OT - Mini Rant, Fast Food

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:58:36 -0500, cshenk wrote:

Hi Ted, try alt.bread.recipies.

We have many experts there no matter what type of breadmaking you do.
They include the slow rise fridge type folks!

Marked as "subscribed" - the headers are downloading now. I'll blow
those off, then start following the group.

--
Ted Davis )

Sorry I took a while answering, but I was out *walking* around the block!!!

That's been ruled out - I saw a rheumatologist who sent me to a
gastroenterologist - they took (seemingly) gallons of my blood and tested
for *all* those things and more. They all came back negative. I'm going to
make an appointment with an endometriologist and give them more gallons of
my blood. I have no idea what an endometriologist does is, or what type of
testing they normally do, or what are they testing for? I know it sounds
crazy to go to a doctor when you don't know what you're going *for*. But my
BFF, a nurse, told me to get me to the endometriologist, so that's what I'm
going to do.

At this point I have nothing to lose so I may as well keep trying until
after 12/31/10 when I'll either have insurance, with a $3,000 deductible, or
have to pay through the nose just to see my doctors and fill my
prescriptions.

So thank you much for the info - it's so nice to know that you care.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
my mom had many of your symptoms, she had already been dx'd with RA but it
took three months, and 45 pounds and most of her hair for someone to think
to do the blod tes for shogrum/shrogruns syndrome, can't spell it but, its
in the RA lupus family but instead of inflaming joints like in ra it does
that to your internal organs, and if not stopped it will simpley killy you
with your own antibodies, she is on meds now, and it has slowed but it
will never get better, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I haven't tried that - though I will put pillows under my feet when I'm in
bed- also, I have several pair of those stocking they use in the hospital
to keep you from throwing a clot (the cardiologist recommended this , but
I haven't been consistent in wearing them because they *hurt*!

I could definitely see being dehydrated just going by the "dry mouth" and
"dry eye" I live with constantly. Also, the roller coaster weight. Not
long ago I got all the way up to 98 pounds - next day 96. next day 98
then down to 94 - so yo-yo, but ultimately down to 89.3 as a new low.
This morning I was 92.3 - but weight, for me now can not be depended on
as a symptom of anything at all.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i know you take me seriously, i just wanted to make sure noone accused me
of saying you had nervosa, i am glad i was clear enough, and yes you can
swell and b dehydrated, IIRC dehydration is define in some way by what is
the balance/concentration of what is in your blood, and by the nature of
your weight alone, i am willing to bet you are in a constant state of
dehydration, as to the foot thing i haven't a clue about that, but i can
tell you what my physical therapist had me do for lower extremity
swelling, it might be hard for you since you are thin enough it might be
uncomfortable,...

you lay on your back on the floor, you scoot up to a couch or other
surface so you can put your legs from the knee down parell to the floor,
so you are in a traditional sitting position except the back of the
chair is the floor, the seat is what you are scooted up next to, and the
flat surface parell to the floor is supporting your legs from the knee
down, as you lay there and rest, occasionally in no particular time
table point your toes then relax,

I am not sure how painful that would be for you, but i can gaurentee it
really helped my swelling, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Oh, I take you very seriously - and, technically as you said, I do have
anorexia (just not anorexia nervosa which is, I think, the one that's
more mental than physical). I have another appointment with my
nutritionist and my PCP early next month and I was going to bring that
up. I don't know how they treat anorexia, but that treatment may help
me.

Personally, though, I think it's the RSD, which scares me because all
these new symptoms are signs of being in Stage Four ("End Stage"). All
of these symptoms, combined, have no other explanation. Also, the
edema I get in just the left foot, not the right could either have
something to do with the dehydration or be the reason I can't be
dehydrated.

