Don't thinking i'm gloating or something,
this is to give people an idea that things
will always get better. Two months ago I
would have been terribly frightened to go
on a trip, even with my meals with me.
Yesterday, I went on a seven mile hike,
which I completed with friends nearly
running the entire time, finished it in
three hours. It was over rocks, crags,
places where humans shouldn't even be able
to physical walk, and so forth. I was a
bit apprehensive at first, but was totally
fine the entire time. The only problem I
have is that my foot is sore from all the
walking. Only two months ago, this trip
would have been impossible. Any of you
who are worried you'll never get better,
trust me, you will. It takes time.
Once you start getting good days
comparable to this that I describe, the
bad days will start to not matter, and
you'll notice them going away quicker in
the process. Always look to the good
days and mark your progress, you'll get
there!
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DianaJJ
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Posted: 04-02-06 14:31pm
Hi stan,
that's really great you were able to
accomplish a hike like that! I'm really
missing having the energy to do my normal
workouts but i'm inspired by your
recovery. Keep up the good work!
Dj
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Stan
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Posted: 04-02-06 20:11pm
I think it's mainly the fact that my body
is nearly completely adjusted now.
You'll get there!
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Jennyflower
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 85 Location: london
Posted: 04-03-06 06:03am
Thanks stan! Im so glad for u. Your hard
work and committment has paid off. U
deserve it! Can't wait for the day when I
can write a post entitled "ive started
dancing again!". Ive been a dancer all my
life, so that will b a big thing.
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Stan
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Posted: 04-03-06 09:09am
Sure sounds like someone's getting
hopeful!
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psidrum
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 36
Posted: 04-27-06 13:47pm
Thanks stan for giving hope, I have just
been diagnosed this week with hypo and
started the low gi diet / low carb high
protein diet and it is difficult for me to
cope, cause now I have to have a snack in
30mins - 1 hr and I get these floaty,
slight dizzy , small headache symptoms,
and it is very difficult to concentrate.
I am glad that things will get better as
long as I stick to the diet.
What was your symptoms the first time you
got diagnosed? Did you have to eat a
snack/meal every hour?
How did you cope?
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Stan
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Posted: 04-27-06 15:42pm
How did I cope? I didn't, hahahahaah.
I didn't know what it was for two years.
They actually put me on antidepressants
for nine months, which was a mistake
because those symptoms disappeared while
the physical ones still remained. The
diet I ate actually worked after around
eleven months, but it put me in a
precarious position that soon went all
downhill after a chinese meal. I tend to
go more towards the high fat thing since
there is still talk about high protein
diets being detrimental to the kidneys.
This however, means over a long, long
time, which you normally don't do with
this diet. You'd have to eat a lot too
to have a bad effect, probably around 200g
a day. I eat around 80-100g, but most of
my diet is all fat, especially olive oil.
Before I knew what I had I would eat one
to two handfulls of sunflower seeds almost
every half hour. It did seem to help.
My symptoms were all over the place. I
would obsess I was going to hurt someone,
rob a bank, get really depressed, cry a
lot, shake, have these flu-like symptoms
where it felt like my temperature was
sky-high even though it read totally
normal. I used to get the floaty
feelings too but also mild delusions and
my personal favorite,
depersonalization/derealization, which is
where you feel like you're living in a
dream world and nothing is real. That's
a fun one, let me tell you.
