Progress Report

Hi group,

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