Hey, y'all....just introducing myself

newbies
#1

Just taking some time on this blazing hot Sunday afternoon in LA (that’s Lower Alabama) to say hello. I’m new to these forums (fora?) but not to keto and fasting.

Last December I suffered a massive ischemic stroke. I’m still quite physically limited, but my mind works. At least, I think it does. Some days I’m nearly convinced that I’ll wake up and discover that, like the 80s tv show “St. Elsewhere,” my whole existence, at least since the stroke, has taken place solely in the imagination of a small autistic child. Weird, huh?

Anyway, I was T2DM before going full-bore keto. And while I was in the hospital recovering (7 weeks) they fed me sugary, starchy crap - you know, the “Diabetes Diet” - and pumped me full of insulin every day. So as soon as I got thrown out…err…released…(yeah, RELEASED!) from the hospital, I went keto full-out and stopped all that insulin. Now my blood sugars run 100-105 when I’m feasting and 80-90 when I’m fasting.

I need to drop about 50 lbs, and keto is helping me do that, but I’m mostly interested in keto and fasting for healing, clearing out plaques in my arteries and in my brain, and autophagy to remove any debris left over from the stroke.

I only have one working hand at the moment, and it’s my non-dominant hand, so typing is a bit of a challenge for me. But even if I’m quiet here (it’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for!) I’m reading the posts here every day and listening to the podcasts.

So, hey y’all! Nice to meet y’all! I’m looking forward to getting to know you better and making new keto friends!

#2

Welcome! Great accomplishment on those blood sugars!!

#3

Hi Patti and thanks for the warm welcome!

Yeah, I’m impressed with them too. I’m on no meds except an aspirin a day. But it’s really not my accomplishment. It’s all keto.

#4

Welcome! You’re in a good spot. The folks here are great!

If you haven’t found the @dudes podcast yet, I highly recommend it. I’m at the point where I’m almost caught up and sad about it! It’s a great complement to the site.

#5

Hi @PrimalBrian! Yeah I’ve been impressed with both how sciency everyone is as well as how nice! I do listen to the 2dudes already as well as read the posts here (and a few other places as well). Thanks for the great welcome!

(Stickin' with mammoth) #6

Hey, Virgina, welcome to ground zero of your keto madness and bacon journey.

Stroke, hunh? Shit, that’s intense. You are a goddess for surmounting all the crap inherent in that recovery. I know from doctors and hospitals and, yes, “released” is just the term. Run wild, run free! I had a friend who endured the Stroke Challenge and he inspired me to try all sorts of stuff with him–writing with my non-dominant hand, really thinking about my muscles and what they do, appreciating how amazing the brain is, etc. You have a unique perspective on the human condition that most of us have forgotten. I know it’s small consolation for your struggles but you have become a sage by proxy: We don’t have half the respect for our bodies that you do by now.

I love your writing. And your spirit.

For good keto stuff, search You Tube for these people, they have fantastic interviews, lectures, videos, and trustworthy scientific insights.

Gary Taubes
Jeff Volek
Russ Scala
Stephen Phinney
Tim Noakes
Robert Lustig
Peter Attia
Sarah Hallberg
Jimmy Moore
Tom Naughton
Eric Westman
Nina Teicholz

And for comedic relief, watch Tom Naughton’s humorous documentary, “Fat Head.” I watch it half a dozen times a year as a reminder.

(Edward) #7

Welcome, Virginia. Good for you! It’s so very important, and we are finding out more and more all the time just how vital maintaining proper blood sugar is for many of us.

(Doug) #8

Wow, Virginia, thank you for posting; that’s a heck of a thing. Good thoughts to you for healing. :slightly_smiling_face:

My father had a stroke 7 or 8 years ago, and over time there’s been a lot of improvement, to the point where you really cannot tell, anymore.

#9

Content deleted, I had no idea the truth wasn’t allowed here. If it wasn’t for corporations and lobbyists feeding greedy politicians, we’d be healthier as a nation! Long live free speech and truth. I’ll keep to myself from now on.

(Allan Misner) #10

Welcome!

(Cheryl) #11

Welcome Virginia!!! Please keep us updated on your recovery process. Btw, rhere is no such thing as TMI here.

#12

Not true, @cheryl. There definitely is a concern with too much insulin here.

Oh, wait, does TMI mean something else? :grin:

(Cheryl) #13

:joy:

(Khara) #14

Virginia
Happy to hear your health is improving. Super scary and infuriating about the sugar diet in hospitals. I have a friend who was recently in for a simple appendectomy. For some reason they couldn’t proceed with just the scopes and had to do the more invasive method. This required a few days hospital stay. During that time they fed him some kind of sugar crap drip. He actually ended up developing high blood pressure and then high blood sugar which they “fixed” by giving him drugs. This is a healthy guy who isn’t on any kind of medication, eats a meat and potatoes diet (though mostly meat), eats real fat such as butter, doesn’t overeat, and he goes into the hospital and they start pumping him full of sugar and he winds up with too high of blood pressure and sugar. Scary. There’s gotta be a better option. I’m thinking fasting is the way to go for a Keto adapted person if it’s a short stay. What’s worse, no incoming nutrients and relying on fat adaptation or an influx of inflammatory sugar to a person who never eats it, while their body is already fighting. That’s basically kicking someone while they’re down. There should be Keto medical ID bracelets and if it doesn’t already exist there should be lower sugar nutrient drips for patients. Glad you are out of there and better.

(Stickin' with mammoth) #15

Yup, this happened for my friend as well. He didn’t even have much therapy (for multiple reasons) but was very active physically in the gym, on his bike, hiking with me, and I believe it was the impetus for his recovery.

(Keto in Katy) #16

This forum is far more enjoyable without anyone’s political commentary bullshit, in my opinion.

#17

My sincere apology for mentioning a party, I’ll just cite Sen. George McGovern, and allow people to decide for themselves.

#18

OK, love, love, LOVE your user name!!! I’m pretty familiar with most of the names on your list, but some are new to me, so thank you! More research! Love it!! I’ve seen the Fathead movie many tmes. I just love how droll his sense of humor is. Prolly time to watch it again.

(Stickin' with mammoth) #19

I know, he’s so subtly brutal, I’m glad he’s on our side. Here’s another one of his:

Some other good ones are CarbLoaded and That Sugar Film. They pop up on You Tube regularly, so if the links below suddenly don’t work, wait a few weeks and do a search.

#20

Thanks for the warm welcome, @CarbSinner! Have you noticed how, as you’ve been going along and learning, that your focus has changed? I monitor my blood sugar every morning basically looking for big spikes or drops, and I write it down for later overall trend analysis (yeah, I’m a little bit geeky/sciency myself! One of these days I’ll tell y’all the story of how I got a young Geek Squad employee so hot and bothered he didn’t know what to do, lol). And I used to almost obsess over it and try to figure out why it had changed. But these days I’ve turned my focus more to insulin levels instead of b.s. since T2DM really is an insulin problem and not so much a b.s. problem. Not to dismiss the role of b.s. and the damage that high b.s. can do. Not at all. Wishing I knew a researcher who could make an insulin monitor. I know insulin is pulsatile, but, dang it, if they can find cancer by doing a dna test on your poop, they ought to be able to test insulin levels in a drop of blood, right?