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TRANSITION : Week 7 – Day 1

Another not so good week on Transition.

The wedding was great, but I was having all those pains from the temporary crown and had a hard time eating. But with the help of painkillers I still managed to gain weight, even though for the most we did not overdo it. 8 hours on the roads, twice in 3 days, that was the hardest part food wise.

On Monday I then went to the dentist to receive the final crown. And more pains while others went away. My jaws are all locked up by now, biting anything harder than a raw bell pepper is impossible and I fear that I will never again be able to eat normally or drink anything colder than lukewarm.

But there where good news all the same. I had my blood work done and all numbers came back in great shape. My doctor said she’d be happy if more of her patients would take care like that of themselves. That comment went down like honey! The only thing which was too elevated was my thyroids, they showed as being a bit over-active.

Drumroll please. OVER ACTIVE thyroids !! Last year they where under-active and for that reason I was put onto thyroid supplements. Why the drumroll? Because finally all my unexplained chills and elevated heart rate since on the diet fell into place. That are symptoms of over-active thyroids! Woohoo. Not menopause symptoms. Nope. Obviously the Accu Diet kicked my thyroids right back into gear and with the daily supplement it became more than I needed. Reducing the amount of the supplement drastically has fully handled the problem.

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Hanging in there.

Today is my fifth veggie/protein day. I have been thoroughly enjoying these days. Weight has bounced a bit, like something in high velocity coming to a halt – first it bounced a bit back up, then dropped, then bounced back up and then settled exactly where I was 5 days ago.

The next 2 days will be my last 2 milk days while wearing the beads. For the first time I am dreading the milk days. Hopefully it will go better than I anticipate.

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Physical reactions

It is said, that the first 10 days to 2 weeks act as a detox program to the body. Some reactions are anticipated and normal, such as possible lightheadedness or some headaches.

These two symptoms have so far not troubled me too much. Sometimes I feel a slight headache lurking, but twice I could completely get rid of it with a Diet Coke. The other symptom I have not (yet) encountered.

But what I have is 2-fold and it both could be a coincident… but then again maybe not.

The first is that my left arm feels kind of numb and at times tingly, especially in my pinky and ring finger. At times the feeling grows stronger and then less. Knowing about heart attach symptoms, I am watching out and observing strongly. Currently though it seems to shift and the source to possibly come from my back, between shoulder blade and spine. I’ll have my husband give me a massage and maybe this will take care of the problem.

What worries me less but is by far more irritable is that I have really strong, sudden hot or cold flashes with either sweat pouring down on me or making my teeth chitter - and shopping in Americas overly air-conditioned malls doesn’t help here either -, or it’s a combination of that I suddenly freeze under the sweat.

Now, it could be that my menopause decided to start the same day that I go onto the program. I’m wondering if this is something some people experience when on the program. I am not concerned, just curious. It started with hot patches, similar you can get from Niacin (a vitamin B), like red and hot around the elbows or such, at first I really thought I’m just sweating stuff out of my system as it also works as a detox during the first days and a detox program I had done many years ago had caused some similar reactions.

Yes, this sweating and then again freezing or both at the same time is definitely the most cumbersome so far, especially when trying to sleep or when interacting with other people.

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Choice

It’s almost 2 PM and I still have not decided if I want to make it my MILK or my VEGGIE 2-days. So far I’m okay even though I have a ton of attention on the fact that I’m on this diet. I set up iCal to ping me at every odd hour to ensure that I don’t forget about the beads.

Next to that I was beginning to feel a slight headache building, but I knew it was my mistake because I did not drink enough this morning as I was so engulfed in a project for which my client is under a deadline. I took a dash of salt with almost 2 cups of water and am now sipping my very first DIET COKE – who would have thought that I’d ever go into the pit and consume anything that contains Aspartame? But, after the first 3 disgusting sips it’s not as horrid (far from good though) and my headache has disappeared.

What worries me far more currently is that my left arm feels somewhat numb, right by the arm pit and then the pinky and ring fingers, the feeling is between tingling and being numb. I know I was sitting partially odd, so this could be it, but with all the warnings you always read about signs of a possible heart attach, I am definitely watching… and worried. Hope it will go away soon.

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