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Old Aug 28, 2005, 06:37 PM
Anonymous29319
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Yes my therapist knows I have had anerexia in the past and I slipped back into it when a caseworker told me I was fat (I was in the wieght range of 5 pounds heaver that the physicians weight chart) I lost weight and landed at 108 pounds when on the charts I should be 145 pounds. long story short somehow at some point in my life a bacteria called Heliobacter Pyloria took up residence in my stomach lining and at this point it got ativated and created Mucosis Associated Lymphocytic Tissue Lymphoma (MALT Lymphoma=cancer). part of my treatment was gaining weight up to at least 150-160 so that if I needed chemo and radiation after the antibiotics I had the weight to hold and see me through the treatment and side effects. After cancer treatment (the cancer is now in remission) my stomach is very sensitve to what it will digest and how much. After months of trial and error My doctor and I finally found the right diet plan for me and my stomach - The diabetic 2 diet. basically its eating very small quantites of food 9 times a day. This diet plan allowed me to once again lose the extra weight and keep all counts up where they should be. I absolutely hate eating 9 times a day and I know I would fall right back into eating only once a day if it wasn't for my therapist and doctor monitoring the situation. Every sesion my therapist checks in with me as to if I am still following the diet. Sometimes she comes right out and asks me, other times it naturally comes up when answering her other questions. I have check ups with my doctor every 6 months. he checks with me and blood work to make sure I am following the diet plan.