Re: "This surgery will cure your diabetes!" Rant, not spam
- From: "Evelyn Ruut" <mama-lionsox@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:33:17 GMT
"Karen" <sickofspam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Evelyn Ruut" <mama-lionsox@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Me too, Karen. And I have been round and round with plantar fasciitis
>> and shoulder stuff too. I sympathize a lot. It's going to have to
>> happen with diet for me too, and I too won't subject myself to surgery
>> for weight loss.
>>
>> About exercise; Chi-Gong is a very gentle, almost dance like movement
>> related to Tai Chi in a way. I tried that locally, and it wasn't too
>> horrible....:-) but it gets expensive to go to classes like that.
>> Walking too much just kills me and hurts the bum knees, feet, and other
>> achy parts. I think that if there was such a thing as just gentle
>> movement or stretches that didn't involve getting down on the floor on my
>> painful knees, or wrenching my bad back and neck, or hurt my feet, I'd be
>> more tempted to try it.
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>> For the moment I have given up on formal exercise, which isn't a good
>> thing, but I do try to move more. When I shop I purposely go where I do
>> a lot of walking even though it is tiring. I did pickup a recumbent
>> bicycle, because it allows me to lean back in the seat, involving more
>> abdominal movement, and doesn't hurt my feet. No matter how you look at
>> exercise, it is hard to maintain the discipline and do it every day.
>> --
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>> Best Regards,
>> Evelyn
>>
>> (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox')
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> Thanks for the info on Chi-Gong, Evelyn - I appreciate it. I know Tai Chi
> is offered around here (not sure about Chi-Gong). I'll have to check into
> locations, availability, and fees.
>
> It sounds like you've got your share of joint and muscle problems, too.
> I've had neck and back problems since I was 12 years old because of a bad
> accident in gymnastics. Forty years later, I now have severe
> osteoarthritis and bone spurs in the cervical and lumbar spine because of
> those injuries. And I also have fibromyalgia, to add insult to injury
> (literally!).
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> Like you, I try to walk as much as I can when I go somewhere: grocery
> shopping, the mall, etc. It makes us feel like we're doing *something*,
> right?
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> It really is difficult to maintain BG control when one can't exercise. I
> would *love* to join Curves; I've heard so many great things about it from
> friends who have joined. But my orthopedic surgeon has nixed that.
>
> Are you on any meds? Between diet and meds, I'm able to do a pretty fair
> job of control. It would be so much better and healthier if I could add
> exercise into the mix, of course.
>
> Karen
Hi Karen,
We have a lot of similar health issues going on. I am on thyroid meds,
blood pressure, Actos, and I also take amitriptylene at bedtime for the
fibromyalgia. I found that the foot problems were directly related to
taking lipitor. It started when I went on it the first time, stopped when
I went off, and started again when I went back on it. I am absolutely
convinced that the lipitor caused just enough muscle weakness to give me the
plantar fasciitis. I have flatly refused to take any more statin drugs.
My doctor hassles the heck out of me over it, but I just can't handle that
stuff. I used to enjoy walking and hiking, but somehow just stopped after
starting on the statins and feeling so lousy because of them.
About the Chi Gong; it was interesting and sort of fun, but I hated paying
so much for a class in which so little was occurring :-) Somehow I felt
that I could just move around a little bit like that at home for free.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn
(to reply to me personally, remove 'sox')
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