Guest guest Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Hi , Yes, the thing with the food is to keep on trying even though we don't get it right all the time. I never want to go back to my old way of eating. Sorry about the hospital losing your tests. It would really bite to take that test over. I've doing well at the moment. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Oh , I'm so sorry they lost your GTT. I just took the same test 2 weeks ago and taking this test is no picnic that's for sure - 6 hours and being stuck with a needle so frequently (they did me 10 times and 3 vials of blood each time, ouch). I sure feel for you. My husband says you should sue them for negligence or something like that. Are you going to wait a few more days to see if they find them or will you have to take it again? Hugs sjerrom wrote: Hi Yes it is quiet at the moment, I am still working hard to try and get my food right ( Kim's an angel!) Also found out today that the hospital lost my glucose intolerance blood tests results, so I am not in the best of moods!!!!Hope you are doing Ok hun?Love x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 , I won't find out the results of my GTT until Sept 10th when I see my doctor. Thanks for asking. I know I need more will power to stay away from the sugar. I am doing so much better in this area, but I still have my weak moments when I eat or drink sugar. I don't know if I'm hypoglycemic or not, yet. The GTT is suppose to let me know. I hope I don't. Hugs sjerrom wrote: Thanks , I'm not sure what to do. To be honest I lost all faith in doctors a long time ago. I have faith in and Kim, they have never ever let me down, so I will wait, if says to do it again, thats what I will do. But I do know really what my sugars are doing, I felt weird when I got back from the test, I checked my sugars and they were down to 2.8.How did yours go, do you have the results yet?With Love x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 <<I won't find out the results of my GTT until Sept 10th when I see my doctor. Thanks for asking. I know I need more will power to stay away from the sugar. I am doing so much better in this area, but I still have my weak moments when I eat or drink sugar. I don't know if I'm hypoglycemic or not, yet. The GTT is suppose to let me know. I hope I don't.>> ***I can tell you right now, without any test results, that you have issues with low blood sugar. Regardless of what the test numbers say, you can be sure that the drugs have interfered with your ability to metabolize sugar. My understanding of the whole blood sugar-insulin thing continues to grow. I am seeing it as more and more important in working with all the symptoms we deal with here. I'm starting to see a really clear connection between insulin levels and mood, and I can say with a fair degree of certainty that a lot of us ended up on these drugs because we had problems with insulin and blood sugar. Remember, we all had high-sugar childhoods. It pre-disposed us to be emotional basket cases, which led to drugs, drugs, drugs. And the drugs just made it worse. I have known for years that sugar is damaging to me on many levels. I've struggled to stay away from it. The craving for sugar gets ingrained in us at a very early age, and sometimes it's very hard to overcome. I've had periods of time where I've given in and eaten the stuff, and then it sets me off on a weeks-long period of intense cravings where my whole diet gets messed up. I have to end up miserable and sick before I can stop. However, I think I've finally beaten it. I've realized, finally and completely, that sugar causes so many problems for me that I don't ever want to eat it again. It makes me bloated. It makes my joints ache. It makes my muscles sore and weak. It makes me impatient, anxious, depressed. It makes me confused. It makes me react irrationally to whatever is going on around me. And much of the time, its siren song keeps me from recognizing its connection with any of these symptoms. It has taken a long time for me to recognize the full implications of what sugar does to me. I think there was a fair amount of denial going on. In addition, I think I was still affected by the profound disconnect in our society between what we put in our bodies and how we feel. I was also affected by my body's intense relationship with sugar. The more we are negatively affected by sugar, the more deeply we crave it. Despite all my research and all that I've written on the topic, I hadn't fully assimilated the fact that sugar is devastating to me. It affects me physically, mentally, and emotionally, and I just simply don't want to do it anymore. No chocolate chip cookie or ice cream sundae tastes good enough to justify all the symptoms they cause. The stuff is poison, and I don't want it....any more than I'd want an SSRI, even if it tasted delicious. I'll say it again: I have no doubt that sugar problems led a lot of us to end on SSRIs and other psych drugs. I am by no means an exceptional case. I'm just an example of the exceptional hold sugar has over us, and the exceptional amount of damage--and denial--it causes. I'm angry about it now. I'm angry that the pediatrician never taught my mother (another life-long sugar addict) how thoroughly bad sugar is for children. I'm mad that the popular media told my mom that sugared breakfast cereals and white-bread