Guest guest Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I"ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile> I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AMSubject: Re: being yourself Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home.  I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another " diet " lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy  Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I " ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile>  I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself  Hi Tai,     I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those " dangerous levels " ! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel!   Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: " IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I " ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home.  I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another " diet " lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy  Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I " ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile>  I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself  Hi Tai,     I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those " dangerous levels " ! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel!   Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: " IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I " ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Thanks, Sandy. The podiatrist said to me this time, "well, at least I don't have to put you in a cast." hehehe, I thought. Last time he did, lol! I broke a metatarsal bone and I had a cast on for 6 weeks. Breaking toes does not help to walk properly, lol! At least when I get in the pool, I don't feel too much pain, that's a relief. I haven't read the magazine yet, but was thinking maybe they'll have a diet? I mean a plan? or something like a framework. It's hard to eat without salt, isn't it? There is a board for low-salt eating I think, but I don't think anyone much posts. lol. no wonder. I realize it would be water loss at first, and I'm not interesting in losing weight with a low-salt diet, just interested in seeing if I can actually enjoy food without so much salt. If I follow a low salt regimen for a while, I can at least see if my pressure goes down. I really have to look into it more. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:09 PMSubject: Re: being yourself I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home. I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another "diet" lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I"ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile> I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AMSubject: Re: being yourself Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Thanks, Sandy. The podiatrist said to me this time, "well, at least I don't have to put you in a cast." hehehe, I thought. Last time he did, lol! I broke a metatarsal bone and I had a cast on for 6 weeks. Breaking toes does not help to walk properly, lol! At least when I get in the pool, I don't feel too much pain, that's a relief. I haven't read the magazine yet, but was thinking maybe they'll have a diet? I mean a plan? or something like a framework. It's hard to eat without salt, isn't it? There is a board for low-salt eating I think, but I don't think anyone much posts. lol. no wonder. I realize it would be water loss at first, and I'm not interesting in losing weight with a low-salt diet, just interested in seeing if I can actually enjoy food without so much salt. If I follow a low salt regimen for a while, I can at least see if my pressure goes down. I really have to look into it more. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:09 PMSubject: Re: being yourself I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home. I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another "diet" lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I"ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile> I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AMSubject: Re: being yourself Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support >Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 When I broke my toe I discovered that limping made my other leg hurt so bad, I found a way to not limp as much. Cast, Yuck. I had to go on a salt FREE diet with my first pregnancy. It was awful. My Mom's homemade chicken soup without salt tasted like dish water. I couldn't eat it. And with the next 2 pregnancies I did fine on a regular diet. That's true about your BP. Sorry I had forgotten your issue with that. Sandy  Thanks, Sandy. The podiatrist said to me this time, " well, at least I don't have to put you in a cast. " hehehe, I thought. Last time he did, lol! I broke a metatarsal bone and I had a cast on for 6 weeks. Breaking toes does not help to walk properly, lol! At least when I get in the pool, I don't feel too much pain, that's a relief. I haven't read the magazine yet, but was thinking maybe they'll have a diet? I mean a plan? or something like a framework. It's hard to eat without salt, isn't it? There is a board for low-salt eating I think, but I don't think anyone much posts. lol. no wonder. I realize it would be water loss at first, and I'm not interesting in losing weight with a low-salt diet, just interested in seeing if I can actually enjoy food without so much salt. If I follow a low salt regimen for a while, I can at least see if my pressure goes down. I really have to look into it more. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:09 PM Subject: Re: being yourself  I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home.  I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another " diet " lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy  Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I " ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile>  I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself  Hi Tai,     I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those " dangerous levels " ! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel!   Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: " IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I " ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2011 Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 When I broke my toe I discovered that limping made my other leg hurt so bad, I found a way to not limp as much. Cast, Yuck. I had to go on a salt FREE diet with my first pregnancy. It was awful. My Mom's homemade chicken soup without salt tasted like dish water. I couldn't eat it. And with the next 2 pregnancies I did fine on a regular diet. That's true about your BP. Sorry I had forgotten your issue with that. Sandy  Thanks, Sandy. The podiatrist said to me this time, " well, at least I don't have to put you in a cast. " hehehe, I thought. Last time he did, lol! I broke a metatarsal bone and I had a cast on for 6 weeks. Breaking toes does not help to walk properly, lol! At least when I get in the pool, I don't feel too much pain, that's a relief. I haven't read the magazine yet, but was thinking maybe they'll have a diet? I mean a plan? or something like a framework. It's hard to eat without salt, isn't it? There is a board for low-salt eating I think, but I don't think anyone much posts. lol. no wonder. I realize it would be water loss at first, and I'm not interesting in losing weight with a low-salt diet, just interested in seeing if I can actually enjoy food without so much salt. If I follow a low salt regimen for a while, I can at least see if my pressure goes down. I really have to look into it more. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 4:09 PM Subject: Re: being yourself  I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home.  I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another " diet " lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy  Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I " ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile>  I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself  Hi Tai,     I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those " dangerous levels " ! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel!   Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: " IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I " ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 CL, That is exactly how I so often feel -- uncomfortable in both my body and my mind and eating too much has always "helped" me to stay away from feeling much. Even though it never works, I have continued to do it for years. It is a liberating feeling to be making a much more concerted effort to take care of both my mind and my body.Thanks,MargaretTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 8:07:16 AMSubject: Re: being yourself I'm sorry to hear about everyone's poor toes!!! I also apologize for not being present lately as I've gotten busy and distracted with life changes lately (planning a move, ending a job, and such). I find these distractions, and life stresses in general, are the same patterns that result in my eating past fullness. I'm so uncomfortable in my body and mind that I want to not be present, so the last few weeks my eating has not been enjoyable and I've not exercised much so as to fully not experience my present state! I'm working on not beating myself up over this and utilizing my behaviors as lessons. It has been difficult to be compassionate with myself and I'm still struggling, but being aware of these things feels like a good to me.I too find that I don't want to ask doctors to do anymore than what I think needs to be examined. My thinking seems to be a way of trying to either ignore and hope a problem goes away or trying to handle it myself. I do find that sometimes they can't do anything for me, like a broken toe, and sometimes its really helpful to have been seen, perhaps for a different toe!Good luck with finding your way with the salt. I love salt and find substitutes just makes me want to eat more as I'm trying to find more salt to put in my body. I've also found that when I start eating with minimal salt, then I'm better able to taste the flavor of food and salt it less-as opposed to starting off salting my meals. CL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 CL, That is exactly how I so often feel -- uncomfortable in both my body and my mind and eating too much has always "helped" me to stay away from feeling much. Even though it never works, I have continued to do it for years. It is a liberating feeling to be making a much more concerted effort to take care of both my mind and my body.Thanks,MargaretTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 8:07:16 AMSubject: Re: being yourself I'm sorry to hear about everyone's poor toes!!! I also apologize for not being present lately as I've gotten busy and distracted with life changes lately (planning a move, ending a job, and such). I find these distractions, and life stresses in general, are the same patterns that result in my eating past fullness. I'm so uncomfortable in my body and mind that I want to not be present, so the last few weeks my eating has not been enjoyable and I've not exercised much so as to fully not experience my present state! I'm working on not beating myself up over this and utilizing my behaviors as lessons. It has been difficult to be compassionate with myself and I'm still struggling, but being aware of these things feels like a good to me.I too find that I don't want to ask doctors to do anymore than what I think needs to be examined. My thinking seems to be a way of trying to either ignore and hope a problem goes away or trying to handle it myself. I do find that sometimes they can't do anything for me, like a broken toe, and sometimes its really helpful to have been seen, perhaps for a different toe!Good luck with finding your way with the salt. I love salt and find substitutes just makes me want to eat more as I'm trying to find more salt to put in my body. I've also found that when I start eating with minimal salt, then I'm better able to taste the flavor of food and salt it less-as opposed to starting off salting my meals. CL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 CL, That is exactly how I so often feel -- uncomfortable in both my body and my mind and eating too much has always "helped" me to stay away from feeling much. Even though it never works, I have continued to do it for years. It is a liberating feeling to be making a much more concerted effort to take care of both my mind and my body.Thanks,MargaretTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 8:07:16 AMSubject: Re: being yourself I'm sorry to hear about everyone's poor toes!!! I also apologize for not being present lately as I've gotten busy and distracted with life changes lately (planning a move, ending a job, and such). I find these distractions, and life stresses in general, are the same patterns that result in my eating past fullness. I'm so uncomfortable in my body and mind that I want to not be present, so the last few weeks my eating has not been enjoyable and I've not exercised much so as to fully not experience my present state! I'm working on not beating myself up over this and utilizing my behaviors as lessons. It has been difficult to be compassionate with myself and I'm still struggling, but being aware of these things feels like a good to me.I too find that I don't want to ask doctors to do anymore than what I think needs to be examined. My thinking seems to be a way of trying to either ignore and hope a problem goes away or trying to handle it myself. I do find that sometimes they can't do anything for me, like a broken toe, and sometimes its really helpful to have been seen, perhaps for a different toe!Good luck with finding your way with the salt. I love salt and find substitutes just makes me want to eat more as I'm trying to find more salt to put in my body. I've also found that when I start eating with minimal salt, then I'm better able to taste the flavor of food and salt it less-as opposed to starting off salting my meals. CL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Thank you, C L. It is awful not having two good feet to run around with. In fact, I don't run around. :-( But at least I'm not in constant pain, although I can't walk very much, and I finally said to myself today that I probably will not exercise much, even though I know it's good for me to do so. Oh well. Honesty has its own benefits. :-) Good to hear from you. TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:07 AMSubject: Re: being yourself I'm sorry to hear about everyone's poor toes!!! I also apologize for not being present lately as I've gotten busy and distracted with life changes lately (planning a move, ending a job, and such). I find these distractions, and life stresses in general, are the same patterns that result in my eating past fullness. I'm so uncomfortable in my body and mind that I want to not be present, so the last few weeks my eating has not been enjoyable and I've not exercised much so as to fully not experience my present state! I'm working on not beating myself up over this and utilizing my behaviors as lessons. It has been difficult to be compassionate with myself and I'm still struggling, but being aware of these things feels like a good to me.I too find that I don't want to ask doctors to do anymore than what I think needs to be examined. My thinking seems to be a way of trying to either ignore and hope a problem goes away or trying to handle it myself. I do find that sometimes they can't do anything for me, like a broken toe, and sometimes its really helpful to have been seen, perhaps for a different toe!Good luck with finding your way with the salt. I love salt and find substitutes just makes me want to eat more as I'm trying to find more salt to put in my body. I've also found that when I start eating with minimal salt, then I'm better able to taste the flavor of food and salt it less-as opposed to starting off salting my meals. CLFrom: Beaulieu To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 2:09:38 PMSubject: Re: being yourself I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home. I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another "diet" lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I"ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile> I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2011 Report Share Posted June 27, 2011 Thank you, C L. It is awful not having two good feet to run around with. In fact, I don't run around. :-( But at least I'm not in constant pain, although I can't walk very much, and I finally said to myself today that I probably will not exercise much, even though I know it's good for me to do so. Oh well. Honesty has its own benefits. :-) Good to hear from you. TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:07 AMSubject: Re: being yourself I'm sorry to hear about everyone's poor toes!!! I also apologize for not being present lately as I've gotten busy and distracted with life changes lately (planning a move, ending a job, and such). I find these distractions, and life stresses in general, are the same patterns that result in my eating past fullness. I'm so uncomfortable in my body and mind that I want to not be present, so the last few weeks my eating has not been enjoyable and I've not exercised much so as to fully not experience my present state! I'm working on not beating myself up over this and utilizing my behaviors as lessons. It has been difficult to be compassionate with myself and I'm still struggling, but being aware of these things feels like a good to me.I too find that I don't want to ask doctors to do anymore than what I think needs to be examined. My thinking seems to be a way of trying to either ignore and hope a problem goes away or trying to handle it myself. I do find that sometimes they can't do anything for me, like a broken toe, and sometimes its really helpful to have been seen, perhaps for a different toe!Good luck with finding your way with the salt. I love salt and find substitutes just makes me want to eat more as I'm trying to find more salt to put in my body. I've also found that when I start eating with minimal salt, then I'm better able to taste the flavor of food and salt it less-as opposed to starting off salting my meals. CLFrom: Beaulieu To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 2:09:38 PMSubject: Re: being yourself I have