I don't know - it just seems the more I know about this the more
questions I have about it. All I can do is just take things a day at a
time.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i was just wondering if part of this not absorbing is from being
dehydrated, so if you could get something with eltrolights, sp it might
help, and also i am going to suggest something here and i want you to
take it like i mean it...

even though we all know you are NOT annerexic, sp, what you describe
are a lot of the symptoms of that condition, so i am wondering if you
could go and read up on it and see if there are any medical treatments
that might assist you,

again, we all know this is NOT your condition but the results, dry
mouth, weight loss/hair loss, gagging starving to hurling, are
symptoms, so if there is a treatment, supplement, shake or pill or
even an IV that helps these people it stands to reason it would help
your symptoms,

Lee
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
On 25/11/2010 5:15 AM, CatNipped wrote:
Well, the funny thing is that when they did the heart catheter they
found
not a single bit of plaque, strictures or and damage to my arteries,
and I
had too *LOW* blood pressure (they would withhold my pain meds in
the
hospital until my blood pressure was over 80 (the top number, I
forget
whether it systolic or histolic). "Normal" blood pressure for me is
90/60
and they'll often have a hard time reading that (or don't believe
their eyes
since they'll invariably take it two or three times before writing
it down.
So salt is not a factor and there is no evidence of harm from
saturated fat.
They think now is that it was because of the RSD and pushing myself
too hard
that brought about the heart attack. More damaging to my
heart/health is
weighing on 89.5 pounds (as of this morning).

Not that I think eating healthy is *bad*, only that it doesn't
matter to the
doctor or nutritionist *what* I eat as long as I get a lot more
protein into
my body.

Best I can suggest is those 'protein shakes' that body builder types
use to muscle up, or even going down to the health food shop and
buying those amino acid supplement thingies (probably about as good
as a 'protein shake', actually)

Did a bit of a search and came across this site. It might be helpful:

http://www.gainingweight.info/a-samp...o-gain-weight/

Yowie

"Ted Davis" wrote
cshenk wrote:

Hi Ted, try alt.bread.recipies.

We have many experts there no matter what type of breadmaking you do.
They include the slow rise fridge type folks!

Marked as "subscribed" - the headers are downloading now. I'll blow
those off, then start following the group.

Cool! I'll post you a welcome message.

On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:47:25 -0500, cshenk wrote:

Cool! I'll post you a welcome message.

Noted and replied to. Thanks.

--
Ted Davis )

On Nov 27, 4:49*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
.. *I have no idea what an endometriologist does is, or what type of
testing they normally do, or what are they testing for? *

I've never heard of an endometriologist and I work in the field. I've
heard of endometrium and endometriosis both of which relate to the
lining of the womb. The only thing I can think of is perhaps
endocrinologist?

Then again you've been seen by every medical speciality apart from
forensic pathology so I daresay you've seen an endocrinologist?

Lesley

Slighty confused Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

On Nov 23, 5:36*pm, ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote:

But, when I did, I used to buy Subway sandwiches. You get to watch the
people make them, right in front of you.

The Subway near work does a steak and cheese breakast footlong for
£2.58 with all the raw vegetables you can pile on- guess where you can
find me about 8.15 most weekday mornings? after that I only need
something small for lunch- I even have a loyalty card! And it's all
very tasty and prepared under hygienic conditions in front of you so I
am a fan- amazingly Subway didn't have a UK presence until about 5
years ago at least not in London. The first time I ever encountered I
mentioned to someone at work (who was from NZ) that a "Subway" (I had
heard of them just never been in one) had opened and she said "You
have to try a meatball marinara"- I did and was very happy about
it..but over the last few years they're opening all over the place!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

i am glad to provide what little info I can, watching my father suffer while
they couldn't figure out what was wrong with my mom almost killed my sister,
she would call and tell me the daily events, it was just hidious for all of
us. Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Sorry I took a while answering, but I was out *walking* around the
block!!!

That's been ruled out - I saw a rheumatologist who sent me to a
gastroenterologist - they took (seemingly) gallons of my blood and tested
for *all* those things and more. They all came back negative. I'm going
to make an appointment with an endometriologist and give them more gallons
of my blood. I have no idea what an endometriologist does is, or what
type of testing they normally do, or what are they testing for? I know it
sounds crazy to go to a doctor when you don't know what you're going
*for*. But my BFF, a nurse, told me to get me to the endometriologist, so
that's what I'm going to do.

At this point I have nothing to lose so I may as well keep trying until
after 12/31/10 when I'll either have insurance, with a $3,000 deductible,
or have to pay through the nose just to see my doctors and fill my
prescriptions.

