I have decided to start taking Zinc as well as Vitamin C. I will really have a long list of vitamins when all is said and done! The Rheumy doc said I could just take a multivitamin and I told her about how they make me feel nauseated (it's probably the binders used to stick all the vitamins together) plus, those are usually weak on magnesium because adding magnesium would make the pills too large, so the manufacturers tend to leave it out. A lot of Fibromites are low in Vitamin D and Magnesium. I know I was very low on D. I have been taking 3,000 IU of Vitamin D (my doc said 1,000 IU would be enough) and 500 mg of Magnesium.
Basically, not to insult my doctor, but the only medicine she seems interested in or knows about is big pharma medicine, and so far she's been right about Tramadol and Flexeril, but I have a feeling that one or both will fail to work for me after my body adjusts to them. I don't want to be a drug addict, so whatever I can do to decrease my dependence on drugs I will do.
Weight loss is going well, not extremely rapid, but that's okay. In June I weighed 225 and now I weigh 214. My current self-made-plan is no extra sugar (no form of sugar in any form), no artificial sweeteners, no soft drinks/carbonated beverages), no caffeine. By "no extra sugar" I mean I'm not being a freak about it -- there is some sugar in almost everything, but I'm really trying to avoid anything that has sugar in the top 5 ingredients (the list on the package) whenever possible. I'm also trying to eat more naturally, getting away from processed foods.
However, the McDonald's Cheeseburger I had today was pretty darn good...pretty...pretty...good. I drank water. I did curse myself for letting them put cheese on it though...I snorted phlegm the whole way home. I know better than that... lol
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