Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Hello again. :)

Alan your not eating enough in mornings clot and then leaving it too long before you eat again.

Kev

Oh lol... he'll get your joke!

So sorry to hear that your episodes are getting worse Alan - no fasting allowed you!! And what about protein - you need that too. Listen to Kev.

i usually do, especially when i drop it on the floor or it slips from the knife toward my miserly digits, then I STICK to it. is there more sugar in blackcurrants i wonder

No am terrified of fasting, which of course is my concern with NSD, I am fairly conviced that it helps, there is enough evidence but in my case I I eat or don't eat i feel that I am about to die, especially when my daughter is sat at the side of me with a sugar coated jam doughnut....oh it is so unfair........

Jam is full of sugar. You need sugar-free jam that's all I have its ok tastes the same.

Hi, Bleecker:



Lesser beings? Where did I say or imply that??

I am glad that You responded, but did You actually read what I wrote?

And I will REITERATE: I have fasted for as long as 20 days without medical supervision. And I have fasted almost 100 times to eliminate flares or for other reasons like eliminate ulcers--from 4 days to 14 days.

I have done the research and I have plenty of experience to back up my claims, and humbly submit them for the edification of the membership of KickAS.

Fasting is NOT "problematic" for some people willing to eliminate their AS symptoms--AS symptoms are more problematic!

If my experiences are not needed or welcomed here, I can do more constructive things with my time and money,

John

So, John, where does that put me? In the category of the unwilling? Or do you assume that my hypoglycemic symptoms are less of a concern that my AS symptoms?

Sorry, 30yrvet:

If there is something unclear about my statement (let me parse it for clarity):

Fasting is NOT "problematic" for SOME people willing to eliminate their AS symptoms--

That means just what it says--SOME people can fast. If You (specifically) are not in the group of SOME people (who CAN), You are in the group of people who canNOT.

If You are in the canNOT group, it does not mean that You WOULDnot, if You COULD.

I do not assume anything about Your health status, physically or otherwise.

YOU have AS and hypoglycemia, so does that make the rest of the people with AS only unable to speak about diet or fasting or otherwise demand mis-editing or mis-interpretation and obfuscation/adulteration/amplification ("unwilling") of whatever is stated? Does that make sense to You?

Whether or not Your hypoglycemic symptoms are more or less of a concern than Your AS is totally up to You and whomsoever else You allow.

We are mostly adults here, and have every right and every reason to check, inspect, perfect, reject, or neglect any statement as we each see fit.

Regards,
John

I don't have an issue with John, I love him - he's my As kicking brother.

It's a question of communication. For all of us. I'm very aware of this from when I practiced clinical medicine. I can't say I'm without sin, but I think we all must be cognizant that what we post here has a weight of authority to say, the newly diagnosed "lurker".

All it takes to communicate fairly is some qualification in the language, "this is what's best for me", "this is what was recommended by Professor Alan Ebringer", rather than "this is how it is, period."

Like I say - the worst offenders, in my experience, are MDs and I used to give medical students and house officers the same little lecture.

Thanks John, You just proved my point.