Im Scared For My Mom
my mom is 50 years old and recently got a hysterectomy. because of this, i guess she hasnt been getting the hormones that regular middle aged women get. i know this isnt the best place to come to, but i know the forums are pretty responsive so i thought id give it a try. will my mom age faster and have less time to live because she got the hysterectomy?
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<!--QuoteBegin-Dictionary.com+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dictionary.com)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->hys·ter·ec·to·my
n. pl. hys·ter·ec·to·mies
Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
... Ow, that's all I can say.
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n. pl. hys·ter·ec·to·mies
Surgical removal of part or all of the uterus.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
... Ow, that's all I can say. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
O.O
It's tough. I hope you don't have to go through it until she's much older.
My suggestions:
Cut out dairy.
Cut out grains. (Rice is okay in SMALL amounts, but definitely cut out bread.)
Cut out soda.
Cut out canned and frozen foods.
Cut out ALL DRUGS. This includes caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol and painkillers. (If you have a headache, put a warm, damp facecloth on your forehead and lie down with the lights off.)
Eat larger amounts of raw fruits and vegetables.
Don't eat fruit and meat within 30 minutes of each other.
For the first four hours after you wake up, eat only fruit. Fruit takes no energy to digest, so the energy can be devoted to more important things like waste removal and healing of the body.
Drink at least a gallon a water a day. (It's not as much as you think! I have a one-litre water bottle and take a sip every few minutes, I fill it up at least six times a day, usually closer to eight. That's two gallons.) I can't stress this enough. For example, cancer is caused by lack of oxygen to cells. What is rich in oxygen? Water, fruits and vegetables!
Get at least eight hours of sleep every day.
Get as much exercise as you can. If you can't get much exercise some days, don't each as much.
Don't eat before going to sleep.
As a general rule for food: Fresh > Dried > Frozen > Canned. Only get canned foods if you absolutely have to.
Also, drinking too much water (EIGHT LITERS A DAY??) is rather less healthy as well. Washes minerals out of your body. Process is called osmosis. If you're not exercising heavily and live in a temperate climate, three liters should be ample. Adjust for extra loss of water through sweating (be this because of exercise or hot climate) as necessary. Of course, various "medical conditions" may play a role as well.
My suggestions:
Cut out dairy.
Cut out grains. (Rice is okay in SMALL amounts, but definitely cut out bread.)
Cut out soda.
Cut out canned and frozen foods.
Cut out ALL DRUGS. This includes caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol and painkillers. (If you have a headache, put a warm, damp facecloth on your forehead and lie down with the lights off.)
Eat larger amounts of raw fruits and vegetables.
Don't eat fruit and meat within 30 minutes of each other.
For the first four hours after you wake up, eat only fruit. Fruit takes no energy to digest, so the energy can be devoted to more important things like waste removal and healing of the body.
Drink at least a gallon a water a day. (It's not as much as you think! I have a one-litre water bottle and take a sip every few minutes, I fill it up at least six times a day, usually closer to eight. That's two gallons.) I can't stress this enough. For example, cancer is caused by lack of oxygen to cells. What is rich in oxygen? Water, fruits and vegetables!
Get at least eight hours of sleep every day.
Get as much exercise as you can. If you can't get much exercise some days, don't each as much.
Don't eat before going to sleep.
As a general rule for food: Fresh > Dried > Frozen > Canned. Only get canned foods if you absolutely have to. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Weren't you the guy saying that Science Diet dog food kills your dog? I'd have a hard time taking medical advice from someone who can't even care for a pet.
Plus, too much water can cause you to retain it instead of doing anything useful with it (basically your body goes 'WTH are you doing jackass we've got enough of this ****' and dumps it), and then you get to spend weeks in the hospital for that too!
Thanks, Dr. Swiftspear!
My mom had a hysterectomy a few years ago as well.
Thanks, Dr. Swiftspear!
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Getting through Bio 12 hardly makes you a doctor... I only know so much about it because both my grandmas had hysterectomys long ago, and my mom was talking about it a fair bit while I was going through bio twelve, hence I learned a fair bit about it since it was relevent to what I was doing in school at the time.
I hope no one else gets sucked into that kind of insanity, which, while helping you to lose weight, can and will permanently damage your liver far worse than cirrhosis, due to the extreme ketosis (your body is only supposed to go into ketosis for a few minutes at a time... that diet will keep you in it almost indefinitely). I have NO IDEA where he got the idea that it would help your body HEAL faster. If anything, it'll slow down a recovery. You need carbohydrates. Your body loves them, and you generate energy from them easily, as they're a major portion of what you're supposed to be eating.
I'm not going to go so far as to say that she shouldn't be eating particularly healthful foods (high-iron especially, to help cope with the restructuring protein, as well as blood loss and nervous shock) such as beans, dried apricots, and beef (beef later in recovery, or as soup stock for easy digestion)... she might also consider supplemental multivitamins, eschewing trendy crap like Gingko Biloba.
Which means if you ever come to hate your mom in the future, you won't be seeing any inheritence in the near future.
