OH Rocks the Free World!

Nov 07, 2011

 Seriously, if it weren't for OH, I'd be backing up and saying, "Forget it.  I've changed my mind."  After a less-than-positive meeting with my RD last week, in which she stated I could NEVER eat some things again, I think I am starting to see the light again.  I posted to the forums for the first time and I am so, so, so glad I did.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!  People basically said that never is too strong a word and that just like so much else in life, this is a choice.  I can choose to eat certain things or choose to never again eat certain things.  I just felt so much like when she said it last week that it was a death sentence.  I know, I know, "It's just food."  Well, yes, but I didn't want to sign in blood the things that I promise to never eat again -- like salad.  If my pouch doesn't like it, that's a different story.  Soda?  Ok.  I get that.  I understand that the carbonation can stretch out the pouch and that if it has sugar in it you're most likely going to dump.  I don't crave that so it's not a big deal to me. Say I become lactose intolerant.  Once again, okay.  The pouch says "no" so it's a  no-go.  But when you're 36 years old and plan to live past 90, NEVER is an awfully long time!  I'll take things as they come, which is a lot easier to look at into the future than a NEVER sentence.

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