Jonnell
I fully understand that skepticism, my doctors laughed at my theories, my bowens therapist who encouraged me didnt as her daughter with chrones had achieved so much by doing it, my rheumy smiled as much as to say bless if it keeps you happy, and my occupational health consultant actually did laugh !!
he aint laughing now im back at work, infact he perked up and wanted more information from me , i reconn of i had waitied on a doctor saying change your diet it will help, id still be sat here fatigued and in incredible pain, and my job would be lost.
The diet sounds really hard, and yes it takes alot to get your head round the can have and cant have list, but so worth it for me anyways. The book how to beat candida by erica white was the best read i invested in, and reading juicing recipies helped me get about 7 portions of vegetables into me per day, days i felt too drained to cook them all.
Even my kids will drink vegetable juice now, always had to purree soups for them if they seen a big chunk of veg it put them off, dont know why but it did.
I fully understand your mum was OTT , and it makes you feel youd be depriving jenna, i really do, i hate to make the same mistakes as my mum did, and really do hear you when you say you dont want to do that to her.
Everyone at work keeps saying the die tmust be so hard, must drive me mad, and my answer is the pain and fatigue, post nasal drip, brain fog, etc was alot worse to live with as the diet is, sur ei miss crisps, sweets, chesse ( really miss cheese) ...but i dont miss being unable to function without wanting to curl up and sleep forever , pain everywhere, pain i cant even describe, and i dont miss the thought of taking drugs either.
Your right to be skeptical, being honest i was, for a few months i just didnt want to know about the diet, then i thought is giv emysel;f a 6 week trial, if i felt no better id pack it in, by end of 6 weeks i was walking miles again and doing things i hadnt been able to, 3 months into it i went back to work.
My oldest euan was a big lover of dairy and daniel loved his gluten, we crave most what makes us unwell, ive gotten round that by buying gluten free buiscuits, vegan cheese and soya yogurts for them, researched where i could get it, as im in a small town some of it i have to get online, euan had terrible colic was was intrested to read that St`s kids that were dairy intolerant/allergic had the colic issue, i only wish my HV had put me onto it then, 7 months of screaming in pain colic and other symptoms since could have been avoided:(
There are so many websites with details of the candida diet, but most have adverts on it, so i cant post them, google it read through it for a few days, see what you think, depression is also linked with wheat/gluten intolerances sometimes, i read one article saying women who are are more rpone to post natal depression, strangely i had that twice over and quite severley .
Your not a bad mothe rin any way shape of form, you care deeply about your daughter and her health thats more than obvious, skeptical is good, i was, and this whole expereince has changed my mind , and now helping my kids, my mother suffers depression and now recently bowel issues, and is asking me about gluten, she wants to cut it out, no one was more skeptical about it all than her when i went onto diet, she said it was all part of denial with me, and i was being silly thinking it would help, 4 months later, she is taking my books to read, and asking what she has to cut out!!
Hope any of this helps, wish you the level best with it all
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T x