Re: Obesity and malabsorption of the intestines

[Guest guest]

When I was about 20 years old, I had the constant pain in my knees, which I had

since childhood, diagnosed. I was diagnosed as anorexic! Now, years later, I was

diagnosed as having calcium crystals in my joints. I have had many health

problems my whole life, but I see them related to this fundamental absorption

issue and metabolic dysfunction related to a combination of numerous

vaccinations (living abroad), immune consequences of celiac disease, living on a

superfund site. All paths lead back to the damaged intestines.

I have been called a hypochondriac a ton in my life. Two days before I had a

stroke, at age 26, I was in to see the doctor. Two days before I delivered my

son preterm, I was in the doctors office about feeling contractions and was sent

home. It was unfortunate to wind back up at the hospital 2 days later to take an

ambulance in a snow storm, over a mountain pass, then a helicopter to a big

city. And so on and so on. It is funny to be called a hypochondriac when you are

concerned about your health and see a symptom. If the medical tests cannot

verify it, allopathic medicene pretends it does not exist, until the emergency

comes to a head.

Another prime example of this would be my youngest ASD son, who passed

constant water from 8 monhs old. Never could find an infection, not even at

children's...nothing was " wrong " with this boy who had anal cysts that were

requiring surgery, and basically pooping his life away...nothing. After all the

years, the doctors, and tests, nothing was wrong with him. Happy to slap him

with an autism diagnosis. SCD and enzymes have cured him of his infection.

I think hypochondria is a catch all. With experience of having an autistic

young one, and an ASD young one, and watching them be cured of their intestinal

infections with SCD and enzymes, watching them go from non-verbal to speaking,

eye rolling to looking you in the eye, from dangerously hyperactive to little

boy hyperactive, and on and on, thank goodness I don't believe myself a

hypochondriac! And thank goodness for SCD!

Life is so much easier with SCD, but it didn't happen overnight, healing takes

time. I wish you and everyone else the success we have had.

Summer

kikijabunce ajbunce@...> wrote:

Thank for the input about how people who are " fat " are judged so

wrongly. I was diagnosed as Celiac last May 2005, I have also a

history of many other related problems. My wieght has flucutated

from 90 pounds up to 230 pounds all my life. I have had 14

surgeries, and four miscariages, six surgeries to correct bent legs

due to rickets/osteoporosis (caused by malabsorption to calcium and

minerals as a child)and much more has happened to me. We never knew

why. I now know that many people with malabsorption of the

intestines can be " fat " or even dignosed falsely with anorexia like

I was. It is nice that people are realizing that this is a true

problem out there.

I am cureently with my family of five, all starting the strict SCD

diet. We are on day four. I still feel pretty crummy and hope for

this stage to pass quick. I think in light of new informaiton out

there that in todays definition I very likely would have been

diagnosed as having autism as a child yet do not know for certain.

Instead I was diagnosed with IBS, depression, mood disorders,

atypical eating disorders, and " hyperchodria " . So much more

suffering, no one ever knew what was wrong with me. I now know that

it was all related to going 37 years undiagnosed as having

malabsorption problems and Celiac DIsease. Now I have two children

who are battling ADHD, and autistic related problems. They both

have been confirmed as having malabsorption of the

intestines....since we have tried many different ways of eating last

year...I hope that this one is the fix! We all need to hang in

there!

Antoinette

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com