doing the best you can/die off

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I am going to post about two different issues; I apologize in advance if

this is incorrect.

The first thing involves the discussion of illegal chicken. I really

appreciate the individuals that posted that commented that each and every one of

us

needs to do the best we can with this diet. It is very complex, very

expensive, and very time-consuming. Having had my son on the GF/CF diet for

nearly 14

years, I don't think I had more than a handful of infractions. But this diet

is more complex and not as black and white as the GF/CF, so I think it is

much more difficult to do perfectly. I hate to see people beat themselves up if

they cannot do everything legal. Luckily, this diet helps people even if they

have minor infractions (I think we should change the language-using the term

" legal, " " illegal, " and " infractions " is quite intimidating LOL). I really

applaud anyone who attempts this diet for themselves or for their child. I had

an intensely busy week this past week. My son's caretaker of almost 7 years

has had to take time off for medical purposes and will be out for several

months. She had been helping me with some of the cooking. Without her, not only

have I had to balance work and childcare, but also do ALL the cooking for my

son and my family. This diet requires me to shop at 3 different groceries.

When I mentioned this situation to some moms that I know, their comment was:

" Well that's why we have Mcs. " I realized that many families (special

needs or not) utilize fast food or semi-fast food restaurants (like Boston

Market) in order to balance their lives. We cannnot. We must cook, from

scratch,

21 meals (in my son's case 28 meals) a week. That is unbelievable for most of

us working or non-working mothers (and fathers?). We should really REALLY be

proud of ourselves.

The second comment I have is about die off. I have experienced die off twice

myself. The first time was really tough. I had almost a month of lethargy

and moodiness. I kept it under wraps as I had to keep my life going, but it was

tough. Reading about what others went through was very supportive and it

helped me understand my reactions. The second time was much easier. It took

only

about 4 days to start feeling better. I think the reason is that the second

time I didn't have as much toxins and bacteria to get rid of and I have been

on a really good probiotic. I think that everyone has a slightly different

reaction. When my son went through die off, he had one bad week followed by an

intensely improved period. Being that he was GF/CF before SCD probably helped

him somewhat, but I think it is going off the sugar that really causes

issues.

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