Off track once again

Hey gang, sorry I haven't posted in almost a week.  Life is busy with work, family, dealing with personal stuff and looking at food for comfort.   I need a kick in the rear here......going home today to re-evaluate my eating choices and making a grocery list of good food. I sure wish I could deal with emotions without food; the scale is up 4 lbs in a week, I am thinking of food all day and not drinking my shakes.  I know what to do, what has made me successful so far, yet I allow my feelings to jeopordize my day. Sorry about the downer post, really frustrated with myself right now.

Dana I was worried about you..not like you to disappear. I guess you got my PM. Only way to deal with emotions without food is to not have anything you like in the house. This morning at 2AM I had a real scare...I had a root canal and couldn't close my mouth to chew so I was popping in chocolates and letting them melt...now that is something I don't eat but while picking up my antibiotic I was cruising the candy isle..bad thing At 2 AM I woke up shaking so bad bad with horrible pain in every single muscle and bone. I was moaning for 1/2 hr and finally got out of bed with to get 1/2 valium to calm me down and since I can't take much in pain med dept, I took a firocet. I was sick as a dog. I would assume it was from the candy since it was only thing I had all day. Would this be dumping even though I  did not vomit? Yuck will never touch chocolate candy again...I threw the bags out this morning when I got up...at 5AM horrible night. I got my Vit D3 and D2 results  just a few minutes ago and can't believe my eyes. Did you get yours I know you were concerned? Mine did take longer but here they are and mind you last year at this time it did not even record because it was so low. D3-61 D2-74 The normal range is 16.0 to 74.0 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL). Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. It did take more than a week + for these results. Now every test came back normal...I guess I will continue on with my exact regiment of vits and supplements. I am in the best medical condition I have ever been in my entire life except for the chocolate I ate last night!!!! Could that be dumping with shakes and pain without vomiting?

That's exactly my type of dumping syndrome. I don't dump but I get sicker than a dog.  I don't vomit...I just have horrible pain and sweats...It takes a good two hours if it's a bad episode! I usually get gas afterwards and once that let's go...I'm okay...It's a horrible feeling...so I know what you went thru! Too much sugar or sugar alcohols will do that to me...Whey and milk does it too, The weird thing Ginny, is that it happens worse at night after I've eaten dinner than in the day when I am hungry and might be able to handle a little more sugars.  

Wow I didn't get the sweats I was freezing, but the shakes and pain was was worse than anything I ever experienced ....how strange how didn't it affects us but I am not going there again ever.

Hey lady, yes I got your PM when I checked today, thanks for checking in on me.   Let's talk dumping.....girl I have only dumped a couple of times, one really bad early out of surgery and other than that an occasional time of nauea and tiredness.  Fast forward to Sunday, we had a crawfish boil, drank a Mud Slide (I know not good) then later ate 2 bites of my sister's Weigh****chers Coconut cake.......45 minutes later I was hurting so bad and had to go to sleep; so yea dumping can happen even this far out when I don't usually dump.  OMG I forgot how bad that felt.  Then in all my glory Monday night I had hot tamales.....11:30 p.m. I wake up with heart palpations and sweating; late dumping or hypoglycemia episode; see a cycle here? I've got to get my behind in gear and start making the right choices of protein.  I've hardly drank any protein shakes in the past week either, and I know without the shakes I'm on a downward spiral.  Seriously going to get this under control, I'm preparing a grocery list and will shop tomorrow night or Saturday morning; all this junk needs to go along with rice and potatoes (my downfall).  Cajuns love rice and potatoes; it's been a family staple in our house for years.  Being back in La. has really caused me some issues that I need to deal with; love the family thing but hate the food that is everywhere. Hugs,

Okay so that 5 pouch test did nothing for you and me this past time but yes I need my shakes for sure. I just called and ordered 4 jugs of protein for the month as I have been doing just 3 since before surgery. I find I feel better with protein, I lookl better and my hair is so healthy and long and I rather do hardly any carbs other than some berries. I get my green foods from supplement. The fish works good for me though it gets boring. Dana it's a good thing I am allergic to rice and potato otherwise I would be eating it all the time, love it. It's got to be hard for you with family gatherings even just dinner with kids in the house.. I know my grand 6.5 yr old grand daughter is now asking her mom for protein drinks from hearing me saying I am drinking a protein drink...I am glad she is picking up on it and she tells me its healthy...LOL I asked her how she knows, did mommy tell her or school talk about it and she says no I justy know it... too cute....I am setting an example 1700 miles away. I stopped making shopping lists, I just get enough fish for the week and freeze it, whole wheat pasta for sides for my husband or rice. Fruit as I need it and I find that works better....I know you have the kids there so its harder, just got to buy them the same as you get for yourself...don't bring the carbs in unless its fruit and dear lord don't buy CHOCOLATE!!!! At least I know I was not alone but wow did I learn something at 2AM! We are surely a work in progress.

Ginny, sorry I didn't post in the other reply about Vitamin D.....they didn't run it, grrr, so this morning I went back to have it drawn.  In 3 weeks I've had 18 vials of blood drawn, good thing I'm not scared of needles, lol.  Will let you know how it goes next week when I get the results. So far with the labs I have my B-6 is high and my ferritin is low (although in range, it's only a 14).  So I'm adjusting vitamins to get things back in order.

Dana have you stopped the B6 for now...I know its reversible if its stopped for awhile. You can then get a new test to see what happened in a month. Sometimes its a fluke...last  year my  blood calcium came back high. No rhyme or reason, following 3 weeks later it was normal and has been normal ever since and never was high prior. The ferritin is in range for now, mine was 6 for many yrs and when it finally dropped to "unreadable"  my oncologist started the infusions, we waited way to long but I was going in every few weeks and we tried several IV irons before we found one I was having a reaction to.  Next time they forget to run a test I believe you have 5 days which they keep the blood. At least if you had known you could have requested they do it. When I handed the resident working with Dr Murr my list he raised his brows and said why, I said just please do them all.

Glad we see you again.. I have been wondering where you were.. getting ready to send out a posse.  Girl.. pick yourself off.. dust yourself off.. get that ship sea worthy again.. we miss you and you know we are all here for you.  You will never be a downer... we all luv you toooooo much.. Come on girl.. you have the mind set so lets do it. Big hug Carla

Hi!  I hate getting outta routine for the simple fact I know what to do but doing it is a whole other story! Don't be frustrated it jsut makes it harder to get back on track.  Dust your self off and get back in the saddle!  You can do it! Hugs!