So thank you much for the info - it's so nice to know that you care.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
my mom had many of your symptoms, she had already been dx'd with RA but
it took three months, and 45 pounds and most of her hair for someone to
think to do the blod tes for shogrum/shrogruns syndrome, can't spell it
but, its in the RA lupus family but instead of inflaming joints like in
ra it does that to your internal organs, and if not stopped it will
simpley killy you with your own antibodies, she is on meds now, and it
has slowed but it will never get better, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I haven't tried that - though I will put pillows under my feet when I'm
in bed- also, I have several pair of those stocking they use in the
hospital to keep you from throwing a clot (the cardiologist recommended
this , but I haven't been consistent in wearing them because they *hurt*!

I could definitely see being dehydrated just going by the "dry mouth"
and "dry eye" I live with constantly. Also, the roller coaster weight.
Not long ago I got all the way up to 98 pounds - next day 96. next day
98 then down to 94 - so yo-yo, but ultimately down to 89.3 as a new low.
This morning I was 92.3 - but weight, for me now can not be depended on
as a symptom of anything at all.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i know you take me seriously, i just wanted to make sure noone accused
me of saying you had nervosa, i am glad i was clear enough, and yes you
can swell and b dehydrated, IIRC dehydration is define in some way by
what is the balance/concentration of what is in your blood, and by the
nature of your weight alone, i am willing to bet you are in a constant
state of dehydration, as to the foot thing i haven't a clue about that,
but i can tell you what my physical therapist had me do for lower
extremity swelling, it might be hard for you since you are thin enough
it might be uncomfortable,...

you lay on your back on the floor, you scoot up to a couch or other
surface so you can put your legs from the knee down parell to the
floor, so you are in a traditional sitting position except the back of
the chair is the floor, the seat is what you are scooted up next to,
and the flat surface parell to the floor is supporting your legs from
the knee down, as you lay there and rest, occasionally in no particular
time table point your toes then relax,

I am not sure how painful that would be for you, but i can gaurentee it
really helped my swelling, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Oh, I take you very seriously - and, technically as you said, I do
have anorexia (just not anorexia nervosa which is, I think, the one
that's more mental than physical). I have another appointment with my
nutritionist and my PCP early next month and I was going to bring that
up. I don't know how they treat anorexia, but that treatment may help
me.

Personally, though, I think it's the RSD, which scares me because all
these new symptoms are signs of being in Stage Four ("End Stage").
All of these symptoms, combined, have no other explanation. Also, the
edema I get in just the left foot, not the right could either have
something to do with the dehydration or be the reason I can't be
dehydrated.

I don't know - it just seems the more I know about this the more
questions I have about it. All I can do is just take things a day at
a time.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i was just wondering if part of this not absorbing is from being
dehydrated, so if you could get something with eltrolights, sp it
might help, and also i am going to suggest something here and i want
you to take it like i mean it...

even though we all know you are NOT annerexic, sp, what you describe
are a lot of the symptoms of that condition, so i am wondering if
you could go and read up on it and see if there are any medical
treatments that might assist you,

again, we all know this is NOT your condition but the results, dry
mouth, weight loss/hair loss, gagging starving to hurling, are
symptoms, so if there is a treatment, supplement, shake or pill or
even an IV that helps these people it stands to reason it would help
your symptoms,

Lee
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
On 25/11/2010 5:15 AM, CatNipped wrote:
Well, the funny thing is that when they did the heart catheter they
found
not a single bit of plaque, strictures or and damage to my
arteries, and I
had too *LOW* blood pressure (they would withhold my pain meds in
the
hospital until my blood pressure was over 80 (the top number, I
forget
whether it systolic or histolic). "Normal" blood pressure for me
is 90/60
and they'll often have a hard time reading that (or don't believe
their eyes
since they'll invariably take it two or three times before writing
it down.
So salt is not a factor and there is no evidence of harm from
saturated fat.
They think now is that it was because of the RSD and pushing myself
too hard
that brought about the heart attack. More damaging to my
heart/health is
weighing on 89.5 pounds (as of this morning).

Not that I think eating healthy is *bad*, only that it doesn't
matter to the
doctor or nutritionist *what* I eat as long as I get a lot more
protein into
my body.

Best I can suggest is those 'protein shakes' that body builder types
use to muscle up, or even going down to the health food shop and
buying those amino acid supplement thingies (probably about as good
as a 'protein shake', actually)

Did a bit of a search and came across this site. It might be
helpful:

http://www.gainingweight.info/a-samp...o-gain-weight/

Yowie

they have a very decent franchise system that is reasonable, as far as
franchise joints go, Lee
"Lesley Madigan" wrote in message
...
On Nov 23, 5:36 pm, ingold1234[at]yahoo[dot]com (Gandalf) wrote:

But, when I did, I used to buy Subway sandwiches. You get to watch the
people make them, right in front of you.

