Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 What a blessing this site is. Thank you to all that participate. I have not posted anything until now. But I faithfully check it once a week. Just a brief description on us and how we've been blessed by the diet. Garrett's intial diagnosis was in Oct of 2000. We didn't get the drop seizure diagnosis until January of 2001. What a hell it was just proving to the medical community that there was something going on! And we thought once we had the epilepsy diagnosis we had the answer! HA How young and innocent we were! :-)Anyhow, at that point we began the journey of looking for a fix, a control. Since that point we've gone through several years with out control and a variety of meds. He has since also been diagnosed as being autistic and having sensory issues. We have watched our fearless, funny, brave, imaginative little boy slowly over time turn into a zombie. He was on 525 mg of Lamictal & 3 mg of Clonazepam every day and the control the meds had over the seizures were beginning to slip away. We had an option, continue to increase meds or try the diet. Thank you God for having us try the diet! My son began the diet in July of this year. Garrett had his first EEG since the diet in August. Only 30 days after starting the diet and it was NORMAL! Normal! I don't think anyone other than other parents of children w/epilepsy can really understand. At that time he was still on a very low dose of meds. We have since removed all meds (last week!) and are seeing some break out seizures. But I have the faith that these too will dissipate as soon as his system adjusts to no meds. First time in 4 years! But boy what a difference. We have our son back. Everyone who knew him before comments on the HUGE change. I could gush on and give thanks forever. My advice to anyone one on the diet is don't give up hope. Only you know what's right for your child. My whole reason for posting tonight was to get the Cheesecake recipe. His birthday party is scheduled for Saturday and the dietician has not gotten it to me at this point. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Toni mother to Garrett, keto kid since July 2004, drug free since October 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi! Wow, what a story. What a blessing! The keto cheesecake is in the 3rd edition Keto Book by Freeman, p. 176 Put in your own allowances: Egg Cottage cheese sour cream cream cheese butter cream fruit vanilla sweetener Mix together all ingredients except fruit. Add vanilla to taste and liquid sweetener to taste. Bake in small, greased Pyrex dish at 350 degrees fro 25 minutes or until lightly brown on top. Cool. Arrange fruit slices on top - sliced strawberries, pineapple, or peach. Makes a whole meal. Save a bit of cream to whip and pile on top for extra excitement. Recipe gives other sweetener option, too. Those are the basic instructions.... Happy Birthday, Garrett! Blessings, . nikkigreene2002 nikkigreene2002@...> wrote: What a blessing this site is. Thank you to all that participate. I have not posted anything until now. But I faithfully check it once a week. Just a brief description on us and how we've been blessed by the diet. Garrett's intial diagnosis was in Oct of 2000. We didn't get the drop seizure diagnosis until January of 2001. What a hell it was just proving to the medical community that there was something going on! And we thought once we had the epilepsy diagnosis we had the answer! HA How young and innocent we were! :-)Anyhow, at that point we began the journey of looking for a fix, a control. Since that point we've gone through several years with out control and a variety of meds. He has since also been diagnosed as being autistic and having sensory issues. We have watched our fearless, funny, brave, imaginative little boy slowly over time turn into a zombie. He was on 525 mg of Lamictal & 3 mg of Clonazepam every day and the control the meds had over the seizures were beginning to slip away. We had an option, continue to increase meds or try the diet. Thank you God for having us try the diet! My son began the diet in July of this year. Garrett had his first EEG since the diet in August. Only 30 days after starting the diet and it was NORMAL! Normal! I don't think anyone other than other parents of children w/epilepsy can really understand. At that time he was still on a very low dose of meds. We have since removed all meds (last week!) and are seeing some break out seizures. But I have the faith that these too will dissipate as soon as his system adjusts to no meds. First time in 4 years! But boy what a difference. We have our son back. Everyone who knew him before comments on the HUGE change. I could gush on and give thanks forever. My advice to anyone one on the diet is don't give up hope. Only you know what's right for your child. My whole reason for posting tonight was to get the Cheesecake recipe. His birthday party is scheduled for Saturday and the dietician has not gotten it to me at this point. Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Toni mother to Garrett, keto kid since July 2004, drug free since October 2004. " The Ketogenic Diet....a realistic treatment option, NOT just a last resort! " List is for parent to parent support only. It is important to get medical advice from a professional keto team! Subscribe: ketogenic-subscribe Unsubscribe: ketogenic-unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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