My daughters and I are going to a paint and palette class tomorrow night. I'm not a painter or an artist of any kind but both of my daughters are quite talented. I'm looking forward to the evening. I've never painted anything other than a wall so it will be interesting to see what my picture will look like.
I can't believe I've been able to get my fear under control. I'm grateful but surprised considering how scared I was last week when I heard the spot in his lung had grown. But I'm better today and I just don't let myself think too far ahead. I think that is going to be key to getting through this. Just deal with the here and now and take it step as it comes.
The fact that I'm feeling so much better physically has really helped me I think. I can’t believe I never made the connection between sugar and joint
pain. I am learning that there is a
direct connection between sugar, inflammation and joint pain.
I have been in constant pain for the past two years from joint pain in my
hips and back. I have tried everything
from physical therapy to purchasing ergonomic cushions for my chairs. I’ve consciously worked to improve my
posture and taken all the supplements recommended to reduce joint pain. I had pretty much given up on finding
relief.
So, I decided to work on lowering my blood sugar in response to my
diabetes. I started following the
Atkins diet.
In the Induction phase
your carbohydrate intake is reduced to 20 – 25 net carbs per day. The first thing I noticed within one week
was my blood sugar readings dropped dramatically, almost in the normal range
and then the second thing was I dropped 15 pounds after two weeks. But within the next two weeks my hip pain
had all but diminished and my back pain is greatly improved. I couldn’t believe that the 15 pound weight loss was the only thing
contributing to my decrease in pain so I started researching the effects of
sugar on joints. There is considerable
information on the subject and I was shocked that I had never heard of it
before. Maybe I had but wasn’t ready to
initiate a change in diet.
As we know, inflammation is the immune system's healthy response to restore
the affected area to normal following an injury, irritation or infection.
However, in response to high sugar intake, which includes simple carbohydrates,
the body is flooded with insulin and stress hormones. These inundate your blood
supply triggering the inflammation process which creates stress and pain on
your organs and joints. The less sugar you eat, the less inflammation experienced,
and the stronger the immune system will be to protect the body from infectious
and degenerative diseases.
So, I'm now a believer.........I just have to keep it up and believe me it is hard. They say you finally quit craving carbohydrates but so far that hasn't happened for me. I have to constantly resist them. I hope that gets better.
Right now I'm just grateful that I feel so much better. I think that is giving me the strength I need to get through what may come next.
4 comments:
I did not want to believe that there was a connection with health and sugar so I covered my eyes and sang "La-la-la" through that part of your blog.
My step daughter runs one of those get together and paint things--started this past January. It sounds like a good time.
Good luck with everything your have going on in your life right now. ((hugs)))
Think you are on to something. When I am careful about avoiding sugar, I feel better all over.
I read that if sugar were discovered today, it would be labeled a poison.
The desire for sugar will go away but be careful of back sliding. Experience speaking.
my thoughts go out to you and Ron. CT and PET scanxiety can be all consuming.
My Lung Cancer Odyssey,
Patrick
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