I've honestly never had a problem with the amount of water I drink. None of it's being retained, and as far as I know, I haven't got any deficiencies at all.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Weren't you the guy saying that Science Diet dog food kills your dog? I'd have a hard time taking medical advice from someone who can't even care for a pet.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Did you even read what I said on that subject? Science Diet is unhealthy for your dog, which will lead to an earlier death. It's like McDonald's for your dog, if you will. Tastes pretty good (to them), but isn't the least bit healthy. Just because you can sustain life on it doesn't mean that that life will be healthy. (If you feel like arguing more about this, please PM me. I don't want to derail this thread.)
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Plus, too much water can cause you to retain it instead of doing anything useful with it (basically your body goes 'WTH are you doing jackass we've got enough of this ****' and dumps it), and then you get to spend weeks in the hospital for that too!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm aware, but two gallons isn't too much for me and a gallon a day wouldn't be too much for any full-grown human. I'll admit, I'm a pretty big guy, but my friend (Who is much smaller than me) drinks about the same amount, if not more water than I do, and she's healthier than I am.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I hope no one else gets sucked into that kind of insanity<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, because eating what we're supposed to be eating is insane.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->while helping you to lose weight<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Losing weight isn't the point. Being healthy is. Lower weight != health.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->You need carbohydrates. Your body loves them, and you generate energy from them easily, as they're a major portion of what you're supposed to be eating.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Right, and you get plenty of carbohydrates from <i>fruits and vegetables</i>, which also digest easier.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->So let me get this straight, bread, noodles and rice are bad for your health now?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They always have been. Rice isn't as bad as the others, since it seems to digest quickly and easily, but the rest are certainly unhealthy.
Let me ask you guys a question: Why would the body <b>NEED</b> something that CAN NOT be found in naturally growing food? Why would the body <b>NEED</b> cooked grains to survive? And if they truly do, then how did people survive <i>before</i> cooked grains came about?
You're seriously saying that bread, noodles, and - to a lesser degree - rice are unhealthy? Wow.
Just wow.
Although drinking 2 gallons of water shouldn't harm anyone, there have been cases of hydration poisoning where a person simply drank themselves to death (not alcohol either).
Your mom's going to be fine. Have her eat as healthy as possible and drink plenty of water. Exercise would also be a good recommendation.
*Speaking of water in the human body* Ever notice how things get crazy around full moons and the emergency rooms stay busy? If the moon can cause a body of water as large as the ocean to move (tides), think of what effect it has on the human body (the werewolf is a good example <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
Ignore everything you see here and talk to a real Doctor about it.
Ignore everything you see here and talk to a real Doctor about it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
quoted for truth.
the only good advice I can say is eat healthy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
you wana know what healthy is?
talk to a doctor <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You're seriously saying that bread, noodles, and - to a lesser degree - rice are unhealthy? Wow.
Just wow. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, for a few reasons:
1) Cooked grains take longer to digest than <b>any</b> fruits and vegetables. Your body will be devoting more energy to digestion because it's difficult to process grains. This means that your body can't spend time with other things, such as waste removal and healing. (How often do you have a bowel movement? If it's not at <i>least</i> once a day, you're backed up.)
2) Grains are cooked. That means that most of the benefits that you could possibly gain from its consumption have been destroyed in the cooking process. I believe that it's cooked twice, actually, but I haven't looked up the process for the creation of flour yet.
Compared to other, healthier foods, grains aren't worth the energy they need to digest at all and won't do you good.
If you refuse to believe this, then you can go ahead and eat your bread, noodles and rice and dehydrate your body. Meanwhile, I'll be feeling great and <i>never</i> needing antibiotics, because I won't <i>get</i> sick.
I challenge any one of you to eat the way I recommended for two weeks. Just two weeks. It won't <i>hurt</i> you, and I can pretty much promise you that you'll feel better than you do now.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->If you don't know how to check if you're hydrated, your urine should be colorless and volumous (clear and in copious amounts).<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It makes me sad when people think that urine is <i>supposed</i> to be yellow. Geez.
Very sad indeed, lol.
No I am not going to go into deatails.
Although he did say small amounts of cottage bread(wheat, not bleached white) would be more beneficial then almost any other kind.
And if my body is dehydrated, why do I have to pee so much? Please, tell me, all these toilet trips are annoying.
If you have to pee alot.. i would assume you have a small bladder.. while I do not.
I also haven't been sick since I was very "sick". Which is 3 yrs ago now.
Just because you urinate doesn't mean that your body isn't dehydrated. It may not be an extremely dangerous level of dehydration, but your body still isn't getting quite enough water to work completely normally.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Actually you should eat the carbohydrates in moderation. That is what is good for you.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, but it's better to get your carbohydrates from fruits and vegetables, rather than cooked grains. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Did you know the atkins diet guy died from follow his own diet? Yes it does help you to loose weight, but the permanent negative effects it has on your body are not worth it for many people...
BTW carbs are fine if you eat them sparingly and in the morning, so your body has plenty of time to diegest them. The problem arises when you eat a lot of carbs right before you go to bed, that is when bread becomes a health risk.
Actually, if I remember correctly, Dr.Atkins died cos he slipped on ice and smacked his head on the ground.
However, I do believe in the autopsy that it was found that he was having negative affects from his diet.