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I had some medicine lying around that I wasn't sure if I wanted to take again but I decided to try using it again, I used a much smaller dose than I would have used in the past. I'm not entirely sure if it's even gone through my system yet, but there is the hope that it will make the new medicine do its job better. I probably won't be taking the old medicine as often as the new medicine, but in any case, my CVI condition seems to be improving with lots of strategized bed rest.
And that in turn is helping my IBS. In fact, one of the strategies for the CVI condition may be accidentally helping out my IBS. To put it one way, have you ever had a door that has been closed for a while not want to open? And the way to open it is actually to pull it back before pushing it forward for opening? In other words, getting some momentum first. I'm also seeing this when I move the office chair around, I might get stuck on a ground barrier from one type of floor to the next, but if I back up a bit, it's easier to roll over it.
I can suspect that it's to a lesser degree, but either way I'm doing something similar with my digestive system with my lying down posture before standing up with the cane. I would love for these spasms around my hip area to go away but for now it seems I'm stuck with them, here's hoping I can get rid of them before winter comes, because the cold will just make that so much worse.
The new medicine in case you're wondering is Colostrum and the old is Psyllium. I'm also considering other medicines to help with my circulatory system. One in particular that seems to be very hyped up is Natto K something... it is from a food I've had before and I enjoyed the experience, so this would likely be a good medicine for me, it's supposed to be good for the arteries which are linked to the veins(because of my chronic veinous insufficiency) so theoretically this could be very healthy for me; trouble is there are so many different brands of the stuff I don't know whose product to buy.
My arthritis seems to have improved slightly because of the CVI problems being less enormous. My right leg still can't move properly, but much more range of motion has been achieved. I can only imagine I would suffer more damage in general again if I tried walking without my cane, but having more than that 10 degrees or so of movement is very much welcome as a change.
In other news, I've recently taken to combining Guacamole with various dairy ingredients. I've been making my own yogurt and I use that, but I've also returned to consuming my favorite kind of cheese from when I was a boy(swiss cheese) as well as something else that I didn't think much of at the time called sour cream. Now cream in dairy has historically been a confusing thing for me. My parents were fond of something called cream cheese which is more accurately described as sugar cheese or something like that. The flavor in such products had me just assuming I knew what something like half and half tasted like, and the odd labeling of sour cream also had me confused about what cream is or isn't supposed to be like. From what I can tell, cream is a blend, mostly fat, but a little bit of sugar and protein as well. That's about it. And half and half is product that is half cream and half milk. Which means it's not pure milk, but also not pure cream. As such, although I don't usually consume it directly, it apparently makes a great base ingredient for yogurt.
Anyway, the point is that my body has enjoyed eating my own yogurt, which is why I felt it may not be a bad idea to mess around with old favorite dairy options instead of just whatever other people are eating. Sour Cream and Guacamole is a standard combination, but Yogurt and Guacamole is not, you see what I mean? Trying to think outside of the box of what's normal, and find my own foods that fit my needs. Swiss Cheese is an infusion of protein compared to the various other dairy foods I'm consuming, and at least for me, is helpful in cleaning my teeth. Anyway, this is treated as a sort of a snack that has a good amount of protein, fat, and even fiber thanks to the guacamole in there, and the strength it's given me over this time period has been noteworthy.
I have not been eating all that much buck recently, I had quite a bit of it maybe half a week ago and have been putting small amounts of it in my soup. I know this herb has a decent amount of carbohydrates(although a much better ratio of protein and fat to carbs than many other flours) in it, and as such I'm just unsure how well my body is handling carbohydrates in general. Which is why I've been consuming dairy(but not the kinds with lots of carbs in it) more lately and buck less. I suppose you could say my CVI is connected to my type 1 diabetes, which has had me very concerned about where the sugar I'm consuming is coming from. My IBS condition was so desperate that I even tried out prunes again to find some relief, but it didn't seem to help my condition at all unfortunately. It may have made my CVI struggles worse.
I may need to slowly reformulate my bread ideas and consider what role such products like buck or teff would play in them. In any case, chives have been welcome addition to the broccoli soup that I've been eating daily in recent times. I don't always add the chives, but they seem more fitting for soup than they do bread.