The Subway near work does a steak and cheese breakast footlong for
£2.58 with all the raw vegetables you can pile on- guess where you can
find me about 8.15 most weekday mornings? after that I only need
something small for lunch- I even have a loyalty card! And it's all
very tasty and prepared under hygienic conditions in front of you so I
am a fan- amazingly Subway didn't have a UK presence until about 5
years ago at least not in London. The first time I ever encountered I
mentioned to someone at work (who was from NZ) that a "Subway" (I had
heard of them just never been in one) had opened and she said "You
have to try a meatball marinara"- I did and was very happy about
it..but over the last few years they're opening all over the place!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

I know! Who goes into a test for some horrible disease and is
*DISAPPOINTED* when the results are negative?!!! But I just feel like if
they could come up with some diagnosis then I'd have something to fight
against.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i am glad to provide what little info I can, watching my father suffer
while they couldn't figure out what was wrong with my mom almost killed my
sister, she would call and tell me the daily events, it was just hidious
for all of us. Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Sorry I took a while answering, but I was out *walking* around the
block!!!

That's been ruled out - I saw a rheumatologist who sent me to a
gastroenterologist - they took (seemingly) gallons of my blood and tested
for *all* those things and more. They all came back negative. I'm going
to make an appointment with an endometriologist and give them more
gallons of my blood. I have no idea what an endometriologist does is, or
what type of testing they normally do, or what are they testing for? I
know it sounds crazy to go to a doctor when you don't know what you're
going *for*. But my BFF, a nurse, told me to get me to the
endometriologist, so that's what I'm going to do.

At this point I have nothing to lose so I may as well keep trying until
after 12/31/10 when I'll either have insurance, with a $3,000 deductible,
or have to pay through the nose just to see my doctors and fill my
prescriptions.

So thank you much for the info - it's so nice to know that you care.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
my mom had many of your symptoms, she had already been dx'd with RA but
it took three months, and 45 pounds and most of her hair for someone to
think to do the blod tes for shogrum/shrogruns syndrome, can't spell it
but, its in the RA lupus family but instead of inflaming joints like in
ra it does that to your internal organs, and if not stopped it will
simpley killy you with your own antibodies, she is on meds now, and it
has slowed but it will never get better, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I haven't tried that - though I will put pillows under my feet when I'm
in bed- also, I have several pair of those stocking they use in the
hospital to keep you from throwing a clot (the cardiologist recommended
this , but I haven't been consistent in wearing them because they
*hurt*!

I could definitely see being dehydrated just going by the "dry mouth"
and "dry eye" I live with constantly. Also, the roller coaster weight.
Not long ago I got all the way up to 98 pounds - next day 96. next day
98 then down to 94 - so yo-yo, but ultimately down to 89.3 as a new
low. This morning I was 92.3 - but weight, for me now can not be
depended on as a symptom of anything at all.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i know you take me seriously, i just wanted to make sure noone accused
me of saying you had nervosa, i am glad i was clear enough, and yes you
can swell and b dehydrated, IIRC dehydration is define in some way by
what is the balance/concentration of what is in your blood, and by the
nature of your weight alone, i am willing to bet you are in a constant
state of dehydration, as to the foot thing i haven't a clue about that,
but i can tell you what my physical therapist had me do for lower
extremity swelling, it might be hard for you since you are thin enough
it might be uncomfortable,...

you lay on your back on the floor, you scoot up to a couch or other
surface so you can put your legs from the knee down parell to the
floor, so you are in a traditional sitting position except the back of
the chair is the floor, the seat is what you are scooted up next to,
and the flat surface parell to the floor is supporting your legs from
the knee down, as you lay there and rest, occasionally in no
particular time table point your toes then relax,

I am not sure how painful that would be for you, but i can gaurentee
it really helped my swelling, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Oh, I take you very seriously - and, technically as you said, I do
have anorexia (just not anorexia nervosa which is, I think, the one
that's more mental than physical). I have another appointment with
my nutritionist and my PCP early next month and I was going to bring
that up. I don't know how they treat anorexia, but that treatment
may help me.

