My leukemia's back.

[MrsMistyReal]

It's probably true......I was a heavy drinker for years but never crossed the line to alcoholism.
My wife however drank less but really struggled with it.... Almost cost us everything.
She's been doing good for a while now.....

I'm so sorry prayers & thank you
If any consolation my hubby struggled with alcohol 6yrs ago touch wood not a dropits a tough road as you posted always here

 

[drumstick diva]

Cynthia do you or have you, ever experienced "panic attacks". That's what your symptoms sound like. I used to have them and thought I was gonna die. Obviously I didn't and after realizing that , I was able to talk myself down from it. I also used to faint sometimes from them. All that wasn't resolved over night but, it's nice to be rid of them.

My sister and her two daughters have also experienced them. I haven't had any attacks in a coon's age but, I can remember them vividly.

You have a lot on your plate and being told you have congestive heart failure didn't help.

 

[perchie.girl]

Good God, Girl, you deserve a medal! And they want you to NOT loose weight while you are eating what is basically baby food?

Scrubbing off Zinc Oxide...oh yeah, no problems there....not. I remember old doctors who used to prescribe that for diaper irritation when I was working OB and a baby would get red cracked skin after delivery. I remember trying to scrub that stuff off of them without irritating their tender skin more than it already was. Sometimes I wonder if these professionals really think these recommendations through or try using them on their person.

Could you use a cooling gel with aloe in it?

Possibly.... It has to have nO oil in it... I have a bunch of links in reserve....

Probably the best link I found in reserve
https://www.oncologynutrition.org/erfc/eating-well-when-unwell/radiation/

from the UC San Diego web page

Low-Fiber Diet

Eggs are high in protein and easy to digest.
Eating a low-fiber diet means eating foods that don’t have much fiber. These foods are easy to digest.

Most of the fiber that you eat passes undigested through your bowel. This is what forms stool. Low-fiber foods can help to slow down your bowel movements. When you eat a low-fiber diet, you have fewer stools. This lets your intestine rest.

Your healthcare provider will tell you how long you need to be on this diet. It may only be for a short time. Low-fiber foods often don’t give you all the nutrients you need to stay healthy. Your healthcare provider may have you take certain vitamins while you are on this diet.

Reasons to eat a low-fiber diet
The goal of a low-fiber diet is to limit the size and number of your stools. It may be prescribed if you:

• Are going through chemotherapy or radiation treatments
  
  
• Have had intestinal surgery
  
  
• Have a condition that affects your intestine, such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or diverticulitis
  

General guidelines for a low-fiber diet
In general, a low-fiber diet means having fewer than 13 grams of fiber a day. Your healthcare provider may give you a list of things you can and can’t eat or drink. Read food labels. Choose foods and drinks that have as close to zero grams of fiber as possible. Here are general guidelines to follow:

Breads, pasta, cereal, rice, and other starches (6 to 11 servings daily)

• What to choose: white bread, biscuits, muffins, and white rolls; plain crackers; waffles; white pasta; white rice; cream of wheat; grits; white pancakes; corn flakes; cooked potatoes without skin. Fiber content of these foods should be less than 0.5 (1/2) gram per serving.
  
  
• What to avoid: whole-wheat or whole-grain breads, crackers, and pasta; breads with seeds or nuts; wheat germ; graham crackers; cornbread; wild or brown rice; cereals with whole-grain, bran, and granola; cereals with seeds, nuts, coconut, or dried fruit; potatoes with skin
  

Milk and dairy (2 servings daily)

• What to choose: milk, buttermilk; yogurt or ice cream without seeds or nuts; custard or pudding; sour cream; cheese and cottage cheese
  
  
• What to avoid: ice cream and yogurt with seeds, nuts, or fruit chunks
  

Fruit (2 to 4 servings daily)

• What to choose: ripe banana; ripe nectarine, peach, apricot, papaya, and plum; soft honeydew melon and cantaloupe; cooked or canned fruit without skin or seeds (not sweetened with sorbitol); applesauce; strained fruit juice (without pulp)
  
  
• What to avoid: raw or dried fruit; all berries; raisins; canned and raw pineapple; prunes and prune juice; fruit juice with pulp
  

Vegetables (3 to 5 servings daily)

• What to choose: well-cooked or canned vegetables without seeds, such as spinach, eggplant, green and wax beans, carrots, yellow squash, pumpkin; lettuce on a sandwich
  
  
• What to avoid: all raw or steamed vegetables; vegetables with seeds, such as unstrained tomato sauce; green peas; lima beans; broccoli; corn; parsnips
  

Meats and protein (4 to 6 ounces daily)

