Hi from Joan & Jen -Jen is cured

[Guest guest]

Hi to all my keto e-friends. Want to give everyone some hope. We had a

terrible year with personal issues so I have not been posting but the good

news is that Jen is off the diet and drug and seizure free. I can hardly

believe

it and will keep my fingers crossed knock on wood and all that. She did have

one seizure in September when we weaned the diet quickly but I slowed it

down and no seizures since that I know of. She got her period last month too

and will be 14 in May. No junk food or complex carbs and SCD yogurt and

she has never been healthier. We still have learning and behavior issues so

the work never ends!

The only side effect I see is that she is very petite. Who knows what to do

about maximizing her growth naturally?

[Guest guest]

Hi Joan, long time no hear, glad to see that good news was good news

After a period off the diet without seeing any substantial catch up

growth, I would maybe ask for a bone age x-ray (of her wrist - shows whether

she still has a lot of catch up in store, or whether - 'what you see is

what you get' type of thing...) and perhaps a growth hormone blood test?

Our endo thinks that long term keto diet ramifications can be the

endocrine system going a bit haywire - less glucose over a long period

meaning less insulin produced meaning less growth hormone released -

something like that....

I am not sure how long they would expect this process to take to start

reversing though, if it is what has happened - all theory really on growth

and the diet isn't it - everyone seems to have a diff opinon...

Extra protein would probably be a start, and if no joy, maybe if her blood

results show she is lacking some growth hormone, some hormone treatment, but

obviously as a bit of a last resort, cos like you say, maximising growth

'naturally' is always gonna be the road any of us would prefer to take.

Does your dietican think there has been long enough off the diet yet where

you should have started seeing more growth?

PS - Always been a bit of a worry nagging me with too - like

seizure control is obviously of parmamount importance, but I always thought

it would be kind of easier if her were a girl, where if growth factors do

end up being a problem, 'petite' isn't such a bad thing in the big scheme of

things for the lassies

----- Original Message -----

> Hi to all my keto e-friends. Want to give everyone some hope. We had a

> terrible year with personal issues so I have not been posting but the

good

> news is that Jen is off the diet and drug and seizure free. I can

hardly believe

> it and will keep my fingers crossed knock on wood and all that. She did

have

> one seizure in September when we weaned the diet quickly but I slowed it

> down and no seizures since that I know of. She got her period last

month too

> and will be 14 in May. No junk food or complex carbs and SCD yogurt

and

> she has never been healthier. We still have learning and behavior

issues so

> the work never ends!

>

> The only side effect I see is that she is very petite. Who knows what

to do

> about maximizing her growth naturally?

[Guest guest]

Hi Joan, long time no hear, glad to see that good news was good news

After a period off the diet without seeing any substantial catch up

growth, I would maybe ask for a bone age x-ray (of her wrist - shows whether

she still has a lot of catch up in store, or whether - 'what you see is

what you get' type of thing...) and perhaps a growth hormone blood test?

Our endo thinks that long term keto diet ramifications can be the

endocrine system going a bit haywire - less glucose over a long period

meaning less insulin produced meaning less growth hormone released -

something like that....

I am not sure how long they would expect this process to take to start

reversing though, if it is what has happened - all theory really on growth

and the diet isn't it - everyone seems to have a diff opinon...

Extra protein would probably be a start, and if no joy, maybe if her blood

results show she is lacking some growth hormone, some hormone treatment, but

obviously as a bit of a last resort, cos like you say, maximising growth

'naturally' is always gonna be the road any of us would prefer to take.

Does your dietican think there has been long enough off the diet yet where

you should have started seeing more growth?

PS - Always been a bit of a worry nagging me with too - like

seizure control is obviously of parmamount importance, but I always thought

it would be kind of easier if her were a girl, where if growth factors do

end up being a problem, 'petite' isn't such a bad thing in the big scheme of

things for the lassies

----- Original Message -----

> Hi to all my keto e-friends. Want to give everyone some hope. We had a

> terrible year with personal issues so I have not been posting but the

good

> news is that Jen is off the diet and drug and seizure free. I can

hardly believe

> it and will keep my fingers crossed knock on wood and all that. She did

have

> one seizure in September when we weaned the diet quickly but I slowed it

> down and no seizures since that I know of. She got her period last

month too

> and will be 14 in May. No junk food or complex carbs and SCD yogurt

and

> she has never been healthier. We still have learning and behavior

issues so

> the work never ends!

>

> The only side effect I see is that she is very petite. Who knows what

to do

> about maximizing her growth naturally?

[Guest guest]

Hi Joan, long time no hear, glad to see that good news was good news

After a period off the diet without seeing any substantial catch up

growth, I would maybe ask for a bone age x-ray (of her wrist - shows whether

she still has a lot of catch up in store, or whether - 'what you see is

what you get' type of thing...) and perhaps a growth hormone blood test?

Our endo thinks that long term keto diet ramifications can be the

endocrine system going a bit haywire - less glucose over a long period

meaning less insulin produced meaning less growth hormone released -

something like that....

I am not sure how long they would expect this process to take to start

reversing though, if it is what has happened - all theory really on growth

and the diet isn't it - everyone seems to have a diff opinon...

Extra protein would probably be a start, and if no joy, maybe if her blood

results show she is lacking some growth hormone, some hormone treatment, but

obviously as a bit of a last resort, cos like you say, maximising growth

'naturally' is always gonna be the road any of us would prefer to take.

Does your dietican think there has been long enough off the diet yet where

you should have started seeing more growth?

PS - Always been a bit of a worry nagging me with too - like

seizure control is obviously of parmamount importance, but I always thought

it would be kind of easier if her were a girl, where if growth factors do

end up being a problem, 'petite' isn't such a bad thing in the big scheme of

things for the lassies

----- Original Message -----

> Hi to all my keto e-friends. Want to give everyone some hope. We had a

> terrible year with personal issues so I have not been posting but the

good

> news is that Jen is off the diet and drug and seizure free. I can

hardly believe

> it and will keep my fingers crossed knock on wood and all that. She did

have

> one seizure in September when we weaned the diet quickly but I slowed it

> down and no seizures since that I know of. She got her period last

month too

> and will be 14 in May. No junk food or complex carbs and SCD yogurt

and

> she has never been healthier. We still have learning and behavior

issues so

> the work never ends!

>

> The only side effect I see is that she is very petite. Who knows what

to do

> about maximizing her growth naturally?