Personally, though, I think it's the RSD, which scares me because all
these new symptoms are signs of being in Stage Four ("End Stage").
All of these symptoms, combined, have no other explanation. Also,
the edema I get in just the left foot, not the right could either
have something to do with the dehydration or be the reason I can't be
dehydrated.

I don't know - it just seems the more I know about this the more
questions I have about it. All I can do is just take things a day at
a time.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i was just wondering if part of this not absorbing is from being
dehydrated, so if you could get something with eltrolights, sp it
might help, and also i am going to suggest something here and i want
you to take it like i mean it...

even though we all know you are NOT annerexic, sp, what you describe
are a lot of the symptoms of that condition, so i am wondering if
you could go and read up on it and see if there are any medical
treatments that might assist you,

again, we all know this is NOT your condition but the results, dry
mouth, weight loss/hair loss, gagging starving to hurling, are
symptoms, so if there is a treatment, supplement, shake or pill or
even an IV that helps these people it stands to reason it would help
your symptoms,

Lee
"Yowie" wrote in message
...
On 25/11/2010 5:15 AM, CatNipped wrote:
Well, the funny thing is that when they did the heart catheter
they found
not a single bit of plaque, strictures or and damage to my
arteries, and I
had too *LOW* blood pressure (they would withhold my pain meds in
the
hospital until my blood pressure was over 80 (the top number, I
forget
whether it systolic or histolic). "Normal" blood pressure for me
is 90/60
and they'll often have a hard time reading that (or don't believe
their eyes
since they'll invariably take it two or three times before writing
it down.
So salt is not a factor and there is no evidence of harm from
saturated fat.
They think now is that it was because of the RSD and pushing
myself too hard
that brought about the heart attack. More damaging to my
heart/health is
weighing on 89.5 pounds (as of this morning).

Not that I think eating healthy is *bad*, only that it doesn't
matter to the
doctor or nutritionist *what* I eat as long as I get a lot more
protein into
my body.

Best I can suggest is those 'protein shakes' that body builder
types use to muscle up, or even going down to the health food shop
and buying those amino acid supplement thingies (probably about as
good as a 'protein shake', actually)

Did a bit of a search and came across this site. It might be
helpful:

http://www.gainingweight.info/a-samp...o-gain-weight/

Yowie

the worst part of what my mom has is that the drugs are in the same
family/similar to organ rejection drugs, so they don't always work, or they
work for a while then quit, but we were ALL releived when it had a name, and
even the knowledge that my sister and i have a pretty good chance of having
the same fate wasn't that hard to deal with as we know to be looking out for
it, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I know! Who goes into a test for some horrible disease and is
*DISAPPOINTED* when the results are negative?!!! But I just feel like if
they could come up with some diagnosis then I'd have something to fight
against.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
i am glad to provide what little info I can, watching my father suffer
while they couldn't figure out what was wrong with my mom almost killed my
sister, she would call and tell me the daily events, it was just hidious
for all of us. Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Sorry I took a while answering, but I was out *walking* around the
block!!!

That's been ruled out - I saw a rheumatologist who sent me to a
gastroenterologist - they took (seemingly) gallons of my blood and
tested for *all* those things and more. They all came back negative.
I'm going to make an appointment with an endometriologist and give them
more gallons of my blood. I have no idea what an endometriologist does
is, or what type of testing they normally do, or what are they testing
for? I know it sounds crazy to go to a doctor when you don't know what
you're going *for*. But my BFF, a nurse, told me to get me to the
endometriologist, so that's what I'm going to do.

At this point I have nothing to lose so I may as well keep trying until
after 12/31/10 when I'll either have insurance, with a $3,000
deductible, or have to pay through the nose just to see my doctors and
fill my prescriptions.

So thank you much for the info - it's so nice to know that you care.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

See the RPCA FAQ site, by Mark Edwards, at:
http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Storrmmee" wrote in message
...
my mom had many of your symptoms, she had already been dx'd with RA but
it took three months, and 45 pounds and most of her hair for someone to
think to do the blod tes for shogrum/shrogruns syndrome, can't spell it
but, its in the RA lupus family but instead of inflaming joints like in
ra it does that to your internal organs, and if not stopped it will
simpley killy you with your own antibodies, she is on meds now, and it
has slowed but it will never get better, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
I haven't tried that - though I will put pillows under my feet when I'm
in bed- also, I have several pair of those stocking they use in the
hospital to keep you from throwing a clot (the cardiologist recommended
this , but I haven't been consistent in wearing them because they
*hurt*!

