Bloating

Its a nightmare.

I have noticed that ashed potatoes in processed ready made meals cause pains in my back, kidney regions, knees, ankles. Schloer white grape juice and anything with lemon in it execerbates the burning in the legs and also causes cystitis. What fruits can I eat to avoid cystitis and burning.

I feel too depressed to cook so have been having ready made meals however I can manage a baked potato with baked beans and or cheese .

I am on warfarin so have to watch green vegetables, avocados, as they contain high levels of vitamin K which counteracts the warfarin causing blood to thicken. Jean

Jean

Not having the energy or motivation to cook is not surprising. For me, ready meals are a problem so I don't have any alternative. Carveries are wonderful.  Especially my local one who will freshly steam vegetables without butter.I think co-op and sainsburys don't put artificial preservatives in their own brand ready meals. Also, try looking for baby & young children's ready meals as the rules are much more restrictive on what they can put in them. The only fruit I have found so far that I can eat is melon. Though when the peaches I've bought ripen, I'll try those. Tinned peaches are a problem - probably due to my histamine intolerance, as tinned vegetalbes are listed as containing histamine.

Barbara

Do you live in the UK?

I ask because of access to carvaries.

Is curry all right I like chicken korma as I have reflux disease.

Jean.

 

Jean, Yes I do live in the UK. I can't eat curry because of histamine and milk intolerances.  However, I seem to remember that it's a good idea to avoid spicy food if one has reflux. Mind you, isn't korma milk based? Milk helps with reflux.

Barbara

Hi Jean,

I am sure I have read somewhere that garlic and tomatoes are not too good for acid reflex, although saying that I do eat garlic and do not have too much trouble, I am a little bit round shall we say from the 2 stone I have gained since being hypo and I think it is  my weight gain that is my problem.  And as I am struggling to loose the weight I sometimes get very bad reflux.  I have not found a solution to this as yet although it has improved a lot since a started switching off levo and onto t3 but this could just be a coincidence.  It is more likely that the fillers in the tablet were affecting me.

Hi hellsbells15

Yes additives ,colourants etc can cause problems in terms of allergic responses and allergies.

There is medication for reflux of course . Only problem is the serious side effects such as peripheral neuropathy, malabsorption syndrome leading to vitamin deficiency disorders etc, etc. drinking water can help dilute the acid, eating bland foods etc, etc. Jean x

Hi hellsbells15

I have read that levo can cause bloating but I am unsure. I have not started any meds yet as recently diagnosed witha multi nodular goitre so awaiting bloods to be drawn by endo surgeon.

Jean

I am guessing that until you get a course of action from the endo you will be stuck in limbo.  it is really crappy the symptoms some of us have to put up with.  There are quiet a few of us at work that are hypo and we have all put weight on.

I am just happy to be awake for more than 50% of the day when I was on levo I was not well however 90% of people are fine on levo so I guess it was just one of those things for me.

It could also be that your body is better able to absorb the T3 (liothyronine) than the T4 (levothyroxine). The body has to convert T4 into T3.

Just to let you know that I have started a new discussion on cough and breathlessness in hypothyroidism.

Thanks. Jean