Sweet tooth 😋

[Kidneykel]

Hey everyone 😁

Just a quick one, I wondered if anyone has developed a really sweet tooth since transplantation?? I've always been a savoury lass but the last 3 months I've developed such a penchant for anything sweet, also, I used to love tea and coffee but can't drink that anymore so only ever really fancy water? It's all quite strange ......the whole journey is though i suppose 🤣 xx

[littlelinda50]

I have always had a sweet tooth now and than but I am a women! LoL I have the other problem before my transplant I drank a gallon of water a day and now I can go a whole day with out drinking anything except what I drank in the morning. I had to put an app on my phone but it don't always help. This journey is quiet unusual!

[Kidneykel in reply to littlelinda50]

Hi lovely, aww bless you, how are you doing? It is very strange isn't it!! Its a never ending roller coaster 😁 I hope you're keeping well? Xxx

[littlelinda50 in reply to Kidneykel]

I am hanging in there for the moment. I did blood work for my endocrinologist and my B12 is super high. I read that your not to take your B12 for a week when you have the test and I honestly can't remember if I took mine that morning. Ugh Everything else he checked was good. I need him to check my levels to see if the hot flashes are from not drinking enough or menopause. Plus my bp keeps dropping but that my Addisons disease. So I have been taking more steroids. I just have a lot of personal stress going on in my life which is causing my Addisons to flare up and if he tells me how I need to stop stressing I might scream! LoL As far as my kidney it's doing amazing! Just my old body is falling apart! LoL Hope you got that sweet tooth under control and have a blessed day

[Kidneykel in reply to littlelinda50]

Aww Linda!! Keep hanging in there and I so glad you're kidney is doing great!! Big hugs xxx

[littlelinda50 in reply to Kidneykel]

Big hugs to you too. I know who gave me my kidney and he tells me all the time I got the warm one because he gets cold easy since the transplant. LoL He said he had to buy a coat for winter time! LoL Now I am like your kidney is making me to warm let's switch! LoL

[neet24]

I developed it from the beginning and now its out of control for me

get weight gain and this habit is not helping at alll...

[Kidneykel in reply to neet24]

Hi, aww it's really bad isn't it, I've had to start going to the gym to try and shift this brownie blubber I've developed 🤣 they are my addiction!! How long post transplant are you? Xxx

[OperationKidney]

Yes. If you take prednisone or another steroid that is likely the cause along with tacrolimus. Be wary, you could develop post transplant diabetes from it.

[Kidneykel in reply to OperationKidney]

Hi 😁 yes the docs have mentioned this even though my bloods are showing fine at the moment..... this is one thing I've become quite concerned about though so have been trying to limit, it really is just the craving for brownies!! 🙈 xx

[OperationKidney in reply to Kidneykel]

I hear you! Chocolate is my weakness too.

[SoonToBeBald]

Yep, craving for sweets almost all the time

I've found some acceptable options for me without white sugar - nuts (but not to much, as they have a lot of calories), fruits and berries, especially now it's a season, vegetable snacks (cherry tomatoes, baby carrots), meat snacks (high-temperature dried chicken breast slices), and when I really want a dessert - sweets without white sugar - with stevia for example. Also good quality black chocolate helps, it contains white sugar, but not too much, and in a small amount can be useful for you (if you do not have any specific medical conditions) .

[SoonToBeBald in reply to SoonToBeBald]

However, be vary of stevia - its intake must be low, as it acts like diuretic at a high dosage, better ask you transplant team if you can eat dessert with this sweetener.

[Kidneykel]

Hi 😁 that's great, thank you!! Very useful to know!! I must admit It is the brownies I'm craving or a chocolate biscuit but trying to keep to a minimum! It's just really strange as I never used to eat anything sweet before I revieved my new kidney, I spoke to my dad who's my doner and he advised me that he's always a very sweet tooth so I'm thinking hve inherited that somehow 😜 xx

[SoonToBeBald in reply to Kidneykel]

My friend gave me a recipe of brownie with an erythritol sweetener (it is considered safe, but better check with your docs). I'll try to make it and will let you know if it is tasty if yes will send a recipe

[Kidneykel in reply to SoonToBeBald]

That would be amazing thank you!! I popped some fruit in the freezer last night so today I'm going to try and snack on fhose instead, the thought does not excite me as much though I can't lie 🤣 xx

[Jayhawker in reply to Kidneykel]

fruit/veggie smoothies? Or smoothie bowls? I’m definitely struggling with this too.

Jayhawker

[SoonToBeBald in reply to Jayhawker]

Brownie recipe (as promised)

- 1 dark chocolate (you can choose one without added sugar, there are some with honey, if you are not allergic, or with any other sweetener which is suitable for you, also there are dark bitter chocolates without sugar at all);

- 180g of unsalted butter;

- 2 little eggs;

- 180g of erythritol;

- 50 g of flour;

- Any add-ons to your taste (I used fresh cherries because I love them very much).

Melt chocolate with butter on the steam bath (I'm not sure I use the right word, sorry, English is not my native language). Meanwhile whisk the eggs with the erythritol using hand mixer. Cool down butter/chocolate mixture a little bit and poor it into eggs/sweetener mixture, and mix well. Sieve 50g of flour into that mixture, mix well again.

Take the baking pan, line it up with a parchment paper (oil it up a little bit if the paper is not siliconised). Pour the mixture on the parchment paper. You can put berries on the bottom of the cake, if you want to use nuts instead, better put them on the top of the cake. Bake approx 20 minutes on the 180C (The top of the cake must not be liquid or too runny).

I've tried this recipe, it's very tasty, however I should mention that erythritol has slightly minty/mentol-ish taste, so it might be not as sweet as the classic brownie with sugar.

[klipodeu]

I've only ever eaten sweets during Thanksgiving and Christmas, mostly pumpkin pie. Rest of the year, nothing really. Since my transplant, I want sweets ALL THE TIME! I was snacking on a chocolate bar reading your post

[Kidneykel in reply to klipodeu]

Haha that did make me chuckle 🤣 I'm honestly the same though, the worst thing is waking through fhe night and hitting up the fridge for chocolate, my partner calls me a racoon 🤣 xx

[Jayhawker in reply to klipodeu]

lol

[twowheelingman]

Before surgery my husband could of cared less about a sweet. Oh my, after surgery he had a terrible sweet tooth for about a year. Then he went back to his normal self, of not really wanting sweets. He has now become diabetic, but enjoys a small sweet now and then.