Re: Recovering Alcoholic

[Guest guest]

One suggestion from this aussie here.

Tell your surgeon and the anethesist about the fact that you are worried

about the drugs because you are a recovering alcoholic. They will respect

you and your concerns and work with you.

Congratulations on 20 years dry. Well done.

Hugs

Aussie Margaret

RTHR 1990 revised 2004

Re: Landis and Hip Replacements

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| Sassy....Thanks for the advice.....I need as much as i can absorb both

| negative and positive before I undertake this procedure. I am so

| sorry you have had such a rough time and you seem like you have come

| out ahead of the game if not physically, emotionally . I am 62 years

| old which means I am a postmenopausal woman. I have osteoporosis. I

| had been on hormone replacement therapy, than abruptly taken off and

| so went the estrogen and my bone density. I have danced all of my

| life and have consequently a lot of arthritis and joint damage. I am

| taking a big risk having my hip resurfaced instead of a large femoral

| head THR because the risk of fracture for the femoral head in the

| resurface is far greater for me because of the bone density and

| age....I found a great doc and I want the resurface so i can continue

| to dance without worrying about dislocations and ROM. I realize

| anything can happen. I have never had surgery and I have 2 grown sons

| with natural childbirth. I have never been in a hospital except for

| that and i consider myself very lucky. As

| you said I have done the research and I realize my age, but at a

| certain point, the outcome is in God's and the surgeon's hands. I am

| a recovering alcoholic and have been sober for 20 years this last March, I

| am moore afraid of pain meds and addiction than the surgery. It took

| me so long to get sober. I am on 2 600milg, of motrin a day and

| acupuncture treatment. If I wait too long the time frame of too much

| damage to the hip will occur and i will not be able to try the

| resurface. If this fractures, than i still have the alternative of a

| THR and not a revision.

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[Guest guest]

>

> Hi,

==>Hi . Welcome to our group.

>

> I am new to the diet and have been through a emotionally down

stage as well. I imagine this is what a recovering alcoholic feels

like - the rest of the world is drinking (or in my case eating wheat

and sugar) and I'm not and don't know how I will cope. I had a big

fight with my husband over the diet. Initally he agreed to the

changes and once he realized what was actually involved we ended up

having a few cross words with each other. I have compromised with

him over the kids and agreed to follow a diet that my chiropractor

has suggested for low blood sugar which allows cheese and fruit. I

have spent the entire morning trying to menu plan our meals for the

week satisfy both his and my dietary requirements. I am worried

about the what implications this diet will have with socializing and

the kids. Most kids parties I go to are refined sugar heaven.

==>It is very rough but we are here to help you. I wish I had

more time, but I don't. Not today. Sorry.

>

> I have been treating myself with chinese acupressure points and I

> thought initally I was going through a die-off phase. All the

> problems I have had in the past few months have come up over the

last few days but resolved themselves very quickly. I am wondering

if I am even experiencing a die-off at all but still experiencing

the effects of candida.

==>The symptoms for die-off are the same as when candida is

overgrowing, so you'll only know when you are completely on the diet

and the supplements.

> I am not taking Chlorophyll because I was reading in Nourishing

Traditions that they don't recommend alfalfa and in Australia that's

what they make Chlorophyll from. Could I possibly kill off candida

without it?

==>What is written in Sally Fallon's cookbook was about mice that

were tested with alfalfa, but we aren't mice. I've been taking

chlorophyll made with alfalfa for many years with no ill effects.

Yes, you can kill off candida without it, but it does help detoxify

and it chelates out heavy metals.

Bee

[Guest guest]

,

I can relate to what you are saying about your husband

and have gone through similar things. My husband has

actually called me selfish because of all the time I

spend on cooking and exercise, and not on him.

I told him if he doesn't see the benefit to himself,

after me being too overweight to stand in line with

him for the movies, and having to make him do my

laundry, then he's an idiot. LOL.

It took a long time but after seeing all my great

results, and forcing him to go to the doctor and face

up to what he was doing to his health, he began to see

the light.

I have him doing a very liberal low carb diet now, and

he's lost 45 pounds in less than three months! Not

only that be he says he feels better, stomach hurts

less, and he has more energy.

He didn't even want to go off the diet for

Thanksgiving or Christmas. You don't need anyone's

permission for what you eat.

What I do is I cook my food for the entire day first

thing in the morning. Then I just eat my food and

bring it with me everywhere, all day long.

When I get home I cook something for my hubby and son,

who both eat a liberal low carb diet, as I do feel

they can benefit some, even if they are not super

strict.

What you can do is find your own time to cook for

yourself, and cook in batches. If you are trying to

make the whole family convert to your diet, you are

fighting a lost cause. Let them see your results, and

then they will come to *you* and ask to be on it.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- Maguire <mike99@...> wrote:

> I am new to the diet and have been through a

> emotionally down stage

> as well. I imagine this is what a recovering

> alcoholic feels like -

> the rest of the world is drinking (or in my case

> eating wheat and

> sugar) and I'm not and don't know how I will cope.

> I had a big fight

> with my husband over the diet. Initally he agreed

> to the changes and

> once he realized what was actually involved we ended

> up having a few

> cross words with each other.

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