I could definitely see being dehydrated just going by the "dry mouth"
and "dry eye" I live with constantly. Also, the roller coaster
weight. Not long ago I got all the way up to 98 pounds - next day 96.
next day 98 then down to 94 - so yo-yo, but ultimately down to 89.3 as
a new low. This morning I was 92.3 - but weight, for me now can not be
depended on as a symptom of anything at all.

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"Storrmmee" wrote in message
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i know you take me seriously, i just wanted to make sure noone accused
me of saying you had nervosa, i am glad i was clear enough, and yes
you can swell and b dehydrated, IIRC dehydration is define in some way
by what is the balance/concentration of what is in your blood, and by
the nature of your weight alone, i am willing to bet you are in a
constant state of dehydration, as to the foot thing i haven't a clue
about that, but i can tell you what my physical therapist had me do
for lower extremity swelling, it might be hard for you since you are
thin enough it might be uncomfortable,...

you lay on your back on the floor, you scoot up to a couch or other
surface so you can put your legs from the knee down parell to the
floor, so you are in a traditional sitting position except the back
of the chair is the floor, the seat is what you are scooted up next
to, and the flat surface parell to the floor is supporting your legs
from the knee down, as you lay there and rest, occasionally in no
particular time table point your toes then relax,

I am not sure how painful that would be for you, but i can gaurentee
it really helped my swelling, Lee
"CatNipped" wrote in message
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Oh, I take you very seriously - and, technically as you said, I do
have anorexia (just not anorexia nervosa which is, I think, the one
that's more mental than physical). I have another appointment with
my nutritionist and my PCP early next month and I was going to bring
that up. I don't know how they treat anorexia, but that treatment
may help me.

Personally, though, I think it's the RSD, which scares me because
all these new symptoms are signs of being in Stage Four ("End
Stage"). All of these symptoms, combined, have no other explanation.
Also, the edema I get in just the left foot, not the right could
either have something to do with the dehydration or be the reason I
can't be dehydrated.

I don't know - it just seems the more I know about this the more
questions I have about it. All I can do is just take things a day
at a time.

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"Storrmmee" wrote in message
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i was just wondering if part of this not absorbing is from being
dehydrated, so if you could get something with eltrolights, sp it
might help, and also i am going to suggest something here and i want
you to take it like i mean it...

even though we all know you are NOT annerexic, sp, what you
describe are a lot of the symptoms of that condition, so i am
wondering if you could go and read up on it and see if there are
any medical treatments that might assist you,

again, we all know this is NOT your condition but the results, dry
mouth, weight loss/hair loss, gagging starving to hurling, are
symptoms, so if there is a treatment, supplement, shake or pill or
even an IV that helps these people it stands to reason it would
help your symptoms,

Lee
"Yowie" wrote in message
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On 25/11/2010 5:15 AM, CatNipped wrote:
Well, the funny thing is that when they did the heart catheter
they found
not a single bit of plaque, strictures or and damage to my
arteries, and I
had too *LOW* blood pressure (they would withhold my pain meds in
the
hospital until my blood pressure was over 80 (the top number, I
forget
whether it systolic or histolic). "Normal" blood pressure for me
is 90/60
and they'll often have a hard time reading that (or don't believe
their eyes
since they'll invariably take it two or three times before
writing it down.
So salt is not a factor and there is no evidence of harm from
saturated fat.
They think now is that it was because of the RSD and pushing
myself too hard
that brought about the heart attack. More damaging to my
heart/health is
weighing on 89.5 pounds (as of this morning).

Not that I think eating healthy is *bad*, only that it doesn't
matter to the
doctor or nutritionist *what* I eat as long as I get a lot more
protein into
my body.

Best I can suggest is those 'protein shakes' that body builder
types use to muscle up, or even going down to the health food shop
and buying those amino acid supplement thingies (probably about as
good as a 'protein shake', actually)

Did a bit of a search and came across this site. It might be
helpful:

http://www.gainingweight.info/a-samp...o-gain-weight/

Yowie