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Am I crazy or is the rest of the world?
| Sun, 10-03-2004 - 10:46pm |
If you've read my posts I am a mom to 5 kids and 1 husband, go to school full time and do volunteer work. Three years ago I was diagnosed with IBS, the doctor said I need to cut certain veggies, increase others, but other than that just get used to it. I have a mild case so it's not all that bad. In July this year, I finally saw the endo, was diagnosed with Hashimotos, and he told me to cut out sweets and carbs. Eat more calcium (cause I'm getting older he said) and lots of lean meat. I cut my carbs, take my meds and my multi-vitamin faithfully, exercise 3-4 times a week and get plenty of sleep (thanks to the hypo). Of course I have also gained 25 pounds in 18 months. the last week of August I had emergency surgery for a kidney stone. Apparently the kidney stone was too big to pass and I passed it anyway. So they needed to do repairs. So I went to my followup on Friday. You're gonna love this. I need to cut the dairy and the meat. completely. So, to recap, No dairy, no meat, no carbs, no sugar, and my list of good veggies is limited. My multi-vitamin contains calcium and so do all the ones in the store I looked in. Apparently the only safe thing left is water. Anyone have any suggestions for things to eat? I tried to explain this to my husband and he laughed and said I was making this up. I was in tears. And to top it all off, when I weighed myself that morning, I had gained two pounds that week. Mary

Good luck!
April
Michelle
I think you need to start fresh with a new doctor, perhaps someone who is an holistic doctor or an osteopath. You need someone to connect all these "dots", because you know it's all related, you just don't know how.
And anyway - dieticians are for anybody who wants to see a dietician for goodness sake!!!Here's a link for the nutritionist on ivillage: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-fdeatinggood and here's the link for the healthy eating expert board. She's very good: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-fbask
I know it's very discouraga=ing but keep at it. You really need to get to the bottom of it all so you can feel good again. Cathy
Mary