I aten't dead.

[urocyon]

Oh yeah. I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, but a lot of all kinds of energy seems to have been going into recovering from the longterm D deficiency. (Now that I know what the symptoms are for me, it looks like this has been a problem to varying degrees for at least 15 years. Ever since I got put on meds that made me photosensitive and prone to overheating in the sun, surprise! :-|) On the plus side, the musculoskeletal pain is continuing to improve *crosses fingers*, to the point that plain aspirin is enough most of the time (if just barely). Most of the pain is from bones, not constantly spasmy electrolyte-deprived muscles now. I've yet to have a pain-free day, but it's looking possible again. OTOH, if anything the brain fog has been temporarily worse lately, and has really been getting in the way of replying after reading stuff. Reading/writing/working with language in general, actually; the first thing that usually goes for me.

But, given all the things vitamin D does in the body (since it's really a steroid hormone, not a vitamin) and the amount of bone remineralization that must be going on--since the osteomalacia got to the point of the pelvic fracture from a dog kick and my shinbones are not straight anymore--that side of things probably needs the lion's share of resources right now. So I'm trying not to worry about it too much.


Click through for a bigger version that's actually readable. I am not up to describing that image right now, sorry. (Was glad to find out that having trouble with that anyway is a common autistic thing.) And the hell of it is, that's far from a complete list, presumably for space considerations.

A lot of time and energy have also been going into doing things I just couldn't reasonably do before, like (patio) gardening and trying to get this house cleaned up. Which has been very nice in a way, especially since finding out there's been a "legitimate" named problem has kinda given me permission not to run myself into the ground so much. *shakes head* I still get worn out very easily, but it's so nice to be able to do this stuff in the first place! So, I haven't been online much at all lately.

Basically, I'm to the point that I'm feeling stronger and healthier enough to be able to appreciate (and keep getting shocked at) just how weak and unhealthy I'd gradually gotten. While I don't expect instant total improvement after the length of time this crap has been going on, with any luck the energy levels will even out a bit soon!

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[urocyon]

Thank you! Those are excellent suggestions. Don't know why I hadn't thought of the bone broth in particular, for a very suitable balance of minerals, but guess I can just blame the brain fog. ;) Actually, I've gone back to doing a wild pescetarian* thing now that I'm feeling a little better, but am not planning to continue at the possible expense of my health right now. Handy that we still had a couple of things of chicken bone broth in the freezer, so I can eat some today without having to go out and buy some meat.

Good thing I like various seaweeds a lot, too. :) Sounds like time to sprinkle more flaked/powdered aonori on food, besides eating more wakame and hijiki and using kombu in cooking. Mmm, umami...

I'd actually slacked off some on eating canned fish with bones, for both the D and mineral content (and tastiness), but should probably make sure to keep up with that too. Too bad it's late in the season for nettles here, though I've been hitting the leafy greens pretty hard.

Much appreciated! I've been trying to get more calcium and magnesium, but foods with a more complete bone-building mineral balance are an excellent idea.

* Not because fish and other aquatic animals are somehow less "real", but because that's the easiest affordable wild meat available.

[axelrod]

I'm glad I was helpful :) And nettles are the thing I forgot to mention - you can get them dried and make an infusion, though I'm sure you lose some of the nutrients iin the drying process.