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Dear ,

I feel I owe you an apology.......

I have not had my surgery yet, but I guess I'm going through some of

the emotional stuff a bit prematurely.

Like I said in my post...I have my ups and downs and that's why I'm

so glad I can come here and write about what I'm going through,

whether it be physical or emotional.

I usually get responses of encouragement, and that kind of brings me

back into reality and it makes me so glad to know that if I'm having

a bad day or days, that I am understood and that people in this group

genuinely care about me.

I have so many health problems right now it's crazy! I hope a few of

them will improve at least some, after the surgery.

I'm truly sorry that you can't eat the foods you want....or should be

able to have. I mean that.

I wish you only the best, . Seriously!

Hugs and love,

Cathy

a butterfly in training

>

> Ok this is from Holt, Florida, I have to say something here.

>

> (1) get the low-sodium soy, if you must. IF you feel you are

holding

> water, try drinking some green tea, I'm still a newbie and not sure

if

> by passers can drink green tea, I know I can't.

>

>

> Now let me say something, that may come out as hard, I sure don't

mean

> it to me. You may have read in some of my other post that I have

> Interstitial Cystitis (IC), and I've also said it is a bladder

> condition. And obviously I'm having a gastric by pass (10th of

Jan).

>

> But I feel Jealous, and that all of ya'll should be glad you can eat

> what you can. I do not mean this to sound ugly.

>

> But Interstitial Cystitis, took almost all foods away from me

before I

> ever got to this point. First, IC is a condition where the bladder

> lining dissolves. All by it's self, no one knows why, and also there

> is no cure! I can take medication that may (that should be

underlined

> there) lay down a faux membrane (lining) in my bladder, I've been on

> it 5 months and so far so good, but I can never, ever the rest of my

> life get these foods back, (1) they can hurt/destroy this fauz

lining

> if I do eat them, (2) if the medication doesn't work I will hurt, be

> up as many as 30 times during the night, but evantully will have to

> have my bladder removed and I would use a bag.

>

> I had to give up soda, all kinds diet or not

> pizza, any kinds tomato or tomato products.

> Fruit, (except Pears and blue berries)

> Nothing with saccharine or aspartame in it.

> onions (unless they are super cooked)

> Cheese, sour cream, yougurt, (I can have mozzarella, velvetta)

> chocolate

> coffee, to include decaf

> nuts (except for almonds and cashews)

> mayonnaise, miso, mustard and catsup

> spicy foods, chinese, Mexican and any place that I don't know what

is

> in the food, because preservatives can hurt too

> bacon or ham or even lunch meat, I can have nothing aged cured, or

smoked

> Alcohol of any kind ( now I wasn't a big drinker, but every now and

> then I liked a few)

>

> What I'm saying is, be glad at some point in moderation you will be

> able to eat some of these things.

>

> You'd think I wouldn't need a by pass, but oh yeah, had to give up

> smoking, but that was very healthy for me. But when you come from

an

> obese family sometimes no matter what, you just can't lose the

weight.

>

> So while others are eating the diet jello, I'll be doing the organic

> broth, and water, while others are having liquid protein, that is

> chocolate or strawberry, I'll be Miss Plan Vanilla (and only Whey

> Protein, nothing with soy in it and much of the other stuff that is

in

> some)

>

> Yep I'm jealous, and I know it is point less, but I want all of you

to

> be proud that you have these choices. Use my poor pity story, to

help

> you be grateful but don't pity me. This is just life! Just the way

as

> you travel your road, others will be able to have things that you

now

> know are no longer good for you. It is life.

>

> Now on the bladder removal part with the bag, I've made up my mind

> that, that D*&% bag will not fit in my string bikini so that is not

> going to happen to me. I will not get diabetes, high blood pressure

> or a heart attack either, even if it runs like crazy in my family

so

> there.

>

> I may have to say I'm a 51 one year old grandmother, but I refuse to

> look like one, I didn't look like one before I found out I had IC

> about 8 months ago. So no matter what I'm not giving up, even if I

> have had to give up a bunch of different foods and drinks that I've

> loved. But you guys can still have them in moderation, be grateful

> and proud that you've got this opportunies.

>

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