Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Hayhue,

             RE: "This is the only place I feel normal."

That's it!  Perfect! Those are the words I couldn't find!  

With many thanks,

J-

Take good care,

J

Thanks, Chris!!!  Those are the BEST wishes!

....I Just read that article you pasted re: Visual Vertigo.  It was excellent.  Excellent!  FYI;  I have yet to see a single post that was being moderated, come back to life! The system won't allow URL's or anything that smacks of a website identifier.  You did the best thing by pasting.  Or, you can give an effective Google keyword combo, or send the URL via the private messaging system:  Just click on the envelope icon to the left of the username (under their symbol) and send it jsut like email.

Happy Thangsgiving! 

J- 

Have a great day, Misti!  I'm grateful for all of your support.  My best wishes to your friend.  I hope she's having a better time of it.

Take good care,

J- 

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate and those who don't, celebrate with us. Here's to a migraine free day! That would be a first in about 20 years, but one can only pray🙏

J-

I give you a LOT of credit, Jane!  Thanksgiving is a tough challenge for many of us....I am quite motivated right now, to keep the sodium low, but still....it su##s! LOL!!!  Well...there's great comfort in knowing that we have each other for support.

Take good care,

J-

No more butter-injected or brine soaked turkey;  Just oven baked au naturel.  The meat is quite low sodium.  Switching from  from casseroles to the veggies in their natural form, helps a lot:  sweet potatoes, white potatoes, green beans etc....Rolls...Haven't conquered the stuffing, so just a little bit of that, and making it in a separate casserole dish helps..  There are lots of recipe online for low sodium pumpkin desserts that are very good!  The closer anything is to its natural state, the lower the salt.  It's the processed food that's loaded with sodium!  Still...it's a challenge!!!  But there are ways to make it not so over-the-top!!  Hope that helps!

J-

Thanks I been trying to figure out how to keep count on how much I'm eating I told the doctor it was the hardest thing cause everything has salt in it I never add any cooking or at the table. And chocolate was the hardest for me to give up caffeine wasn't a big deal I do miss a cup of coffee every morning

I have found that if I eat fresh, not processed food, and i don't add salt from the shaker, that it's pretty easy to stay at 1500mg or under.  I'm not chocolate crazy, but the coffee was a tough one to conquer psychologically!!!  I sooo loved that kick!! But I've made my peace with decaf! (As boring as it is! LOL!). There are many sodium guides online....Browse them for a while and you get a good sense of what foods to avoid and what's pretty safe, in terms of salt.  You're never going to go 100% sodium free, because you're right...it's in everything!  And we need a bit to stay healthy.  But you can keep it below 1500mg without too much pain...even 2000 mg works for a lot of people....It all depends upon how sever your MD is, and how sensitive you are.  If only there were a single answer for all of us, but it's a matter of trial and error for everyone.  Stay safe!

Take good care,

J-

Yeah I have some decaf but you right it's just not the same lol. And I love chocolate even now I grave it sometime but when I do I take just enough to taste and it works.