toast are part of a nutritious breakfast--and that the medical community did nothing to stop this devastating disinformation. I'm mad that I grew up with nutrient deficiencies that landed me on horrific, mind-destroying, life-sucking drugs for 14 years. I'm just plain mad. Ever been mad a Milky Way bar? It really helps you not to eat it, lol. Regards, Kim your sugar-free co-moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2005 Report Share Posted September 4, 2005 Kim, That's what I need to do - get mad at the sugar, because it is harmful. I read recently that sugar damages your body's good cells and makes you much more susceptible to cancer growth. If I could embed this fact into my thoughts it is definitely an incentive for me to stay away from the sugar and white flour. sugar increases a persons chances of getting cancer. I really need to let this sink in. Thanks for sharing your testimony with me about sugar, it helps me to not feel alone in my struggle to stay away from sugar, and encourages me that I can break the sugar habit if I put my mind to it. Love ya' Kim wrote: <<I won't find out the results of my GTT until Sept 10th when I see my doctor. Thanks for asking. I know I need more will power to stay away from the sugar. I am doing so much better in this area, but I still have my weak moments when I eat or drink sugar. I don't know if I'm hypoglycemic or not, yet. The GTT is suppose to let me know. I hope I don't.>> ***I can tell you right now, without any test results, that you have issues with low blood sugar. Regardless of what the test numbers say, you can be sure that the drugs have interfered with your ability to metabolize sugar. My understanding of the whole blood sugar-insulin thing continues to grow. I am seeing it as more and more important in working with all the symptoms we deal with here. I'm starting to see a really clear connection between insulin levels and mood, and I can say with a fair degree of certainty that a lot of us ended up on these drugs because we had problems with insulin and blood sugar. Remember, we all had high-sugar childhoods. It pre-disposed us to be emotional basket cases, which led to drugs, drugs, drugs. And the drugs just made it worse. I have known for years that sugar is damaging to me on many levels. I've struggled to stay away from it. The craving for sugar gets ingrained in us at a very early age, and sometimes it's very hard to overcome. I've had periods of time where I've given in and eaten the stuff, and then it sets me off on a weeks-long period of intense cravings where my whole diet gets messed up. I have to end up miserable and sick before I can stop. However, I think I've finally beaten it. I've realized, finally and completely, that sugar causes so many problems for me that I don't ever want to eat it again. It makes me bloated. It makes my joints ache. It makes my muscles sore and weak. It makes me impatient, anxious, depressed. It makes me confused. It makes me react irrationally to whatever is going on around me. And much of the time, its siren song keeps me from recognizing its connection with any of these symptoms. It has taken a long time for me to recognize the full implications of what sugar does to me. I think there was a fair amount of denial going on. In addition, I think I was still affected by the profound disconnect in our society between what we put in our bodies and how we feel. I was also affected by my body's intense relationship with sugar. The more we are negatively affected by sugar, the more deeply we crave it. Despite all my research and all that I've written on the topic, I hadn't fully assimilated the fact that sugar is devastating to me. It affects me physically, mentally, and emotionally, and I just simply don't want to do it anymore. No chocolate chip cookie or ice cream sundae tastes good enough to justify all the symptoms they cause. The stuff is poison, and I don't want it....any more than I'd want an SSRI, even if it tasted delicious. I'll say it again: I have no doubt that sugar problems led a lot of us to end on SSRIs and other psych drugs. I am by no means an exceptional case. I'm just an example of the exceptional hold sugar has over us, and the exceptional amount of damage--and denial--it causes. I'm angry about it now. I'm angry that the pediatrician never taught my mother (another life-long sugar addict) how thoroughly bad sugar is for children. I'm mad that the popular media told my mom that sugared breakfast cereals and white-bread toast are part of a nutritious breakfast--and that the medical community did nothing to stop this devastating disinformation. I'm mad that I grew up with nutrient deficiencies that landed me on horrific, mind-destroying, life-sucking drugs for 14 years. I'm just plain mad. Ever been mad a Milky Way bar? It really helps you not to eat it, lol. Regards, Kim your sugar-free co-moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 <<Thanks for sharing your testimony with me about sugar, it helps me to not feel alone in my struggle to stay away from sugar, and encourages me that I can break the sugar habit if I put my mind to it.>> ***If my experience can help somebody else get out of the same awful mess, then every minute of it will have been worth it! Thanks for letting me know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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