Re: Re: Judy: Ask questions here, somebody here might be able to help you

[Guest guest]

Hello Judy

Being in the hospital is tough with food. I tell them I am on a gluten free diet

cause I am allergic to wheat which is true. I am glad to hear you are home and

can control your diet. Are you starting Physical Therapy? Do you have any short

term memory issues?

Ciao-

Ange

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To: fibromyalgiacured

Sent: Wed, February 8, 2012 7:19:21 PM

Subject: Re: Re: : Ask questions here, somebody here

might be able to help you

Hi ,

I know just what you mean. It is very hard to change habits that we have had for

so many years. I’d only been following Bee’s healing diet for a month, but I

had

been gluten free for a year (that had been really hard). I had also mostly tried

to eliminate other grains before this but I still had to avoid rice and fruit. I

was just starting to get used to doing this when I had a stroke.

And now, because I was in the hospital for several days, I have to start over

again. Of course I couldn’t eat for the first 24 hours, but then when they

brought me my first meal it was a pancake and syrup, etc. I tried to tell the

nurse that I was gluten free and low carb (I knew he understood because he wrote

it on the board on the wall), so he took that meal away and a while later they

brought another tray. It was 1 scrambled egg, but the rest of it was gluten free

bread, Rice Chex cereal and skim milk and fruit. I took a bite of the scrambled

egg but I couldn’t taste anything. I forced myself to eat it anyway because I

knew I needed to eat.

I was hoping it would get better, but it got worse. That day and the next the

food they brought was still mostly grain and fruit. At first everything tasted

awful to me but gradually my taste came back. Finally I gave in and ate some

mashed potatoes with my tiny portion of meat because I knew I needed the

nourishment. I had already eaten some plain lettuce as the dressing they gave me

tasted so bad. Finally I got to talk to a dietician, but they only had certain

foods available. I was able to choose my own food, but I had to make some

compromises. Oh, and of course everything was very low fat (margarine) and low

salt (or no salt).

Now I’m home and of course I’ve got the cravings back, but I know I did it

once

and so I can do it again. I was just starting to feel really good so I know it

was starting to work.

Judy H

To Health Through Knowledge

Started taking Low Dose Naltrexone on January 20, 2009 for

Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Hashimotos Thyroid and PCOS

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LDNforFibro/

From: Kanyer

Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:44 PM

To: fibromyalgiacured

Subject: Re: Re: : Ask questions here, somebody here

might be able to help you

thanks for the time you spent answering my question. I haven't had nicoteine for

6+ weeks, no coffee either, a few cheats and all my pleasure centers seem to be

shut done and I'm going nutty. Kinda of like why live? I don't have a familly.

What I'm trying to ask I guess is....are there any foods that help people

through this bland diet? The recipes are not set up for the small amounts of

foods we eat; I guess we all go through thid dry rot in our stomach.

One Q. for sure. Does our sauerkraut really need to be aged 6-7 weeks. I ate

mine at 2 and I seemed okay. I asked this Q. to Bee and she gave no response. I

guess it's a stupid Q. I cheated and ate a salad the other night. You quit

smoking. Did you do it while on this diet?

Thanks

in Abq.

P.S. I may be irritable right now, but Bee seems like a mean ole lady...always

talking about Copyrights...etc. even spoke with her and paid the $50 and she

really wasn't that helpful. Her site is very difficult for me to read with

continuity. I lose my self in it. There just doesn't seem to be a place where

there is a list of foods or drinks that help people feel like they are cheating

even though they are not. I'm going throught errible withdrawal from no

chocolate covered pretzels once a week. At this point though they do just make

me sick though.

[Guest guest]

Hello Judy

So glad to hear you are improving. I think our diet really helps us heal

quickly. Get lots of rest and dont push it. My therapist turned me on to a free

site that helps with memory www.gamesforthebrain.com I still do it every day.

I still have to reread my emails before I send them and still have issues

sometimes finding the correct words and my spelling is bad since the stroke

thank goodness for spell check!

Ciao-

Ange

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To: fibromyalgiacured

Sent: Thu, February 9, 2012 11:09:50 AM

Subject: Re: Re: Judy: Ask questions here, somebody here

might be able to help you

Yes I’m supposed to start PT on Monday although they gave me a lot of

exercises

to do at home with stretch bands and Therapy Clay. I’ll probably be using a

walker for a while too. I do have a little memory issues, but it’s more as

though I have to really concentrate sometimes to remember something. And typing

an email takes me two or three times longer as I have to keep going back over it

to correct spelling and make sure it makes sense.

I’m having trouble finding my words too when I speak, but at least my speech

is

recognizable. It all seems to be getting easier as I go along. The therapist in

the hospital said to just keep repeating things and my brain will relearn or

find new pathways to the old. I was surprised the most that when I tried to sign

my name and it turned out okay. They said the things that you do the most are

the things most likely to come back the easiest. I did have trouble with

remembering the date, but that’s getting better now too. It seems that every

day

I’m impressed by how the body and brain work to heal themselves. We are

definitely “wondrously madeâ€.

Judy H

To Health Through Knowledge

Started taking Low Dose Naltrexone on January 20, 2009 for

Fibromyalgia, Restless Legs Syndrome, Hashimotos Thyroid and PCOS

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LDNforFibro/

From: Giannini

Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:01 PM

To: fibromyalgiacured

Subject: Re: Re: Judy: Ask questions here, somebody here

might be able to help you

Hello Judy

Being in the hospital is tough with food. I tell them I am on a gluten free diet

cause I am allergic to wheat which is true. I am glad to hear you are home and

can control your diet. Are you starting Physical Therapy? Do you have any short

term memory issues?

Ciao-

Ange