Eventful Day

I have had some pretty nasty swelling.
Lips, eye lids, fingers and toes.
I have been able to catch it early enough
with my fingers to take my rings off.
Well, too late this morning.
I made a visit to the Fire Dept. in
Conway after calling Dad
to find out if they do cut rings off.
Before I could even ask...
Dad said Firemen can do it.
Off I went.
There were at least 7 there
and none of them had ever used this freaky little tool.
But they got it off and saved the day.
Once it was off there was instant relief.
I thought...
save the ring
and wait for the swelling to go down
in uummm,
12 hours.
No.
The swelling would not have gone down.
The ring can be repaired.

I believe this is due to having a little bit of butter
on my fingers from making corn
for Jane and Charlie.
I my have contaminated my food with it.
It is hard to pinpoint because the reaction
does not surface until 6 to 12 hours later.

I think I will have to were latex gloves like my Mom has said.

Hashimoto's

On June 17th I had an appointment in
Little Rock with the Endo Dr.
finally.
He did confirm my thoughts
of me having
Hashimoto's.
It is nice to have a doctor say
yes you do have Hashimoto's.
Although he does not believe that the sudden milk allergy and the Hashimoto's is related.
I am not a doctor.....
but by what I have read,
an allergy is the immune system
attacking a substance it finds to be foreign.
And Hashimoto's is an immune disease, right?
I also really think that the
Metabolic Research Diet
I had been on for almost 3 months had something to do with it.
The protein drinks,
I have found,
are milk whey protein.
And with me going to them
and saying my Dr. has given me a note
and has requested that I stop the diet.
I was having chest pains and hives and swelling face.
They said
"Oh, well we don't have anything that would cause
chest pains and hives....
just keep on with the program."

Um mm, no.

So frustrating and such a waste of money!

I can do it though! The right way. With exercise and eating right and balanced. Not too much of any one thing.....like protein....whey protein.

I started a Weight Management class last week and I went again today.....2 pounds lighter!

Thank you very much....
I see a bright future....

Such A Change

I tell ya...it is amazing the change that has happened with me.....
going to the gym every weekday
and no eating out.
And not eating out is because of the
fear of the dairy in every thing.
I am feeling great and have lost 10 pounds.

NICE!!