Weight Loss Diary 2017 - Goal 1-0-5

I'm very glad the tumour is small.
This all must be so exhausting for you, Misty. It will be much better if you can eat healthily & get that walking in :grouphug:
 
Cate said:
I'm very glad the tumour is small.
This all must be so exhausting for you, Misty. It will be much better if you can eat healthily & get that walking in :grouphug:
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Thank you, Cate. It is a big relief to find out its small. Last week I was going mental agonizing over it. It's still a bit sad I'll have to follow it closely annually - but hopefully it doesn't grow and/or start causing problems. And luckily I've caught it now.

Sadly, my hair loss cannot be attributed to the tumour as per both my endo and my family doctor. My naturopath is sharing a hair mineral analysis test I did earlier this year with me on Feb 11. She said it will provide some useful insight.

My stomach is not 100% OK but luckily it is starting to feel a bit better. The protocol I am on takes 1-2 months. I'm only one week in.

I started eating better today and the walking is slowly making itself in. Still some hope that 2020 will be better than 2019.
 
misty22 said:
I started eating better today and the walking is slowly making itself in. Still some hope that 2020 will be better than 2019.
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Good for you on the better eating and walking, it may not cure a tumor, but it will make one feel a little better. I am sure your 2020 will be better, it has to be!
 
I feel like I am fighting a losing battle with my body. I think it has just been a bombardment of health stuff continuously and I am tired. Need a vacation at some point.

This is week #2 of fighting H Pylori & trying to repair stomach acid.

That said, I can only control so much and will manage what I can control.

Also, I don't know why, but I am dreading valentine's day. It means nothing really but I guess I have had more alone valentine's days than with someone I love. I am happy for those that have someone, but I am hoping it passes by soon.

CW: 110.4lbs
 
I spoke with my naturopath about my thyroid - my numbers are still high. This is likely due to gut inflammation.

So my next steps, while I clean up the H Pylori, is also to clean up my diet and go on a 3 week elimination diet. I think I will be OK. I just need to sort some things in the cupboard and fridge. I panicked for a bit but I think I will be OK. Just need to take it one step at a time. The point is to reduce inflammation, not to be a perfectionist Nazi. Will check thyroid again in a month.

Re: leave from work, I have been thinking about it. I will need to pray/sleep on it. It makes sense for me to go on short-term leave with so much happening with the body. Would be nice to fix all this and then go back into the workforce.

Stomach status: Still feeling blah but sticking to protocol. Can clean up diet more.

CW: 111.4lbs
 
Good luck on fixing up your gut problem, Misty. On a 3-week elimination diet, what do you actually eat?
 
Cate said:
Good luck on fixing up your gut problem, Misty. On a 3-week elimination diet, what do you actually eat?
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Hi Cate,

It's actually quite a strict list. It means no: gluten, dairy, soy, added sugar, yeast, nuts/nut based beverages and some of my other sensitivities include quinoa, spinach, tomatoes, peaches, coconut, olives/olive oil etc.

So I am trying to focus on what I can eat. I also need to eat low-carb, so limited starches like potatoes and rice (small quantities).

I don't mind the diet, I just need to focus on what I can eat for three weeks but you know, I don't know if this will work because I have tried it before with limited success, but now I actually have gut issues. It's all trial and error.

My appointment with the PCOS clinic got moved up to Feb 24th, which is good. I will ask the doctor about spironolactone.

Re: leave of absence, I am thinking this will be good for me. I will talk to insurance and my doctor next week about it to see if I can get approved. This is all getting overwhelming to handle. Especially seeing as I am dealing with assumptions, no one really knows what is going on.
 
I'm glad your appointment has been moved forward, Misty.
I think concentrating on what you can eat, rather than what you can't sounds a lot less daunting.
 
Have slowly started the elimination process, it is not clean as yet. Need to visit grocery store.
Have upped the thyroid medication - plan is to see if it makes a difference over the next two weeks in terms of energy.

CW: 110.4
 
So the root cause of all this seems to be my thyroid...but my labs are showing normal. I am doing a couple extra tests and then asking my doctor to refer me to a thyroid specialist because I am tired of being my own doctor. It has been quite the health saga.

I see my family doctor in a couple of weeks.

Saga TBD
 
Good luck with those roots and all.

Thought of you last night, I met a cousin I didn't know about, her name was Misty. She's a pretty girl, like I am sure you are, but younger, still in her teens.

Hang in there, you'll beat this, I am sure you will.
 
alligatorob said:
Good luck with those roots and all.

Thought of you last night, I met a cousin I didn't know about, her name was Misty. She's a pretty girl, like I am sure you are, but younger, still in her teens.

Hang in there, you'll beat this, I am sure you will.
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thats so nice to meet a new family member. thank you, rob. i hope you are well =)
 
I have been struggling, mentally, emotionally and physically. It could be detox symptoms. Fatigue has taken over the past couple of days as well as depression. I

have been off my thyroid med as I had a couple days of hyperthyroid type episodes (night sweats, high blood pressure). This was my sugar pill week. I go back on my pill tomorrow.

My diet has not been good. I have been eating away my depression and low energy symptoms with chocolate and chips.

I am struggling - I am hoping by going on the pill my body gets some support.

So here is what I am going to do.
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1) My adrenals need support. This means proper nutrition and lots of rest/sleep. And not worrying about silly things (incl. work). I need to work on strengthening them. That means sugar and coffee need to come off for a couple months.
- saunas, massages, acupuncture

2) I have to address my H Pylori (testing is in progress with doctor) while I am on my natural treatment. I am in week three of natural treatment going onto week 4, and some of my symptoms have definitely improved. I am still not cured but I have 5 more weeks to go on the natural treatment and then I re-test to see if the bacteria is still present.

3) Low stomach acid - I work on this as soon as the H Pylori clears up.

4) Calcium shell/copper toxicity - my hair mineral analysis test showed that my nutrients are not being absorbed by my tissues as I have a "calcium shell". Few reasons: stress, copper toxicity, and mineral imbalance. I am starting a mineral protocol in a week or so. This is a 3-month protocol.

5) Stress leave - evaluating this still.

From a medical standpoint, I do not know what the doctors could do. I have appointments scheduled with a few specialists and I will ask my questions but I feel no one is looking at this holistically. Even my naturopath insights are fragmented. No one has look at it holistically and I chased PCOS down for the longest time when my root cause, which is still unclear, could be something else. Right now I am sticking to this gut/thyroid/adrenal theory. It is all interconnected anyways. I am not sure how long I will take to heal. 3-6 months is what they tell me, but who knows. All I can do is keep my prayer and protocol up, which is difficult as is. But there is no way but up.
 
I've been having the most interesting detox symptoms - and I wouldn't have believed heavy metal detox was real, but past two days I have had a metallic taste in my mouth as my body leaches out the heavy metals.

Other symptoms: fatigue, trouble sleeping, nightmares.

Some things I am going to try to do: to help my body along: heavy metal detox smoothie and celery juice.
 
CW: 110

I am not really working out, just keeping track of what I eat more so. Want to start walking more.
 
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