• What to choose: tender, well-cooked meat, including ground meat, poultry, and fish; eggs; tofu; creamy peanut butter
  
  
• What to avoid: tough, chewy meat with gristle; peas, including split, yellow, and black-eyed; beans, including navy, lima, black, garbanzo, soy, pinto, and lentil; peanuts and crunchy peanut butter
  

Fats, oils, sauces, condiments (fewer than 8 teaspoons daily)

• What to choose: butter, margarine, oils, whipped cream, sour cream, mayonnaise, smooth dressings and sauces; plain gravy; smooth condiments
  
  
• What to avoid: dressing with seeds or fruit chunks; pickles and relishes
  

Other foods and drinks

• What to choose: water; plain gelatin; plain puddings; pretzels; plain cookies and cakes; honey, syrup; decaffeinated drinks, including tea and coffee
  
  
• What to avoid: popcorn; potato chips; spicy foods; fried, greasy foods; alcohol (ask your healthcare provider); marmalade, jam, and preserves; desserts that have seeds, nuts, coconut, dried fruit, whole grains, or bran; candy that has seeds or nuts; drinks sweetened with sorbitol or other sugar substitutes; caffeinated drinks, including tea, coffee, soda, and energy drinks
  

The hand out they gave me said Follow my Diebetic diet and substitute what I can above.


here are the links to the salves and such....

Aquafer is one which my nurse didnt mention. It does have oil in it though. and my not be acceptible for tender spots....
Radiagel

by far the best site for products.... and they can be bought on Amazon too
https://www.lotstolivefor.com/lindiskin-skin-cooler-roll/

Several products with lidocane and can be used on lady bits....

 

[Alaskan]

Possibly.... It has to have nO oil in it... I have a bunch of links in reserve....

Probably the best link I found in reserve
https://www.oncologynutrition.org/erfc/eating-well-when-unwell/radiation/

from the UC San Diego web page

Low-Fiber Diet

Eggs are high in protein and easy to digest.
Eating a low-fiber diet means eating foods that don’t have much fiber. These foods are easy to digest.

Most of the fiber that you eat passes undigested through your bowel. This is what forms stool. Low-fiber foods can help to slow down your bowel movements. When you eat a low-fiber diet, you have fewer stools. This lets your intestine rest.

Your healthcare provider will tell you how long you need to be on this diet. It may only be for a short time. Low-fiber foods often don’t give you all the nutrients you need to stay healthy. Your healthcare provider may have you take certain vitamins while you are on this diet.

Reasons to eat a low-fiber diet
The goal of a low-fiber diet is to limit the size and number of your stools. It may be prescribed if you:

• Are going through chemotherapy or radiation treatments
  
  
• Have had intestinal surgery
  
  
• Have a condition that affects your intestine, such as irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, or diverticulitis

General guidelines for a low-fiber diet
In general, a low-fiber diet means having fewer than 13 grams of fiber a day. Your healthcare provider may give you a list of things you can and can’t eat or drink. Read food labels. Choose foods and drinks that have as close to zero grams of fiber as possible. Here are general guidelines to follow:

Breads, pasta, cereal, rice, and other starches (6 to 11 servings daily)

• What to choose: white bread, biscuits, muffins, and white rolls; plain crackers; waffles; white pasta; white rice; cream of wheat; grits; white pancakes; corn flakes; cooked potatoes without skin. Fiber content of these foods should be less than 0.5 (1/2) gram per serving.
  
  
• What to avoid: whole-wheat or whole-grain breads, crackers, and pasta; breads with seeds or nuts; wheat germ; graham crackers; cornbread; wild or brown rice; cereals with whole-grain, bran, and granola; cereals with seeds, nuts, coconut, or dried fruit; potatoes with skin

Milk and dairy (2 servings daily)

• What to choose: milk, buttermilk; yogurt or ice cream without seeds or nuts; custard or pudding; sour cream; cheese and cottage cheese
  
  
• What to avoid: ice cream and yogurt with seeds, nuts, or fruit chunks

Fruit (2 to 4 servings daily)

• What to choose: ripe banana; ripe nectarine, peach, apricot, papaya, and plum; soft honeydew melon and cantaloupe; cooked or canned fruit without skin or seeds (not sweetened with sorbitol); applesauce; strained fruit juice (without pulp)
  
  
• What to avoid: raw or dried fruit; all berries; raisins; canned and raw pineapple; prunes and prune juice; fruit juice with pulp

Vegetables (3 to 5 servings daily)

• What to choose: well-cooked or canned vegetables without seeds, such as spinach, eggplant, green and wax beans, carrots, yellow squash, pumpkin; lettuce on a sandwich
  
