Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 In a message dated 6/13/2004 5:49:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, NaturalThyroidHormones writes: > You can avoid it altogether > >through diet and lifestyle changes. > > > > and I suppose if i had never had any stress in my life...that would have > helped me not get it? > cindi > There are many contributing factors to autoimmune disease. My doctor has diagnosed me with Metabolic Syndrome. Simply put, if I do not change my diet and lifestyle SIGNIFICANTLY I am headed down the same road as my mother. Diabetes, heart disease and quite possible cancer. I have a pattern of normal low HDL, normal high LDL and borderline high triglycerides. I collect fat around my abdomen (apple) and I have hashsi. I have a difficult time losing weight. Stress has been my middle name for many, many years as well as drug and alcohol addiction. (I will be sober for 20 years this September.) Everything I read tells me stress; physical or emotional, is a major trigger for autoimmune diseases. For stress, I listen to relaxation/guided mediation tapes, garden, deep stretches, reflexology and ama massage when I can afford it, and walk every morning. I think I may begin deep breathing exercises. Stress kills, no doubt about it. How we handle it is what is important. Everyone is an individual. You will find what works for you. This is only what works for me. Warmly, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 In a message dated 6/13/2004 8:33:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, susbarb1@... writes: > Everything I read tells me stress; physical or emotional, is a major > trigger > for autoimmune diseases. > i do not disagree with this at all. I am just extremely sensitive at the implication that it is our fault for getting this disease because we ate the wrong thing, thought the wrong thing, drank the wrong thing, breathed the wrong thing... cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2004 Report Share Posted June 13, 2004 Simply put, if I do not change my diet and lifestyle SIGNIFICANTLY I am headed down the same road as my mother. Diabetes, heart disease and quite possible cancer. My husband was dx'd with diabetes and high blood pressure and high cholesterol, He has heart disease, and cancer in his family., so he was getting an extensive work up. He totally changed his diet and when he went back for a followup, there was no evidence of the diabetes. The nurse couldn't believe it and thought she had the wrong chart, because she said you can't get rid of diabetes once you have it..my husband just smiled and said wanta bet? Now if we just get him on armour, we will get that cholesterol down, and the high blood pressure too. nne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 stress relief 1) an adult type coloring book, and colored pencils.... i recommend crayola brand, no i don't have any connection with crayola, jsut my personal experience. adult type coloring book either geometric or stained glass or tropical fish, or birds, or an anatomy coloring book, if you are into the body muscles etc. something like this is very mindless, kindof like stacking lettuce... doing something like this will help a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 If you have any suggestions for keeping bgs in control, while under a lot of stress, please share them with me. Sheila Dear sweet Sheila, I haven't been posting much since my old computer died and went to " computer heaven " . ( I really can relate to your problems. One of my sons was " laid off " and was drawing unemployment when he was " rear-ended " by an SUV. He was on his way to a job interview when the accident happened. He got a whiplash and a back injury. Now they have cut his unemployment out because he is not physically able to take a job. Talk about the pits! This is it! Oh dear, now I'm off on a tangent again. O.K., I am 70 years old and certainly can't handle the stress anymore but what else can we do??? When our children are in trouble we are in trouble too. Right? The only thing that I can tell you is to do something with your hands. I need to clean house but that doesn't relieve the stress so I went back to work on the king size bedspread that I have been crocheting on for about 3 years (off and on). I alternate between working on the bedspread and playing the piano. I haven't felt up to painting lately though. I just have to keep my hands busy. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help. Hugs, Tootie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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