But no, I, like my normal unusual self, had to turn out to be fructose intolerant.
This means that I am not supposed to have any of the following:
- fried foods
- fatty food
- garlic
- onions
- radishes
- pepper
- chocolate
- spearmint
- pepprmint
- alcohol
- coffee
- tea
- cola
- caffeine
- citrus fruits
- citrus juices
- orange juice
- lemon juice
- grapefruit juice
- tomato juice
- aspirin
- ibuprofen
- naproxen
This also means that every night when I go to bed I am supposed to:
- Keep my head 6" elevated
- Do not eat or drink 4 hours prior to bedtime (I normally eat dinner at 8:30 - 9:00 and go to bed at 10:00)
So the moral of the story is...I CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING WORTH EATING!!!
I am obviously upset, and I figure that I have good reason to be. Then, on the other hand, I need not be because at least I can still eat. I can still have plenty of food, and I am blessed to be able to afford the food that I do have.
However, as the spoiled American that I am, I still have an upset side to me. Don't get me wrong, I love my country and am very blessed to live in it, but we are all spoiled.
So I beg you all to please , next time you eat, think how fortunate you are. I know we all hear people say this on commercials, but seriously do think about it.
Don't take anything for granted because you never know when it will be taken from you.
1 comments:
Two things I want to share with you:
(1) *putting on nurses' cap* - study up on fructose. It is a type of sugar. That diet you've been given is too restrictive. Also, noting in that diet, that a fructose malabsorption syndrome does not call for a fructose-free diet, but a reduced fructose diet. The elevation of the head of the bed thing - just use pillows. That's more to do with your GERD and if heartburn doesn't bother you then I wouldn't sweat it too much.
(2) Removing the nurses' cap and putting on the Mom hat -
Darlin', it's tough and not fair to be 17 years old and approaching your senior year in high school, the last year of football and it's HOT out there and you can't have gatorade, and I am sorry. I really am. But at the same time I'd like to share with you some words from a 27 year old who recently passed away with mouth cancer:
http://graceandrew.blogspot.com/2008/04/its-not-fair.html
ANDREW WRITES:
One of the hardest parts of the day is to sit with my family and eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with them. An abundance of my favorite foods are strewn out across the table and my nostrils are filled with rich aromas of garlic, and breads, and pasta and sauces. I suddenly feel envious of others who get to taste and eat rather than having to inject medical formula directly into their stomach with a syringe. My mouth waters as I cherish vivid memories of being satisfied with a hearty meal after a long workout at the gym. Then I cringe in fear of not being able to experience that ever again. To be hungry for the rest of my life.
Can there be anything on God's good earth that is more satisfying than my wife's lentil soup or my mom's chinese cooking? Food is a wonderful thing and it used to bring me so much joy and satisfaction, but can I still have joy without it?
I struggle all day long to answer yes to that question. People often express their deep sympathy to me and say, "its just not fair that you would have to go through this. That really sucks". I often struggle in my mind thinking the same thing. The truth is that it isn't fair. My life just isn't fair.
...Its just not fair that I got to live richly for this long, while others die young. Its just not fair that God would sacrifice His only Son so that I could be forgiven of my sins and receive life everlasting rather than perish in hell where there will be weeping and knashing of teeth forever. What is fair is that sinners be punished for their sin. God is the perfect and Holy Creator of the universe. Offending Him is no small thing to be overlooked. What isn't fair is that God would punish His own Son instead of me and instead consider me sinless.
2 Cor 5:21 "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
My life is unfair, because I have much more than I deserve.
Deut 8:3 says about the Israelites, "He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD."
When God rained manna down on the Israelites when they were starving they could only collect enough for the given day. God satisfied their hunger for a day, but He didn't provide for tomorrow's hunger until tomorrow. Its true that cancer sucks because it could rob me of tomorrow. But it sure can't take away today. Joy is not found in tomorrow, it's found in today. Today I can find my nourishment in God who is my daily bread. God is making me hungry so that I might look to Him to satisfy me. Today I can rejoice because knowing God is so much more satisfying than the finest of foods.
Psalm 63:1 says, "O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water."
The true hunger of a human being is not for food, it is for God. And only God can satisfy the hungry soul.
I love you, kiddo.
- The Mom
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