| ziana
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I'm wondering if there are any others out there trying to follow this diet while living in chronic pain. I had a serious knee injury 2 years ago, had knee surgery, was doing ok, then suddenly one day about 2 months after surgery my knee started hurting again. The MRI was not conslusive so my surgeon decided the pain was in my head, not my knee (I guess he favors the worker's comp insurance company rather than his patient, imagine that). So as a result of no health insurance I have been living with almost contant pain. I also have lots of low back, hip and ankle pain from limping for so long. Over the past 2 years I have totally trained myself to reach for food when I feel the pain, usually in the evenings. I try to stay away from pain killers because they either don't work or I don't want to live with the side effects. Vicodin is the ONLY thing I've found that takes away the pain completely. Yuck.
So anyways, I'm trying to do phase I but find myself cheating and eating chocolate at night. By then I've taken as much pain as I can stand. The chocolate does seem to help. Also, I cannot stand and will not use artifical sweeteners. Does anyone have any insight for me?
I live alone so should in theory be able to control what is in my kitchen but I can't make myself throw away my chocolate, I've elimated all other non-SBD foods. Help. I want to succeed because I KNOW my extra weight contribues to my body pain. |
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:02 pm |
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| peacefulpath
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ziana: it does make sense that chocolate helps relieve the pain. There is a chemical in it that releases endorphins, so there's the relief part. I completely understand about the lack of health insurance (and the dr. not being willing to help you out). We're self insured with only a catastrophic plan - $3600 deductible per person per year. I don't go to the dr. unless it's an emergency. Forget checkups.
I'm a massage therapist by trade, and have found Reiki to be an incredible help in pain relief. I don't know if you can afford to go to a Reiki practitioner, but if not, there are books available to teach you how to use Reiki on yourself (Reiki self-healing). It's such a great tool to use.
HTH.......Karen |
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:05 am |
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| colliegirl
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Ziana, so glad to read your post as I have the same pain issues re knees and what to know more about Vicodin. Is it by perscription only? Do you know a generic name for it, or is that the generic name?
I have been on Celebrex a very long time and want to stop taking it, or at least until the tests currently being conducted give it a clean bill of health, but I am not holding my breath. They will probably put it in the same category as Vioxx.
As for the chocolate issue, you can "spend" your 75 calories per day on the Lindt 70% or 85% cocoa bars. Two squares per day is the limit if you have the 70% and 2.5 squares per day if you have the 85%. The calorie information was obtained directly from the manufacturer of the bars. These bars are rather expensive, so look for them at Costco or another type of discount grocer.
I will end by telling you my knees are MUCH better since losing some weight and I wish you the very best of luck in your dieting. I know you will be successful! |
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:39 pm |
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| ziana
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| Thanks for your kind words. Vicodin is hydrocodone, a narcotic. I'm surprised I can tolerate because other narcotics (darvon, percocet) make me sick. My doc has me trying Bextra, a drug in the same class as Celebrex and Vioxx. I've only been on it for 3 days but I think it's helping. How do you measure an absence of something? Anyways, I need to prepare sbd snacks to have on had when the cravings hit so hard. Can I have that 85% chocolate on phase I? Or would ff sf chocolate pudding be better? |
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Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:44 pm |
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| Gabby
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| Get yourself soem No Sugar Added Popsicles. Maybe that will fix you chocolate craving and they are allowed in all phases. If you get the right kind, 35 calories each, you can even have two. Good luck |
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:54 pm |
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| LegalBeagle
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| Vioxx was recently taken off the market, and there were some very recent articles I read saying Bextra poses all the same health risks as Vioxx. Just FYI. |
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 8:10 pm |
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