What would I do without family, really? I know mine lives thousands of miles away, but REALLY, what would I do without them? My mother might as well be my primary care provider because she always seems to know more than these imbeciles I visit that call themselves doctors. Not to put down the medical profession as a whole. I know it has a lot to offer & does a lot of good, but I always manage to end up with doctors who either know nothing about my medical conditions & blunder on like they do or who look at me like I'm a peon who doesn't know her own body. It's aggravating that I can't ask for my money back from all the doctors I wasted my precious income on. Take for example today's predicament: 2 years ago I was thrown from general practitioner to general practitioner until they exhausted all options & finally sent me to a specialist who after multiple, immensely expensive tests tells me the medical term for what I already know is wrong with my body. They try out a couple of medications, some of which seemed mildly successful & sent me on my way. Now, 2 years later, I find out there is a dietary plan that should have accompanied my diagnosis & would have helped my condition along greatly. I should have known better than to take a doctor's word for it. Who doubts a specialist though, especially the only doctor thus far who had given me any answers? I'm not writing this in a hateful or angry manner, although I'm not mincing words. I'm writing it as a warning to those unaware to always do your research. It's your body & no matter what doctor or philosophy you follow, your health (within reason) is up to you.
What does this diet consist of then? It's not what you would think, I assure you. In order to control my gastroparesis I'm supposed to......eat a low fiber diet. I know, it's so counter-intuitive to all diet philosophy that I'm having trouble wrapping my mind around it, but here's what I've figured out thanks to this nifty
website:
- Fiber (found in fruits, vegetables & grains) delays my already delayed stomach emptying because of the body's inability to digest it; therefore, if I eat it in large amounts, as I have been lately, digestion seems to come to almost a standstill
- The solution is: avoiding high fiber foods like beans, whole grains, nuts, & certain fruits & veggies as much as possible & replacing them with low fiber alternatives & liquidized meal replacement concoctions to aid the body in digestion
I'll figure it out with time, I'm sure, but in the meantime I've bought a new blender, a low-fiber-friendly array of fruits & veggies & a meal replacement mix. We'll see if it helps in the days to come. For now, I'm gonna take a nap so my hubby & I can make it to the midnight opening of The Dark Knight Rises.
Today I feel:
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