I will try it thankyou,feel a bit better today maybe the meds are kicking in now.Its so much better sleeping in my own bed.
My nurses come at midnight and 0800 for my IV meds.Have a great Sunday guys,so thankful for your support
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Hi guys can I ask how much you have had to change you life style with regards to eating and drinking.low cholesterol meals are not the most exciting,I think I will miss cheese the most
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@Chiz i have changed my diet a bit but to be fair because I have weight issues (as in underweight) I still eat foods that I probably shouldn’t because I need the calories. I am 80 mg atorvastatin which helps counteract some of what i’m eating.
I have made some changes though. I eat baked crisps instead od the fried ones ( i love crisps so they are my treat). I always preferred white meat so that’s no hardship for me. I eat low fat cheese & use cholesterol spreads etc.
I look for things that are lower in saturated fays when I’m food shopping & i eat more fruit, salad & veg than I used to.
Other than that I haven’t changed much but do keep the ‘bad’ food for rare occasions rather than all the time.
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Thanks Simon,I have cutout everything,eat a lot of fruit,such a variety of fruit here,switched from coffee to green tea,no sweets or alcohol.Most of my food is salad or arroz caldo,like a savoury chicken rice porridge,I have got normal porridge now.My Bp seems to fluctuate
Managed to walk with a stick today,hopefully gone beyond the walker.Have a great Sunday thankyou for helping me on this journey
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Thankyou Mrs5K,had a better day,the fuzz in my head was a lot less,I am getting more control with my left hand.Managed to walk with a stick instead of a walker
I eat mainly salad and fruit,no dairy,my BP seems to fluctuate randomly I also take the same 80 statin
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Good to hear you had a better day. Sounds like progress is being made which is great. Hopefully you’ll find some food that is both healthy and tasty. It does seem that all the tasty food is bad for is though 
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I haven’t really changed my diet that much, but I do eat more oily fish, nuts, beans and fruit. The main change for me was cutting out all the junk food like crisps, biscuits and chocolate. I still eat cheese.
It was strange in hospital, I was getting 2 puddings a day, and I did think should I be eating this, but I thought why not, save wasting it!
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Hello @wolfie.
Yes, the NHS diet is mostly unhealthy for a service that’s supposed to improve health. I was astounded by the menus during my stay. All those afternoon cakes and biscuits, processed breads, sugary desserts and drinks. I avoided what I could and got hubby to bring in fruit and seeds. It’s the sugar and processed foods that are killing us, for sure. I’ve always had a decent healthy diet, use butter, full fat milk and cheese, eat oily fish, nuts, pulses and beans, white and red meat, lots of fruit and veg. I avoid anything with ‘nasties’ in it like low fat foods which have loads of additives to make them edible. Never had any problems with cholesterol or triglycerides. Food is tampered with so much these days but a whole food diet has to be a healthier choice and even more so if organic.
Sorry. I do witter on🙈
Trace
SIG
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Oh yes the good old NHS diet. It always amazes me how they don’t cater well for people with dietary needs. There was a diabetic lady on the stroke ward when I was in & she’d pick her meals for the day only to be lectured or have the food removed by the nursing staff - for the right reasons but should never have been offered in first place.
I too ate the desserts in hospital. The main courses were generally inedible & that was all I ate
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