Healthy Eating

[KeenCook]

Rainbow, I'd be a bit concerned about the 6 monthly jab, too. I take biphosphonate/ alendronic acid once a week, as well as a calcium and vit D supplement, called Accrete, twice a day.
I've been on this regime for several years now, and my bone density has improved.
I'm off the alendronic acid for 3 months now as I have to have dental surgery and apparently it can potentially cause osteonecrosis.

I meant to say my neighbour has an annual injection for bone density, I don't know what it is, but I really wouldn't want that; I've had a bad experience with a self-injecting biologic (Humira) that completely devastated my immune system and took years to recover from. And that was only injected every two weeks.

[PatsyMFagan]

I think one of the problems is that there seems be no way of accessing proper nutritional guidance unless you go private - at least, if there is, I'd love to find out about it.

When OH was told he was pre-diabetic he was given extreme advice by whoever it was he was referred to that actually contributed to him being very ill.

I would appreciate the opportunity to consult with a professional on my how to optimise my personal nutritional intake.

A few weeks ago when I saw my GP to get my annual blood test results, she said she'd give me a 'Care Plan' - referrals to a Dietician and also to a physiotherapist. This is because I have low bone density and am very reluctant to have Prolia injections every 6 months. Not sure the benefits are worth the possible side effects!
Of course this is in Australia, but do you have a similar scheme? On a Care Plan the appointments are covered by Medicare (our version of NHS) although the Physio. may still charge me a small 'gap fee'!

Does anyone have any experience or helpful advice about Prolia injections and the side affects?? (The medication is actually "Denosumab')

Don't have any experience of those drugs Rainbow, but when I had the Oz cousins visiting last year and heard about how they are looked after back home I did think the system was far superior to ours. However, their care plans did seem far more preventative with regular check ups. Of course, no idea how conditions requiring fast intervention work. I have never felt let down by the NHS for that kind of stuff.

[Stokey Sue]

Access to a dietitian via the NHS seems to be something of a postcode lottery - quite accessible here, I think our local hospital may be something of a training centre.

[KeenCook]

Not quite sure where to share this sobering article by Devi Sridhar - I have seen her commenting on C4 news quite often.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -tory-cuts

Sue, if you can think of somewhere better for it, do move it!!

I am also sure it is not telling you anything at all that you didn't already know

[Stokey Sue]

Not quite sure where to share this sobering article by Devi Sridhar - I have seen her commenting on C4 news quite often.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... -tory-cuts

Sue, if you can think of somewhere better for it, do move it!!

I am also sure it is not telling you anything at all that you didn't already know

Yes this is about slow treatment for sight loss it’s a fairly well known issue, I recently encountered someone who moved from England to Wales, and had to re-enter the NHS system with a dangerous delay

[Stokey Sue]

Back to UPF ((sorry/not sorry).
I and various other people think this is a really good article - well-written, balanced, and as non-technical as possible

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... foods.html

[Rainbow]

Back to UPF ((sorry/not sorry).
I and various other people think this is a really good article - well-written, balanced, and as non-technical as possible

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... foods.html

Sue - I tried to read this but it won't let me without disabling the ad-blocker on my computer

[Stokey Sue]

Back to UPF ((sorry/not sorry).
I and various other people think this is a really good article - well-written, balanced, and as non-technical as possible

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... foods.html

Sue - I tried to read this but it won't let me without disabling the ad-blocker on my computer

It may be because you are outside the U.K. - it’s the simplest possible link to an article by Eve Simmons in the Mail Online and it works for me in both my browsers, with ad blockers

[Rainbow]

Sue - that's sounds like a probable explanation - thanks.

[Binky]

I think one of the problems is that there seems be no way of accessing proper nutritional guidance unless you go private - at least, if there is, I'd love to find out about it.

When OH was told he was pre-diabetic he was given extreme advice by whoever it was he was referred to that actually contributed to him being very ill.

