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From: "Nancy Morris" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:01 PM
Subject: 4 weeks today---my fellow breastfeeding dieters....


> Hello all.  Just realized it is 4 weeks today on this diet...I slipped =
> up around T-giving but besides that I have been living on turkey, lamb, =
> rice, squash, sweet potatoes and white potatoes, peaches and =
> pears....and later grapes, chicken, oats, and a few fruits.  I miss soda =
> and caffeine.  I miss juice.  I miss wheat. I miss eggs.  And the sad =
> part is he isn't too much better off now then he was at the start.  He =
> did seem to get significantly better (eczema and reflux wise)at about =
> day 9 or 10 but he was never FREE of the two issues....and then the =
> eczema came back, not as bad, but it did come back....we still haven't =
> gone a whole day without a reflux episode.  So it got better but not ALL =
> better!  I fooled around with the diet (took oats back out; took chicken =
> back out; took corn back out; went totally back down to lamb and rice =
> and water) but nothing changed for the worse or better.  T-giving was a =
> disaster but I have been good since, but still he spits up often, seems =
> uncomfortable, doesn't sleep well, has eczema and just seems "not quite =
> right".  By this point I was really hoping to have some answers....I =
> feel like I don't have much....I do think he has allergies as he did =
> improve when I was being strictest, but yet I am unsure to what he has =
> allergies--oats? corn? the top 8?  speaking of the top 8, I never did =
> get to re-intro them (this is  in part due to the the t-giving issues) =
> so I am still wheat, egg, milk, soy, fish, shellfish, peanut, treenut =
> free.  Still avoiding citrus, caffeine, corn (though I am allowing =
> myself a tad of corn syrup every few days and it doesn't seem any better =
> or worse on days I consume it vs. days I do not).  I feel like =
> crap....physically and emotionally....my husband even feels bad for me =
> (that's a HUGE thing; he doesn't usually feel bad for anyone who CHOOSES =
> to do something and then complains).  I just need to vent....is what I =
> am doing even worthwhile?  Its be a month and we are no better off....we =
> are seeing the doc on 12/18 and hopefully by then I will have had the =
> chance to reintroduce some of the top 8. I am just so frustrated and =
> tired.  I am on the fence about reflux meds and about allergy blood =
> testing--I have been told RAST is more accurate than SPT (but I know, by =
> exper. with my older guy, that they can also be useless sometimes). Any =
> suggestions?  Thanks!!
>
>
> Nancy
>
> "Mothers of little boys work from son-up to son-down!"
>
> "My sons  are my greatest accomplishment and the opportunity to raise =
> them  is my greatest challenge"