  
• What to avoid: all raw or steamed vegetables; vegetables with seeds, such as unstrained tomato sauce; green peas; lima beans; broccoli; corn; parsnips

Meats and protein (4 to 6 ounces daily)

• What to choose: tender, well-cooked meat, including ground meat, poultry, and fish; eggs; tofu; creamy peanut butter
  
  
• What to avoid: tough, chewy meat with gristle; peas, including split, yellow, and black-eyed; beans, including navy, lima, black, garbanzo, soy, pinto, and lentil; peanuts and crunchy peanut butter

Fats, oils, sauces, condiments (fewer than 8 teaspoons daily)

• What to choose: butter, margarine, oils, whipped cream, sour cream, mayonnaise, smooth dressings and sauces; plain gravy; smooth condiments
  
  
• What to avoid: dressing with seeds or fruit chunks; pickles and relishes

Other foods and drinks

• What to choose: water; plain gelatin; plain puddings; pretzels; plain cookies and cakes; honey, syrup; decaffeinated drinks, including tea and coffee
  
  
• What to avoid: popcorn; potato chips; spicy foods; fried, greasy foods; alcohol (ask your healthcare provider); marmalade, jam, and preserves; desserts that have seeds, nuts, coconut, dried fruit, whole grains, or bran; candy that has seeds or nuts; drinks sweetened with sorbitol or other sugar substitutes; caffeinated drinks, including tea, coffee, soda, and energy drinks

The hand out they gave me said Follow my Diebetic diet and substitute what I can above.


here are the links to the salves and such....

Aquafer is one which my nurse didnt mention. It does have oil in it though. and my not be acceptible for tender spots....
Radiagel

by far the best site for products.... and they can be bought on Amazon too
https://www.lotstolivefor.com/lindiskin-skin-cooler-roll/

Several products with lidocane and can be used on lady bits....

does Crisco count as oil? no joke... but for chapped thighs, and heat rash in private areas... the doc suggested Crisco. I was told to think about it like chap stick... Anyway... it worked, for the boys too when they once had such trouble....

it might be to oil like though.... hard to get off....

but it did work like chapstick .... just protected the skin and helped it heal. (I did buy a special Crisco for bathroom use.... just FYI )

 

[perchie.girl]

does Crisco count as oil? no joke... but for chapped thighs, and heat rash in private areas... the doc suggested Crisco. I was told to think about it like chap stick... Anyway... it worked, for the boys too when they once had such trouble....

it might be to oil like though.... hard to get off....

but it did work like chapstick .... just protected the skin and helped it heal. (I did buy a special Crisco for bathroom use.... just FYI )

LOL... if I were going to use an oil of any kind it would be coconut oil....

deb

 

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Good morning Team Rachel

 

[lazy gardener]

Deb, my condolences about your skin issues, and your diet issues. I got a big laugh about the use of crisco! Yeah, separate can needed for the bathroom!

 

[henny1129]

I definitely agree with @drumstick diva, Cynthia. I used to have panic attacks pretty often around two years ago and they were terrible. My heart would race, I couldn’t breath, I’d get all sweaty, start shaking, and feel sick to my stomach. And they’d come with almost no warning and there was nearly nothing I could do to stop them. I’ve had anxiety for a long time though, so I knew that they were panic attacks every time they would pay me a visit. Obviously, what’s going on with you might be something different but it’s worth investigating the possibility that they’re panic attacks more I think. Whatever it might be, I’m praying for you and hoping it gets better. And Diva, I’m very sorry to hear you had to deal with panic attacks, they truly are scary.

 

[microchick]

Morning team!

Crisco? That is a new one on me. The one thing that sticks in my mind is an interview with horseman/actor William Shatner who talked about wearing panty hose under his riding pants. When asked why he said that it cuts out the chaffing that men and even women can get in their inner thighs and groin area (more for men then women, natch) from friction when they are riding. I thought it was kinda funny until I stumbled upon an article about it and sure enough, it's true.

@perchie.girl, that is a pretty complex diet but really a pretty healthy one. I have IBS. Never gave it a thought that the whole grain foods that I love may be irritating it.

Thank you for posting the diet plan.

 

[Blooie]

Katie has super sensitive skin. When she'd get that doggone rash washing that zinc oxide creme off was a nightmare. Her pediatrician recommended putting the cream on our hands and mixing a little liquid Mylanta or Malox into it before we put it on her. Said it would change the PH of her irritated sore skin, thin down the cream, and we wouldn't need to use the cream but for a short time. By golly it worked.