Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote:
I'm still a bit unsure of the Vit C thing as well. If it hadn't been Brookes who
posted on the benefits, I probably wouldn't have bothered. I have to put stress into
the equation as well, because I must say I have got stressed about it all i.e the
expense etc., plus I'm trying to get hubby to take it which is worrying me more than
if it were just me. Hopefully it will all calm down and reason will return soon
<lol> dee PS I suppose I could test my blood sugars and see if they have gone
up, but then, all these levels are different from hour to hour so I don't see the
point really.
The point of blood sugar testing for is (for me) to see what foods
raise blood glucose unacceptably. The reason I started testing again is
that I was having some strange symptoms that didn't seem to fit other
causes, so I wanted to see if my blood sugar was going wonky, and indeed
it was--going too high, remaining high too long. I expected from
symptoms it would be too low, but it was the opposite.
Blood sugar does vary a lot in the course of a day, but it doesn't
really have to. It is possible to find which foods send it soaring then
and stop eating those foods.
I am looking at blood sugar stabilization because it is something I
have not previously tried in my search to eliminate or further reduce
chronic stubborn symptoms I have that cause me loss of quality of life,
and loss of physical functionality, as in I can't do what I want to do,
and I consider myself partially disabled because of limited ability to
do basic daily things I used to do without even thinking about them
(decades ago). For the past 15 or so years, I have to ration everything
I do on the basis of the amount of pain and further limited mobility it
might cause due to increased pain, and/or how much energy it will use up
that might be better used doing something else, even if no extra pain is
produced.
Anyone familiar with the "spoon theory" will know what I mean. Every
single thing I do in a day is a trade off for something else I won't be
able to do because of what I did choose to do.
The good news is that I have improved to where I no longer need canes
(2) or walking sticks to get around, and I can do more than just get my
morning shower (some days in the past I didn't used to be able to even
shower). Back then, I'd have thought myself very well indeed to be
where I am mostly at today, but I am finding that this still isn't the
kind of life I want, so I keep trying things to see if I can get more
improvement. Unfortunately most of the things I've
tried seem to only result in setbacks which it is dismayingly difficult
to crawl up from. At some point, I need to give up trying for further
improvement and consider this "as good as it gets". But so far I
have been too stubborn to do that, and as my husband is wont to say
"hope springs infernal". I keep hoping for something better, when I
should probably just be grateful I'm not in a wheelchair, which seemed
to be in my near future a few years ago. I am grateful I am not sick
half or more of every year with colds or flu as I used to be in pre-CS
decades. There is no condition so bad that a really nasty long cold
can't make worse, LOL.
sol
On 14 Mar 2010, at 02:25, sol wrote:
ARE you taking high dose vit C? I just read that large doses of C can raise
blood sugar, and blood sugar spikes can cause palpitations.
sol
Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote:
I wish I *had* procrastinated a bit longer now Ode, given the new info on the Vit D
thing. Probably something will come up saying lecithin is not good in large amounts!
<lol> dee
PS I must say, I have been having palpitations since I started this Vit C
thing--help!
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