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[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!!

Well, I've just returned from a 4 day visit to HOT Phoenix, AZ for a travel

convention. Let me start out by telling everyone I was SOOO naughty. I ate

just about everything. The odd thing about it is, I lost weight too. I went

to work out this morning jumped on the scale first and I'm down 3 lb.. I

can't believe it. I ate parts of a beef sandwich, pizza, part of a Subway

turkey sub, BBQ ribs, some fries and even my ultimate weakness CHOCOLATE. ; o

) **YummY** I am also sorry to report chocolate tastes the same to me.

I took my 9 year old son to Phoenix with me for the convention and in my off

time he kept me pretty busy. We went to a local water park where I climb lots

O stairs to go on the slides. I know 6 weeks ago before I had MGB just

walking through the front gate would have been a task for me. I even stripped

down to a 1 piece swim suit and felt somewhat comfortable in it. A loose

filling size 16 I might add too. WooHoo!

I just wanted to tell everyone that is tossing the cruise idea around, that I

talked to my Carnival Rep and she conveyed some new things to me that

Carnival is doing. I found them to be pretty cool. All of the newer Carnival

ships, which includes the *Imagination* the one we are sailing on, will now

have.

1) Sushi bars

2) Seattle Coffee Houses

3) Full lobster choices at dinner.

4) A larger selection on cabin food service

5) Crab for meal choices

I hope everyone is doing fine. I have been praying for Candi too. I know she

is in good hands. Take care all.

Best,

Joanne Tillman

MGB 06/09/00 - 225

Now 07/19/00 - 198 and feeling great!

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone.... Jody, Mimi, anyone else who remembers me.

My daughter, Katera, was on SCD for 18 months quite a while ago

(Ummm... let's see... 2003-04). She does not have autism... she

actually has a CP diagnosis and epilepsy, and we started SCD to help

support seizure control. Things went fairly well for the first six

months or so. Seizures came back with a vengeance and we're back on

medication now... plus she has a Vagus Nerve Stimulator. Seizure-wise

she is pretty stable... still has them now and then (one or two per

month), but they are short and easy to control now, without emergency

drug intervention.

ANYway, I am here because I am considering putting her back on SCD

when summer break gets here... because we are seeing some digestive

issues and I also need to address some yeast control, I believe.

After 27 months of the Ketogenic Diet, followed by 18 months of SCD, I

can honestly say I'm not sure I've recovered YET from the burn out!

But, I am trying to gear up and get my head in the right place again.

I also have another family that I'm going to be coaching as they get

started this summer, for their 7-yr-old daughter with autism.

hugs to everyone I know....

Patti, mom to Katera (age 9- CP, ACC, microcephaly, severe delays,

motor and speech dyspraxia, epilepsy) in Washington state.