I would like to know if there are any
hypoglycemics in the NY area who would
like to meet up (or, if anyone knows of an
existing group). My boyfriend had a
setback in his hypoglycemia recently and
is getting a bit depressed about it.
He was originally diagnosed almost fifteen
years ago; took a couple of years to get
it under control with diet; recently was
setback to almost the beginning because we
got lazy checking labels and a 'safe' food
changed their recipe to include sugar.
He's slowly making progress but I think it
would help him immensely if he could talk
to someone else going through the same
thing. He can't use the computer right now
because it gives him headaches after only
a couple of minutes (something new we're
hoping will pass when he's back to
'normal').
Any help/suggestions would be greatly
helpful and most appreciated!
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vina
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Oct 2007 Posts: 16
Posted: 11-06-07 01:21am
I know how he feels. It just takes it all
out of you but if you eat right. it Will
turn around. I think he was the vegetarian
right?
See you feel so screwed up, you can't even
live a normal life nor be in a
relationship hardly because you don't know
how to feel better and you feel like you
always will feel like that but you can
make it better for sure!
Ok this is my advise from personal
experience with this for a many years and
more.. This is what would work for me:
You have just messed up yourself and now
are too confused too seek help or really
do anything.
So what I do if this happens: Before bed
drink lots of water to flush out the
garbage flowing through you. Eat a boiled
egg or 2 if you can stomache more. I
wouldn't use butter but just a bit of salt
only if it feels ok otherwise just by
itself.
he will be craving sugar so for that,
either a little bit of an orange or a bit
of a sour apple. Then he should be feeling
a lot better. I myself would take a brown
rice cake with sugarless peanut butter
with me to bed and plain ones so that I
have something to eat when I wake in the
middle of the night starving. This may not
be the idle but it works great for me.
Ok he wakes up..breakfast: 2 eggs, and
yeah I would eat myself a ricecake..a cup
of water. Absolutely no sugar in any form
at this time.
less than 2 hours later..if hes bad than
make it an hour and a half later: A
vegatable stir fry with only celery,
mushrooms, onions...I would say roast beef
but if he can't then go with a few slices
of cheese, nothing foreign.
lunch 2 hours later: romaine lettuce, 3
hard boiled eggs sliced in a salad
mix olive oil,lemon salt and pepper and
use that as dressing. Its great!
And a bite of a sour apple or two. More
eggs and lettuce if as he desires.
He then will NEED to take a nap and will
wake up feeling a lot more blood sugar
stable but may feel out of sorts a bit.
He will need to eat as soon as he wakes up
again and have something with protein so I
would suggest sugarless peanut butter on
celery and a watered down cup of orange
juice.
Then decide on dinner: I would steer clear
of the veggie burgers and such for st
least 4 days.
Dinner brown rice,wild rice mix.. with ok
I would eat fish. I would recommend fish
if he can but no prepackaged kind. If no
fish then I am only guessing maybe tofu
but I am a little scared about that
guess.. To stay safe I would eat either
eggs or some cheese mixed in eggs maybe
with a small amount of the rice, mixed
with a salad , just romaine, cucumber,and
tomato. I would drink a watered down glass
of oj again with that and bedtime maybe
celery peanut butter snack then rice cakes
to bed some with peanut butter. and
repeat.
This may not be the idle diet but it is an
easy transition point to the perfect diet
or if not that than at least a way out of
the fog. It for sure works for me so maybe
it may be of a bit of help : )
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peridote
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 4
Posted: 11-07-07 10:49am
Thanks for the reply, Vina. Yes, he
definitely needs the afternoon nap!! His
diet seems to be good/working well (he
doesn't need to eat in the middle of the
night anymore) and doesn't wake up feeling
like crap. The real problem is he doesn't
have any patience left waiting to get back
to life. (He has a cold right now too so
that's not helping!) Oh well. Even if the
progress is slow, it's still progress!
