your phone bill -- and keep on saving > more each month? Join beMANY! Our huge buying group gives you Long Distance > rates which fall monthly, plus an extra $60 in FREE calls! > http://click./1/2567/1/_/213497/_/960783475/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2000 Report Share Posted June 12, 2000 Bob, I found coffee with milk peaked my sugar, gave it up for heart reasons. I turned to fruit, in California we have plenty and cheap. I'll have a couple of eggs in an omelet, later a small orange. We have to be our own doctors, that is make sure we are well cared for. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Dear Margaret, Welcome to the group! By the grace of God, I put my MS symptoms into remission using an alternative treatment recommended by Edgar Cayce, a man many regard as the father of modern holistic medicine. Unfortunately, due to the complex, multifaceted nature of MS, Cayce's treatment does not work for everyone. The same goes for every other current approach (alternative or mainstream) to overcoming MS. What works for one person does not necessarily work for another. People with with MS need to find--usually by trial and error--what is effective for them and then stick to it religiously. Many MS patients have obtained varying degrees of symptomatic relief with diet, food supplements, exercise, detoxification, and a low stress lifestyle. There are many other strategies, however, that have also benefited MSers, including LDN, glyconutrients, and colloidal silver. For more information about these and other promising alternative approaches to treating MS, visit http://www.webspawner.com/users/directoryofmultalt/index.html With best wishes, Dudley Delany http://profiles.yahoo.com/dudley_delany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Welcome to the group Margaret. My story is on the link Dudley posted. I too have improved greatly without using drugs. We've had others do the same. It may help you to read the archives to get more information, but feel free to ask any questions. Moderator > > Good evening, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 Welcome Margaret, I was dx with RRMS in June 05, changed my diet following a cross between the Gold Coast and BBD, added supplements, PT weekly, added Glyco products, and relying heavily on my faith in God. I started Glyco products in the beginning of October, after two weeks my fatigue went from extreme to severe/moderate, and within a month I went from being in a wheel chair (spent 5 months from May through middle of October)to walking with crutches. Now around the house I can walk with one crutch or none on good days, outside the house for limited periods I'm able to use one crutch. I still have all my MS symptoms, but I still expect to knock the fatigue down to a manageable level and anticipate not needing any crutches. I attribute some of my recovery to the nature of RRMS, mostly however I attribute the above items to my success. I've also chosen at this point not to take any MS meds. I was one sick puppy last summer and was not sure if I would recover, but now I'm confident I'm on the road to recovery. The healing just takes time and patience. Doug > > Good evening, > > My name is Margaret, I'm 47, live in NY and was diagnosed with MS in > February. I've been reeling with all the research and literature I've > been reading but I'm trying to learn and understand as much as > possible. I'm not taking meds and really do not want to. I'm working > with a Naturopath and taking a pretty hefty dosage of supplements. > I'm working on dietary changes and excercise. I would like very much > to hear about other modalities that people have had success with. > > I've been finding it very difficult to find research data on treating > MS alternatively. I'd love to be able to find some facts to help put > my family at ease with my decision not to use meds. > > Looking forward to replies. > > With kind regards, > Margaret > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Welcome Margaret from me also! I have Secondary Progressive MS and at the beginning of last year I was worried that I was going to have to need a wheelchair. I started glyconutrients in June 2005 and since then I have seen a steady improvment and I am now even able to walk for short distances without the aid of a walking stick. I have never taken any medication for my MS as I've always been against putting extra toxins into my body. With best wishes to you. Gill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Hi Margaret, Welcome to the group. You are on the right tract by working with a natureopath. Supporting all the systems of your body is the best answer, its the one I chose and I am well today. Your diet and lifestyle is also something that has to change since some of these things got us into trouble. There are environmental factors that are also not in our control and so you can't blame yourself for those things. You take take charge of the things that you know will helpYou will not find a whole lot of info on alternatives to treat specific disease. The reason for this is 1) it costs lots of money to do clinical trials and studies, most food supplement companies are not able to get these tests privately funded. Drugs on the other hand are big money and so its easy to find investors to back the trials. 2) The FDA has made it illegal for any supplement company to make claims about their products that are disease specific. So for instance they cannot say that Vitamin C cures scurvy, we all know that is true but its illegal for the makers of Vitamin C to say that. You will have to go with what your heart tells you, if your family cannot understand that will make it harder, but trying to convinve them of your chosen pathway will be even harder. Let them read the stories of other people on this forum. They can also listen to many people talk about how they already did the drugs and they really did not help much, or worse they made them more sick. We are here to support you all the way. Margaret Rizzuto wrote: > Good evening, > > My name is Margaret, I'm 47, live in NY and was diagnosed with MS in > February. I've been reeling with all the research and literature I've > been reading but I'm trying to learn and understand as much as > possible. I'm not taking meds and really do not want to. I'm working > with a Naturopath and taking a pretty hefty dosage of supplements. > I'm working on dietary changes and excercise. I would like very much > to hear about other modalities that people have had success with. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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