Hi guys, just thought I would tell you I had a bad day today, but the worst was when I decided to go for a gentle walk of 20 mins. I took my cane but hoped I could do without it! Yeah right, after 5 mins I felt totally useless, feet, knees, hips, shoulders, wrists were all hurting, felt so depressed, came home and had an eating binge, and I had been doing so well. Don't know what to do anymore, blood pressure is up, liver alt tests are high, cholesterol is up, and I am already on meds for these probs! My doc is really concerned about blood pressure, any ideas on bringing it down? Took my two little boys to watch 10,000 BC and it was really good. Then came home and hubby informed me that my sis from UK had called with bad news. My uncle (mums brother had died) he hadn't been well for a while but worsened considerably after my mum passed away last Jan (2007). So I really hope I can change my health trends as I really feel I can't control anything lately. Is there a nutritional eating plan I can follow to improve my cardiac health, I am pre-diabetic and obese from pred for 8 years too. Help me please, I feel really down and vulnerable at present. Sorry guys but I need assistance, everyting I try doesn't seem to work for long and I know my MTX is going to be stopped soon and then pred will have to go back up, its like a rollercoaster ride. Cheers Janie. Hi Janiefx,
janie...one thing I would recommend is oatmeal. I believe it lowers both blood pressure and cholesterol. http://food-facts.suite101.com/article.cfm/oatmeal_to_lower_your_cholesterol If you get tired of the oatmeal, add a whole grain cold ceral. keep up with those walks...start out with something you can do with no problems and add a bit of time on to each one as you get going. You'd be surprised at how much the activity helps with your RA as well!
Janie, so sorry you are having so much trouble. There have been some great suggestions. In addition to reducing your salt, try increasing your potassium with bananas, beans, and other fruits and vegetables. I found this article that looked interesting...
http://www.healthcastle.com/potassium-high-blood-pressure.shtml
Try making small changes in your diet to start and work up from there. Gradual changes stick around longer than sudden, extreme ones.
And give yourself credit for those 5 minutes. Do what you can, rest when you need to.
Giant hugs! I guess i am messed up because i have low potassium and low blood presure not high bloodpressure. So i spend my day slugging down bananas and hot and spicy V8. My high cholesterol is simply heridetary. I am not over wieght but my cholesterol last time checked was 294 to the bad and maybe 50 to the good. I had to go to rasinbran to combat the bananas. So i guess the low potassium combats the pred wieght gain. I had gained wieght from the shots i used to get in my spine. Well one day the doctor put shots in all of my muscles i think it was like fourteen shots. It didn't do a thing but make me gain wieght. I quit getting the shots about two years ago and the wieght came off. I am finally starting to gain a bit of wieght in my tummy lately I new it was coming as i have been on the pred scince October. It has been a few years scince i have had my cholesterol checked. I will ask them to run it next blood test i get. But i get my liver enzymes checked pretty regularly and they have gotten better. Anyway my high potasium diet is helping to keep off the wieght. Scince my snacking is regulated by my health not what i want to eat but what i have to eat. And i am allergic to milk and i hate soy milk it is just not milk tasting to me. So i put water on my rasinbran but i actually have learned to like it that way. The eighteen year old boy saw me pooring my rasinbran one day. He said i don't understand how you can eat that stuff it's not even sweet. I waited for him to walk away before i put the water in it. He caught me and said i am no longer confused i am just plain freaking out. Everyone makes a comment but his was the most. I didn't eat cereal for years because of the inability to have milk and i missed my cereal. Evening time i always have a good meal with plenty of veggies and some meat. But sometimes it is hamburger helper and veggies. Continue with the five minute walks and don't get discuraged. They will help and will sometimes get to ten and twenty. It will give you a feeling of acompishment when the minutes add up. But for now five minutes is good. With our health and everything it is one small step at a time and occasionally a quick miracle but it usually takes time. I have lost my spelling abilities so thanks all for putting up with me lately, I blame the meds.Janie, I hate to sound like a commercial or something, but there's this dr. - he's a cardiologist at a huge hospital in Manhattan. He is on Oprah every now and then. Anyway, he has a couple books out called "You - on a diet" and "You - the owner's manual". He has some really interesting info on taking care of your body, what each organ does etc. Not that you don't know that already but he describes things in a way that's facinating. Anyway, I can only wish you strength and hope and know that you're in my thoughts in this tough time. As far as your eating binge today, don't beat yourself up about that. We all have moments. tomorrow is another day. Feed yourself good, fresh, healthy food tomorrow. It will make a world of difference. I hope you feel good soon.HI guys, thankyou so much for all your advice and inspiring words, I do take probiotics and fish oil 3g a day, I will keep up the walking and today is a new day so I shall set a good example to my children and do the right thing, thankyou again for caring, I really do feel like I have this little hidey hole in our computer room, and all my little friends who understand me are hiding in there just waiting to be called out to playtime!!!!! Thankyou so much each and everyone of you, I read all your posts and realise you care. Love and hugs Janie.
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