i have been reading and posting here for
about six weeks now. That is how long
i've been following the diet. Today I am
happy to say that I feel good. In fact,
i've had four days of feeling good again.
I must admit that there were times that I
thought i'd never see light at the end of
the tunnel. I experienced exactly what
has been described here by stan and so
many others - a period of feeling better
for a few hours and then it seemed as if I
regressed back to where i'd started. I
would come here and ask questions hoping
to hear that this was normal. I would
hear that it was normal....But I still
doubted. For some reason though, I just
kept doing the diet and didn't waiver.
Then a few days ago it was as if I turned
a corner and i've had four really really
good days. I've had a few of the more
minor symptoms (flushing a bit about half
hour after eating, or a slight headache
when it's time to eat) but they are easy
to manage. Gone is the crushing fatigue
and weakness, heavy limbs that felt like I
was walking through concrete, a feeling of
my head in a vice, trembling hands, and I
haven't had a panic attack in almost two
weeks! That's huge. Another big
improvement too is that I can now feel
when i'm beginning to crash. Before, I
had no warning because I was pretty much
crashing all day long. Now, I get a
feeling that I recognize and I can eat an
appropriate food like a few nuts or a bit
of meat and veggie and it goes away. My
meals are able to be a bit further apart
now too so that has helped a lot. I
still never go more than 3 hours without
eating but at the beginning I was eating
something about every hour.
Just wanted to say, hang in there and
don't give up. I know i'll have more
times that are bad, but at least I have
hope that there's a good time coming at
some point too.
Thank you to all who have posted your
comments and encouragment here. It's a
tremendous help and for everyone who is
afraid and alone and who actually posts a
question for you, I think there are many,
many more who are just reading, learning
and gaining comfort.
Take care all,
renni
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Stan Stepanic
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Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 1586 Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
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Posted: 08-06-06 13:12pm
Awesome! That's some pretty quick
recovery! You have a good mindset too,
so that in case you get a bad day here and
there as you continue (you may, you may
not, no way to know), you know the good
will always be behind the corner. One
advantage that you have, unlike me who if
I feel down I have to think hard to how
bad I used to feel, is that you can look
at your old posts here to see how you
felt, it will give you a good indication
of what the diet is doing for you. Good
job man!
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tygrbabi
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Joined: 01 May 2006 Posts: 126
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Posted: 08-07-06 11:30am
Renni,
that's great! I'm so happy for you.
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Renni
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 25 Location: Arizona
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Posted: 08-07-06 12:39pm
Thanks stan and tygrbabi
you have both been so helpful and kind.
It's a day to day struggle with hypo in
the beginning but at least i've had some
reprieve from the symptoms and that makes
everything seem much more promising! Who
knows what tomorrow will be like? No
matter, I will keep doing the things I
know to be right and hang in there. A
better day will come.
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