Hello from Alaska!
This seems like a good, safe place to be as I muddle my way through my new life! I am 61 and had a massive stroke last March 16, 2007 and spent the next 2 1/2 months in several hospitals for a total of four different hospitals! Apparently my stroke was caused by stress which then caused weight gain (about 100 pounds), that then caused the sleep apnea, which apparently caused the stroke. Even though I had spent all that time in the hospitals, the third hospital did a quick one-night study and determined that I should have a complete study done. The fourth hospital never got that report so I wasn't checked for the sleep apnea until I asked for a sleep study at hospital four the week I was to be discharged! So, I had the study done and had to stay an additional night. I was told then that I had SEVERE Sleep apnea as I had not only quit breathing several times, most of the times it was for a minute or more. They said it way too long for any woman and would have been a long time even if I were a man.
So, then I got to wondering how it all came to be. My dad and brothers have/had sleep apnea, too. My daughter also has it as well as many other health problems. We are certainly predisposed for problems in that area. My daughter and one brother are making dietary changes now too.
I had studied nutrition and always made certain that I followed the guidelines put out by our government. I did not eat anything with chemicals and made most of my own foods from scratch. However, even though I did everything right, I did not have my stresses under control and therefore my cortisol and triglycerides were way too high. Those were the reasons why I could not lose weight even though I always ate 300-500 fewer calories than recommended! I also knew that pharmaceuticals would be of no help as everything that come from them just causes the body to become more acidic. I know that once I started drinking kombucha tea, my asthma disappeared as well as the six prescriptions I was taking every day in an unsuccessful effort to control it. I went totally asthma free for many years until I had the stroke and surgery to bypass the clot and was put on medicines while in the hospitals. Now, I am just taking Lisiniporil but will be off that very shortly!
My diet now consists of fresh fruits (including dates and dried fruits) and my blood sugar is in the normal range again now that I have eliminated meat and dairy from my life. I also drink at least 32 ounces a day of smoothies both green (usually made with romaine lettuce, celery, spinach, some water, and apple or banana) and fruits (usually berries and bananas) , have a huge salad of many veggies, and a bowl of oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, ginger, and walnuts. I am about to start a water and juice fast for the next couple weeks to lose more weight and keep my health going in the right direction! The last fast I did was several years ago and IF I had done that routinely, I probably would not have stroked in the first place. Fasting is an incredible thing to do for your health.
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