I would appreciate the opportunity to consult with a professional on my how to optimise my personal nutritional intake.

A few weeks ago when I saw my GP to get my annual blood test results, she said she'd give me a 'Care Plan' - referrals to a Dietician and also to a physiotherapist. This is because I have low bone density and am very reluctant to have Prolia injections every 6 months. Not sure the benefits are worth the possible side effects!
Of course this is in Australia, but do you have a similar scheme? On a Care Plan the appointments are covered by Medicare (our version of NHS) although the Physio. may still charge me a small 'gap fee'!

Does anyone have any experience or helpful advice about Prolia injections and the side affects?? (The medication is actually "Denosumab')

I have Denusomab injections every six weeks and have had for at least 3/4 years with no ill effects.

If I don't get them (as in covid lock-down) I feel pain/discomfort in my chest, back and ribs area.

[KeenCook]

Hello Binky, nice to see you

[Uschi]

Hello Binky, nice to see you

I'll second that!!!

[Binky]

I've had a cataract op and have a date for my second op (late May). In the meantime reading/typing/texting is a PITA due to imbalance in the eyes.

The optician assures me that specs can't be prescribed until both eyes are 'done'. I have to entertain myself with the radio and audio books.

I can see the TV with one eye (not that there's much worth watching) so it's not all bad but I can't wait for the second op to take place.

[Pampy]

Hello Binky, nice to see you

I'll second that!!!

And I'll third it...

[Rainbow]

Does anyone have any experience or helpful advice about Prolia injections and the side affects?? (The medication is actually "Denosumab')

I have Denusomab injections every six weeks and have had for at least 3/4 years with no ill effects.

If I don't get them (as in covid lock-down) I feel pain/discomfort in my chest, back and ribs area.

Thanks for that information, Binky.
Good to see you again but sorry to hear about the vision problems at present. Not long now to the second op.

[Binky]

Rainbow, if you're being offered an injection at six month intervals, maybe it's more potent than mine (little and often). Maybe that's why I and others in my situation don't have side effects? It's something to ask your doctor.

[Stokey Sue]

Hi Binky nice to see you. Hope you find the cataract removal as helpful as I did, but you do have to wait for it to settle before the new specs, I was aware of my vision changing day to day, probably for the first 10 days, I was told to wait 3 weeks but your surgeon may have a different view.

I poked up denosumab - apparently Prolia is formulated to be given at 6 month intervals but a product called Xgeva is formulated to be given more frequently, especially in cancer patients

[Binky]

Back to healthy eating, this is our diet, courtesy of OH who was a novice cook to begin with but has blossomed in skill and variety over the past few years.

Breakfast choices: cereal, toast, bagel at weekend with cream cheese and smoked salmon, eggs any style, croissants, danish pastries, fruit, yogurt, juice and bean-to-cup coffee

Lunch choices: pasta, tuna sweetcorn sandwiches, pastrami and gherkin sandwiches, prawn baguettes, hummus and breadsticks, homemade soups, salads, vegetarian hotdogs and brioche buns, Spanish omelette or anything left-lover from previous night

Dinner choices: Rose Elliott lentil cottage pie, quesadillas, veg chilli, veg sausage and mash, slow cooker chicken thighs, lasagne, cheese & potato pie, fish in milk, all these mostly served with jacket potatoes and steamed veg. Puddings are chocolate brownies with ice cream, pistachio ice cream, strawberries with meringue and cream, occasional rice pudding and occasional fruit crumbles (depends on the weather).

All bread is home baked, and marmalade is home made. OH gets evenings off when we use a ready-meal from Cook (highly recommended by the way).

[KeenCook]

Gosh, Binky, your menus sound terrific! Well done OH

Yes, we really like COOK too, their pork and mustard is delicious, I can't remember exactly what it is called, also their veggie lasagne and their lamb tagine.

[Earthmaiden]

Good to see you around Binky. I do hope the second op date comes along fast!
Your OH is to be commended. What a lovely repertoire!