Re: Not sure this is going well...

[Guest guest]

Thanks Carol. He is a bit angry and I have to admit, I am too. The realy

frustrating thing is that we have never eaten the Standard American Diet. No

fast food (3 of us are gluten free), I make homemade everything and have always

been very careful about how much sugar all my kids were eating. My kids

consider me a health food fanatic. A " normal " dinner for us in the summer is

grilled chicken or salmon with 5-6 large red, yellow and orange peppers or

zucchini (grilled also), a pot of rice and a bowl of salad. Dessert might be

homemade cookies or a berry cobbler, only sweetened as much as needed. Eating

out normally means going to the health food store for salad bar in their deli or

someplace like Chipotle, where we would all get chicken or steak salads or

burrito bols, water to drink - no pop. This son, however, has a sweet tooth and

can put away tons of ice cream (that my husband insisted on buying) and manages

to get candy at school and over does it. That has stopped. He's scared and

realizes that he can't do that anymore. He has spent some time online looking

up UC and is scared to death of the thought of surgery and all that involves.

He remembers when I had to go on prednisone and how awful it was, so he doesn't

want that either. He loves football and doesn't want anything to interfere with

him being able to play.

Thanks for letting me vent! I had honestly thought I was protecting my family

from the typical American diseases by being so careful with what I fed them.

Obviously, it wasn't enough!

Liz

Carol

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[Guest guest]

> Another thing that is delicious when he's a bit further

> along is carrot chips - from the recipe at

> pecanbread - it says there that it is advanced, but I've never

> understood why as it is just carrots fried in oil with salt. (I don't

> deep fry them myself - just fry them regularly.)

Yum! I've seen this recipe and told him that we could try it. He actually is

looking forward to it. I was wondering why they were considered advanced too.

If they work, it might be a good thing for him to take for lunch for

crunchiness.

Thanks!

Liz

[Guest guest]

> Another thing that is delicious when he's a bit further

> along is carrot chips - from the recipe at

> pecanbread - it says there that it is advanced, but I've never

> understood why as it is just carrots fried in oil with salt. (I don't

> deep fry them myself - just fry them regularly.)

Yum! I've seen this recipe and told him that we could try it. He actually is

looking forward to it. I was wondering why they were considered advanced too.

If they work, it might be a good thing for him to take for lunch for

crunchiness.

Thanks!

Liz

[Guest guest]

> Another thing that is delicious when he's a bit further

> along is carrot chips - from the recipe at

> pecanbread - it says there that it is advanced, but I've never

> understood why as it is just carrots fried in oil with salt. (I don't

> deep fry them myself - just fry them regularly.)

Yum! I've seen this recipe and told him that we could try it. He actually is

looking forward to it. I was wondering why they were considered advanced too.

If they work, it might be a good thing for him to take for lunch for

crunchiness.

Thanks!

Liz