sheets, nighttime, low salt

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Colleen,

The wool sounds interesting. I have developed skin sensitivity and cannot

tolerate any wool next to my skin. I also can't do linen. Go figure. I go with a

high count egyptian cotton sheet--at least 500. I had a hysterectomy (left my

ovaries in) two years ago. I am so glad I did. I do not do HRT, but my ovaries

are still putting out a bit. I got so sick with both my UC and PSC and

fibromyalgia with every cycle. It is commonly accepted but little understood

fact that autoimmune diseases flare during women's cycles. I drive my husband

crazy at night. I moan and cry in my sleep, I scratch my skin all over, and I

get muscles spasms in my legs and feet. then the stupid blood spots from tearing

at my skin. I wash my sheets so often any more. he's really nice about it I must

say.

I was wondering if you follow a low sodium diet since you are eating fermented

foods like sauerkraut (sp), etc? I haven't added salt to food for ages. I eat

low sodium. I miss salt a lot. I do cheat and eat foods I shouldn't when we go

out to eat. I do have edema and ascities. Some times I crave things like green

olives, Sauerkraut, pickles, but they are so high in sodium. Take care, cheryl

ID 49, PSC/AIH/UC/fibromyalgia, married 30 years, six children

> Cheryl

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> I have the yellowed sheets as a result of them. I normally get up, towel

myself off, put on a

> clean, dry shirt and put a towel down in bed to not have to touch the icky,

clammy sheet,

> or make my husband get up for a wholesale sheet change. He would not be

amused!

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> One thing I am thinking about doing is switching over to a wool pillow,

mattress pad and

> pillows. With my little yarn and fiber business, I have come to marvel at what

an incredible

> fiber wool is. Warm in the winter, cool in the summer.

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[Guest guest]

Cheryl,

No, I do not follow a low-salt diet. I used to be all about sweets, but my

cravings now are

more salty. No one has ever mentioned going low salt to me, but I'm not to that

point yet -

- at least I don't think I am.

There is no question that the second half of my cycle, my colitis bothers me. I

charted,

temped, etc. to get PG (sympto-thermal method?) and I've concluded that it is

after

ovulation, when the progesterone levels drop off dramatically, that is what

causes the flare

up. It also makes sense as to why many women go into remission during PG.

Progesterone

skyrockets in PG and remains elevated for the 9 months.

As for the wool, it is a filling material -- like down, but more breathable. How

sorry I am

for you that you are sensitive. I would be heartbroken if that were me, as I

love

knitting/spinning with it. They are my Zen hobbies that have gotten me through a

lot of

tough patches.

Colleen

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> Colleen,

> The wool sounds interesting. I have developed skin sensitivity and cannot

tolerate any

wool next to my skin. I also can't do linen. Go figure. I go with a high count

egyptian

cotton sheet--at least 500. I had a hysterectomy (left my ovaries in) two years

ago. I am

so glad I did. I do not do HRT, but my ovaries are still putting out a bit. I

got so sick with

both my UC and PSC and fibromyalgia with every cycle. It is commonly accepted

but little

understood fact that autoimmune diseases flare during women's cycles. I drive my

husband crazy at night. I moan and cry in my sleep, I scratch my skin all over,

and I get

muscles spasms in my legs and feet. then the stupid blood spots from tearing at

my skin.

I wash my sheets so often any more. he's really nice about it I must say.

> I was wondering if you follow a low sodium diet since you are eating fermented

foods

like sauerkraut (sp), etc? I haven't added salt to food for ages. I eat low

sodium. I miss salt

a lot. I do cheat and eat foods I shouldn't when we go out to eat. I do have

edema and

ascities. Some times I crave things like green olives, Sauerkraut, pickles, but

they are so

high in sodium. Take care, cheryl ID 49, PSC/AIH/UC/fibromyalgia, married 30

years, six

children

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> > Cheryl