Low-carb diets support thread

~daisy~_2

unfortunately this was the real deal - the clot was in the area of the brain that intended to blind and paralyse him - luckily he got the thrombolysis (sp) drug thing in time to stop it but he speech and movement has deteriorated quite badly since yesterday
he managed to try and get out of bed in the night and fell which hasnt added to matters

still got him tho xx

mazzers

~daisy~ wrote: »

unfortunately this was the real deal - the clot was in the area of the brain that intended to blind and paralyse him - luckily he got the thrombolysis (sp) drug thing in time to stop it but he speech and movement has deteriorated quite badly since yesterday
he managed to try and get out of bed in the night and fell which hasnt added to matters

still got him tho xx

Thats a great attitude Daisy and something to be thankful for, try to stay positive while he recuperates.
Thanks for the update, i've been thinking about you all day, as has everyone else no doubt.
Love and best wishes to him on a speedy recovery XX

Mercy

Daisy - I too am thinking of you. Sending hope and all good wishes to you.

Be strong, babes. We're here for you, keep talking and much love to you and yours

MXXX

Mercy

sweets - I put Daisy's tasty sounding pie on the list yday. Couldn't talk as still under the weather. Nowt wrong with me really in the great scheme of things.

Had a good meeting at work today, one in which I shone Buzzing off that I did all the housework I've been neglecting almost on auto pilot as have rest of meeting tomorrow and have been inadvertantly preparing. I can do cleaning etc much better when I have other things to think about :rotfl:

Food today
B - 2x crackers with lumps of pork
L - spicy veg n bacon/gammon stew
D - will be pork lumps with stir fry of leek, mushrooms and mange tout

Yesterday's food was good and similar to today but with chicken korma on cauli for lunch.

Trying to drink more water, it's a bit hit and miss but def doing more than last week so on the way! :j Harder when it's cold. Am having mint tea quite regularly as it tastes so good, has no carbs and can be kept going for a whole afternoon :rotfl:

Big love to all people lucky enough to have found this thread!

MXXX

sweetserendipity

Morning all

daisy, so sorry to hear the update on your hubby, hope things improve a little today. Try to keep strong & positive. XX

My menu for today:
B - 2 egg cheese & mushroom omelette
L - 2 low-carb crispbreads with butter & cheese, garlic sausage
D - lemon sole, cauli mash, cheesy leeks, green beans

The lemon sole is 9.4g carbs, probably because it's dusted in flour & has a batter as well??

Anyway, see you all later.

sarahs999

Daisy, so sorry. It sounded from your first post like it was an episode that was over quickly, which is why I thought it sounded like a TIA. Sorry to hear that it's a full on stroke. But like you say, brilliant to have caught it so soon. When my mum had her stroke my dad didn't call the doctor for four hours! I was on my way down to visit them (it was New Year's Eve) and when he opened the door he told me she'd had a fall. I took one look at her and realised what it was and we got the doctor out. This was just before all those infomation ads telling you about 'FAST', which ironically starting apprearaing on the TV about a week after mum had her stroke. Sadly she was misdiagnosed by the doc as having had a TIA, and had another stroke later the next week. That time they actually called an ambulance and she was taken in to hospital and looked after properly. She's so lucky, it could have been tragic. Scans show no visible brain damange at all.

~daisy~_2

i just took one look at him and thought ''omg surely to god hes not had a stroke but it looks like he has ''
i hoped hed had some kind of seizure or fit but in my heart i knew instantly it was a stroke

today has been a v positive day - made a brill start to re hab after such a poor day yesterday movement wise
had assessments speech therapy and OH which re assured me no end

under no illusions that this is just the start tho......xxx

benfilan

Hey daisy, hope you're doing ok. Feels a bit silly worrying about diets when you're having a hard time. Don't wanna sound cheesy but I do hope things get better soon. x

benfilan

Ok, today has been pretty tough, really hitting a wall. I want BREAD!

Menu:

Breakfast:
Boiled egg

Lunch:
Cheese and spinach salad with olive oil

Dinner:
The inside of a kebab

And of course a few vodka cokes this evening!

Always_Harassed

Daisy hope things are improving, am thinking about you.

Benfilan Its a while since I've read the Atkins but I'm pretty sure alcohol is not allowed this early. Think you maybe need to increase the size of your breakfast as one egg might not be enough to last you to lunch and that is what makes you look for snacks. Once you get used to Atkins it's not that bad. A bit boring but certainly filling enough.

Going to look through IPD cookbook again to see what I will make. Only complaint is that it doesn't tell you carb content or what phase it fits in so will have to check any ingredients that I don't use regularly. As is often the case it was better looking forward to getting the book than actually getting it.

Back to summer weather here - wet and miserable. We are never happy are we.

Have a good weekend everyone.