Cane23 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 59 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said: I hope you're all okay. I am, but I am not. I was quite ill and ended up having to have blood tests which came back to tell me some news I didn't want about a disease I didn't want to have. It was a silent one and not related to the illness. I know no one wants that news. So, I have Chronic Kidney Disease on top of my other things. More diet changes are needed, and i think a trip to a dietician is in order since i in no way need to lose the 4 lbs I've lost since last Friday. The diet is a delicate balance of potassium, phosphorus, calcium, and stuff. The first few days were difficult, but I will figure it out. I'm not sure what's going to happen. I feel rather weird and not myself at all, so that's where I am. So sorry about this news. The curse of human body - healing one thing, we hurt the other! I know that well... But you are a fighter, this is just another battle to win! The friend I was visiting in hospital few weeks ago has been diagnosed with microcellular lung cancer, stage IIIc. He's receiving chemotherapy now. Prognoses are...well, nobody can really tell...or doesn't want to. He's living with his parents now and we speak by the phone every day. The sad thing is that I cannot be by his bed and hold his hand because...well, the things are 'complicated'! Aren't they always... 5
Site Moderator Reader1810 Posted 3 hours ago Site Moderator Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, Mikiesboy said: I'm not sure what's going to happen. I feel rather weird and not myself at all, so that's where I am. I’m really sorry to hear you have yet another issue you have to deal with, tim. Going to a dietician sounds like a really smart move on your part, and I have my fingers crossed, he/she will be able to help you figure out good dietary options for you. Take care. xoxo 5
Thirdly Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago You keep fighting, @Mikiesboy!!! Not your diet, that you'll have to eat even if you don't want to. What I do (other than drown things in the spices I'm allowed to use) is I listen to music and dance while I eat so I distract myself from the fact that it's probably not what I'd prefer to eat. I was a notoriously terrible eater as a child (no amount of airplanes or threats did anything)...and I'm still suffering the consequences of that in older age. These days, I can eat unseasoned things and even black coffee without sugar if I have to, but that's because I decided to play defensively. "If I don't gently stretch after a long walk, I will pull a muscle or tear a tendon, and it took me 8 months to recover from that, so stretch, I must!" "If I don't eat more fiber-heavy food, I will tear something up, and I had to get a whole operation in which the recovery felt like pooping out a whole child, and hell if I'm going to suffer that pain again." Those are the kinds of things I'm constantly reminding myself about, only because I know what the worst-case scenario feels like already. So, in my head, it's all "prevent, prevent, prevent...and you're not feeling like you were hit by a truck." 4
CassieQ Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago @Thirdly has good advice about distraction. I will portion out my food and watch something on TV or YouTube so I'm not concentrating on the act of eating. 1 3
Gary L Posted 45 minutes ago Posted 45 minutes ago 5 hours ago, Mikiesboy said: I'm not sure what's going to happen. I feel rather weird and not myself at all, so that's where I am. Hi, sorry you’re in a rough patch, and I hope you get back to a healthy place soon. This is the only blog I follow daily because it enables me to share in a very special group of caring people. Be strong, we need your stories and input xxxxx 1
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