broken each of my little toes multiple times. I am barefoot most of the time. The first time I did it, it was very painful and heading at a 90% angle from my foot. I drove myself to the ER and after a long weight and x-rays, they told me it was broken. I can laugh about it now. They taped two of my toes together and sent me home. I had the tape off in about 30 min because it hurt more. After that first time I just took care of it myself. There isn't much they can do. I am so glad that you got up the courage to ask if he had time to see you. Isn't it a shame we have to feel that intimated. I just saw that magazine at the checkout today and almost bought it. Then I remembered, of course you lose weight if you cut back on salt. What it didn't say was that it is water weight. Salt makes you retain water and you weigh more. It sounded like just another "diet" lie. Sometimes cutting back on salt is good for your health though. I'm a salt-aholic and am trying to get away from using it so much. Sandy Hi, C L. My husband had to go to the doctor today and I went with him. I had a fight within myself to ask if the podiatrist could see me. He is a good doctor and can perform operations on the feet. I kept reasoning with myself while I was there -- do I ask the doctor if he can see me, or should I not ask him? Finally I said to myself, this is really silly -- I'm here -- how much closer can i get to the doctor? Then I said to myself, well, if he doesn't have time to see me, oh well ... maybe I"ll go to someone else. Turns out he saw me and told me that my broken toe was healing and allayed my fears about the leg which was turning red (I thought maybe it was something very serious). He said it was a reaction to the break. He also noticed some spots on my other foot and told me it was a fungus. He recommended a medication, and noticing my slightly hysterical reaction, he told me it was a topical cream. I self-treated the toe when it first broke, although I did basically the right thing, as I look back on it, I'm thinking I should have seen the doctor anyway. :-) Live and learn. That is, if we live. <smile> I saw a Woman's World magazine and bought it because the front cover was talking about gaining weight on salt alone. I know I have to work on this, so I figure I'll start reading. sigh. Imagine food without salt? sigh again. Tai To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 5:07 AM Subject: Re: being yourself Hi Tai, I think it is terrible the way some doctors treat people. No wonder there are a bunch of us sitting in waiting rooms filled with dread and a host of other emotions just working up our blood pressures to those "dangerous levels"! Quite honestly, I'm glad my blood pressure is responding to a perceived threat, because that way I know I'm still alive and feel! Yes, I think you have a great point about doing your research and doing what is comfortable for you. I too am not and can not provide medical advice, I just know from my experience that a little trust in oneself can go a long way. I also monitored my blood pressure and wrote it down a few years ago, but it didn't seem to help. I want to do it more regularly again now that I am with different doctors. I find the doctors I've been seeing lately are much nicer than the ones I grew up with, and even nicer than the ones in my twenties. I find I am much more honest and get the treatment I need when I have a trusting relationship with doctors who listen and don't berate me-and most other people for that matter! I think IE is another way for me to be honest with myself and allow the trust I haven't always had for my body to build. IE is my good doctor! Take care and keep trustin'! C To: "IntuitiveEating_Support " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Sent: Sun, June 12, 2011 12:07:24 PMSubject: being yourself Hi, CL. Thanks for answering. I actually am refusing to go to my doctor, for better or for worse, because she always takes my pressure and starts in about my high blood pressure. I know she will give me a lecture. I just can't stand taking the medication or hearing her lectures. At least on medicare I can go to a specialist without a referral from a primary physician. You had a transplant when you were 12? That must have been traumatic. I do understand a bit about doctors and nurses not listening. A few years ago I broke my leg and they just sat me up on the table while I was wincing in pain, I demanded, begged for, and asked for a pillow to prop my leg up. Finally they answered my request and I was so much more comfortable. I try to be nice to doctors, but frankly, I usually tell them in the initial interview that I don't like doctors. I know that'll win 'em over. My doctor told me that loss of weight doesn't always get the pressure down. Last time she called an office worker in while she insisted on having a witness to her warning -- that if I didn't take my pressure meds, I would either die, have a heart attack, or a stroke. I cried afterwards, but I knew I was not going to take the meds. I had taken them for years, and it seems it just got worse instead of better. When I was taking the meds, my pressure hardly went down, my ankles swelled up anyway, I would forget to take it sometimes, I would get tired, and they wanted to prescribe more and more meds. I did research on this and sometimes they don't even know why the pressure is so high. Doctors went to town with all sorts of meds, remember the ulcer business years ago until they found out that it was not the food we were eating, but it was a bacteria in the stomach or something like that? I could not have a tooth pulled a few years ago until I got my pressure down, I did take the meds then, I don't want to have a stroke, but I asked my doctor if people can live their lives through without a stroke, heart attack, etc., and not take their pressure meds, he said it's possible. So ... I'm hoping I don't have a stroke, but I"ll betcha that with a little research, I'll see that even people who take pressure pills can and do have strokes. Not everybody is good to receive treatment, I'm not saying what anyone should do. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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