We like to share the positives as well as the things which blight our daily lives, so here is one for you.
(Apologies to those of you who already know about this, or who have to be careful to control the glucose levels....).
Not many chemists in England seem to stock boxes of powdered glucose any more ( is this because drug addicts use it ?). However, Lloyds Pharmacy do and Boots have it with "added Vit C". This may change, if more of us request it.
I remembered back to my sprinting days (was that really me????) when a couple of spoons of the stuff gave me the boost of energy before a race. So now, when I wake up from deep sleep, my OH gives me a glucose drink and it really does reduce the "fog" tine and the "lead limbs" most of us know about.
Pain is a separate issue, however....and I still have not found a non-drug method to reduce this. Relaxation methods certainly help in not escalating the pain level....but still have to endure it.
comments and ideas always welcome!
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Interesting...never heard of that. I take a formula 303 for pain in my body. Chriopractor gave me. She said a lot of fibro patients like it. Its basically a combination of magnesium, Passionflora (herb for anxiety) and valerian root. Works pretty good. I take it when i am achy and in pain.
This used to bother me and doesn't now. Pain is not so draining in these "wee small hours" and so I am able to do things I am unable to tackle in the mornings. I catch up on documentaries/dvds that my OH has no interest in. Read and enjoy music. Quality time with the cats ( who are often awake too..) and communicating with family in Oz, and fellow Fibros on here.....
I started feeling 'grotty' at times and noticed that eating seemed to cure it. When I was in hospital, they tested me for diabetes. Next thing I know, they were bringing me lots and lots of sweet stuff. Apparently when I feel grotty, it is because my blood sugar is going too low.
I have now been told that 'pre-diabetes' has the symptom of your blood sugar going too low, instead of too high as in normal diabetes.
Another possible cause that might help, is that you might be becoming slightly dehydrated. This is a good find you have made and it might help a lot of us!
Yes Terry that we how hubby used to go if we were around the supermarket he used to have to go to the cafe and have a muffin and a creamy coffee (well that was his excuse ) and he had prediabetes. Unfortunately because of depression and circumstances (won't bore you) he did not change his exercise and eating latter so developed he full whammy.
Poundshops often have those glucose tablets, handy to keep around. I keep one of those little packets of shortbread in the glove department as it doesn't go all gooey like chocolate.x
Yes I've noticed that - good old Lucozade (other glucose drinks are available) is still on the shelves until the sugar police get hold of it. I've found the zero calorie red bull (odd taste) does it though - I have to be careful as I carry a lot of weight. You used to be able to get the glucose tablets - have they gone too?
Glucose tablets are still around. I have hypoglycemia so they come in very handy when my alone sugar crashes. Pharmacies sell them and so do supermarkets.
Looby - you brought back a lovely warm memory -I used to love that glucose box..we always had one in the cupboard and when one of the family was unwell - Mom always used to put it on a teaspoon and give it to us like that..yes. we used to cough a bit but always tasted nice and had the water afterwards......could do with that today as its my 60th........to perk me up!
Happy Birthday CB !!! Hope it has turned out to be a GOOD day, not one of those horizontal zombie ones......
Your Mum's "medicine" was much kinder than my Mum's ....we used to get the dreaded cod liver or caster oil for every ailment! If it was a cold, then Beechams powders, which were even more revolting, and made me sick.
Glucose powder is always better diluted - it is absorbed by the body quicker.
Could you be thinking of Minadex - they gave that to me when I was small, lots of surgery left my under weight and pale and (not so very) interesting. It stimulated appetite and tasted of oranges.
I remember a glucose drink being sold in pharmacies when I was a young lad. I cannot remember the name of it now but I am presuming that it went out of fashion as many hings do? I want to sincerely wish you all the best of luck, and please take care of yourself.
No it wasn't Lucozade it was something else and it looked like Lucozade? If I remember right I htink it had ''Barley'' in the title? My memory is awful these days!
What was that 'other one' that was a supposed to be a good mineral to drink, but I hated it? That was it, 'PLJ' (Pure Lemon Juice) and it tasted like it, how could anyone drink it I don't know, it was way too tart for me, as a kid. Maybe as an adult it would be OK?
Perhaps Lucozade is a regional thing? I've not been to the shops in a while, but it was quite common, even in small newsagents. They don't come n the big yellow-wrapped cellophane bottles now like they used to , but in smaller yellowy-orange glass bottles. They were 'repositioned' in the marketplace as an energy drink in the 80s for the young, not as a sort of medicine to provide energy to the sick.
Yes,it is still around, try going to the name with '.com' after it.
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