Guest guest Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Sorry to hear about the increased seizures Bill, but hopefully your sleuthing has paid off and you have isolated all the reasons. .5:1 - goodness, that sounds more balanced towards carb than even a 'normal' diet? Good luck for the next step, ----- Original Message ----- > Since going to a .5:1 ratio and not seeing any urine ketones, we thought > that maybe we were " off " the diet. > > I was measuring with the scale and keeping calories limited. A couple of > things happened. My calculations had drifted off slightly with each > ratio change, so that they weren't quite as accurate. If anything > calories were higher. The scale wasn't working so I just used the > eyeball measuring technique. One of the meals wasn't refrigerated > properly and caused diarrhea. > > One or more of these resulted in a great increase in seizures especially > at night. They were stronger and longer too. > > I have since gotten a working scale, corrected calculations and menus, > and given a bit of yogurt at each meal. Hopefully, when the digestion > gets back to normal, the seizures will reduce to their previous level. > > Maybe we are still " on " the diet. > > Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2004 Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 She seems to be slowly improving. It is 10 days or so now. Actually, I made it 0.66:1, from 0.5:1. Protein and carbs are equal. Bill & Hill wrote: > Sorry to hear about the increased seizures Bill, but hopefully your > sleuthing has paid off and you have isolated all the reasons. > .5:1 - goodness, that sounds more balanced towards carb than even a > 'normal' diet? > Good luck for the next step, > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Since going to a .5:1 ratio and not seeing any urine ketones, we thought > > that maybe we were " off " the diet. > > > > I was measuring with the scale and keeping calories limited. A couple of > > things happened. My calculations had drifted off slightly with each > > ratio change, so that they weren't quite as accurate. If anything > > calories were higher. The scale wasn't working so I just used the > > eyeball measuring technique. One of the meals wasn't refrigerated > > properly and caused diarrhea. > > > > One or more of these resulted in a great increase in seizures especially > > at night. They were stronger and longer too. > > > > I have since gotten a working scale, corrected calculations and menus, > > and given a bit of yogurt at each meal. Hopefully, when the digestion > > gets back to normal, the seizures will reduce to their previous level. > > > > Maybe we are still " on " the diet. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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