Re: Re: cashew butter concern and a RANT! Encouragement

[Guest guest]

Tina, I know this wasn't directed to me, but it sure helped me this morning. I

share your beliefs and I know it is true, but to hear it again and again never

hurts. Bless you for sharing this encouraging word and allowing the Lord to use

you this way!!!! Thank you,

in NC

Mom of Luke, age 5, Asperger's/low-salicylate;

, age 3; and , 23 mos

All SCD since 1/26/04

[Guest guest]

Tina:

Thank you so much for your kind words of support and understanding. I really

appreciate you sharing your story.

Penny

cashew butter concern and a RANT!

>

>

> > I looked in the section under allowable nuts. It doesn't say

what roasted

> nuts may do to you. It says that roasted peanuts may be tried

cautiously

> after six months. I have been avoiding peanut butter for quite

some time

> because of the mold. I have been using cashew or almond butter for

quite a

> while and I don't see a problem.

> >

> > I'm not looking for a loop hold but doing this diet with a very

low

> functioning child that simply doesn't understand any of it, is

completely

> different than an adult with some bowel disorder. I don't see

Kenzie as one

> of those kids that will be recovered no matter what I do. Those of

you that

> know me know that I have tried about everything. Don't get mad now

but I

> truly hate this diet sometimes. I love knowing that he's eating

well and

> that his stools are somewhat better. But, there is no life outside

of it.

> There are no loopholes. We can never go out to eat, not that we

can afford

> it. We can't go to anyone's house because every time I've tried

it's been a

> nightmare. Kenzie is like a hound sniffing out food and getting

into

> everything. I can't put the world on SCD so consequently we live

like

> hermits. That's real fair to my other children.

> >

> > Every week I have to travel 100 miles one way to do my shopping.

It is

> pure hell every week for our lunch. I pack Kenzie's lunch and the

girls try

> to get something out of the grocery store but it's awful. We're

gone at

> least ten hours each trip and eating something while you're walking

through

> the grocery store is no fun. I mean how much damage can one order

of fries

> do him every week. That's what I hate. There's no room for

anything.

> You've got to follow it by the letter of the law or you're not

going to get

> that recovery.

> >

> > Sorry guys I just had to vent. I mean, now he can't have the

cashew

> cookies. Screw it! I don't have time to grind nuts all day. We

are opening

> our business for the season in just a few days. I can't believe

I'm even

> taking time to read posts. We will be open every day from now until

> Thanksgiving. There's no time for my husband to baby-sit so the

girls and I

> can take a ten hour day to do our shopping. So, I know you all

might

> say... " move " . Not an option. I just have so much else going on.

Why does

> this diet have to be so hard!!!

> >

> > Penny

> > Kenzie ASD

> > SCD 8 months

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Tina:

Thank you so much for your kind words of support and understanding. I really

appreciate you sharing your story.

Penny

cashew butter concern and a RANT!

>

>

> > I looked in the section under allowable nuts. It doesn't say

what roasted

> nuts may do to you. It says that roasted peanuts may be tried

cautiously

> after six months. I have been avoiding peanut butter for quite

some time

> because of the mold. I have been using cashew or almond butter for

quite a

> while and I don't see a problem.

> >

> > I'm not looking for a loop hold but doing this diet with a very

low

> functioning child that simply doesn't understand any of it, is

completely

> different than an adult with some bowel disorder. I don't see

Kenzie as one

> of those kids that will be recovered no matter what I do. Those of

you that

> know me know that I have tried about everything. Don't get mad now

but I

> truly hate this diet sometimes. I love knowing that he's eating

well and

> that his stools are somewhat better. But, there is no life outside

of it.

> There are no loopholes. We can never go out to eat, not that we

can afford

> it. We can't go to anyone's house because every time I've tried

it's been a

> nightmare. Kenzie is like a hound sniffing out food and getting

into

> everything. I can't put the world on SCD so consequently we live

like

> hermits. That's real fair to my other children.

> >

> > Every week I have to travel 100 miles one way to do my shopping.

It is

> pure hell every week for our lunch. I pack Kenzie's lunch and the

girls try

> to get something out of the grocery store but it's awful. We're

gone at

> least ten hours each trip and eating something while you're walking

through

> the grocery store is no fun. I mean how much damage can one order

of fries

> do him every week. That's what I hate. There's no room for

anything.

> You've got to follow it by the letter of the law or you're not

going to get

> that recovery.

> >

> > Sorry guys I just had to vent. I mean, now he can't have the

cashew

> cookies. Screw it! I don't have time to grind nuts all day. We

are opening

> our business for the season in just a few days. I can't believe

I'm even

> taking time to read posts. We will be open every day from now until

> Thanksgiving. There's no time for my husband to baby-sit so the

girls and I

> can take a ten hour day to do our shopping. So, I know you all

might

> say... " move " . Not an option. I just have so much else going on.

Why does

> this diet have to be so hard!!!

> >

> > Penny

> > Kenzie ASD

> > SCD 8 months

> >

> >