Eating fatty foods just makes me sick, anyway. ^^; I have a lot of digestion problems, but there has to be something I can eat!! Obviously, even though I'm getting 2500 - 3000 calories a day on average, I'm still not eating the right food. >.>
Yeah, doctor's are great. They just don't believe that I am, in fact, eating. Most of them just assume I'm anorexic or bulimic. I tell my doctor, "Look. I've lost almost fifteen pounds in the past year, five in the past month. What's wrong with me?" and he sends me to a nutritionist who tells me how wonderful food it and how I'm sure I'd like it if I just ate it.
Maybe try making lots of high-calorie smoothies with soy milk and fruit and honey and use those to replace half your daily liquid intake? What about avocados? Nut butters?
*nods* They test my thyroid every single time I go to a new doctor and ask about this. That test, like all the others, comes back normal.
Aside from the avocados (I'm allergic), I do eat many of those things every day. I'm getting the feeling it's not so much caloric as it is my body isn't taking what I give it and doing something with it. I've always had some issues with digestion and nutrient absorption. I think whatever this is, it must have to do with that.
Quacking DoctorsmarieloganNovember 25 2003, 11:35:10 UTC
Dangermouse, do your mum and dad know about this? Sometimes, no one takes you seriously when you are 22; they think it is in your head, or, that you don't know any better. And from what you described of how some of the docs have been treating you, I'm beginning to wonder.
Actually, I was downright offended reading that you were sent to a nutritionalist only to be told to eat because you might like it. If that is not quacking, then what is? * Quack Quack! *
I really hope someone takes you seriously and that you get to see a specialist.
Re: Quacking Doctorsdangermouse42November 25 2003, 11:42:33 UTC
Oh, yes. My mom and dad know all about this. See, when I was little, I was really thin, too. I think I remember my mother being asked by the school nurse once if they were feeding me. ~_~
This isn't exactly a new problem. I had similar issues with weight gain when I was a baby. Doctor's really don't like to take you seriously at this age. It's all fine an dandy to go with what's easiest (anorexia, bulimia, etc), but when I tell them that's not the case, it would be nice if they'd just listen a little harder. I mean, why would an anorexic or a bulimic come to the doctor complaining about not gaining weight? Honestly.
Re: Quacking DoctorsmarieloganNovember 25 2003, 11:54:18 UTC
Exactly, why would you go to them if you were a happy anorexic or bullemic in denial, * eeiiieeeii, or what have you *
Seriously, I hope you get to see a specialist though.
Sometimes out of sheer curiousity I pick up scientific research write ups on health and read them. Although it is possible you could be suffering from a number of things that no one has been capapble of discovering, I have also learned that there really are people in this world who have massive metabolisms who, like you, get concerned and don't know what to do about it.
Apparently, the best thing these people can do is learn to lift weights as part of a healthy exercise program and eat even more than they already do. If you are at 3,000 calories, try 4,000 or 5,000.
In fact, why not go back to that nutritionalist and ask her about this? Perhaps it will show her how serious you are and prompt her to leave her judgemental behavior behind.
Re: Quacking Doctorsdangermouse42November 25 2003, 12:01:16 UTC
Actually, I'm not allowed to do weight training. I have a Mitril Valve Prolapse in my heart, which is like where one of the valves doesn't close so the blood isn't pumped as efficiently. Also, I can't do a lot of running/walking/anything of that nature, because my hips are screwed up.
See, I was a preemie. We get all sorts of fun things wrong with us. The reason I was a preemie is because I stopped growing before I was born and they delivered me early just to be on the safe side. I've always had problems with weight gain, it seems.
The thing that worries me is that this kind of weight loss is sort of new for me. I was averaging around 100-105 pounds for many years. It's just in the past few months or so that I've started loosing like this.
Mreh. Fook nutritionists. Maybe I'll go see a gastro-intestinal doctor. I have a feeling the problem lies somewhere in there.
4. FAKE fanfics that have Japanese words in them - The story takes place in New York. I'm sure you love using the little Japanese you learned, but Dee does not say, "Nani?!?"
The only way Japanese in FAKE fic would be plausible is if Ryo ever used it, but then I don't believe his parents spoke it, so even then it doesn't much work.
I don't think his family did, either. Ryo's only half Japanese and I always assumed that his family had been in America for awhile. It looks like it in his back story, at any rate.
You just see a lot of Japanese words randomly dropped in those fanfics for some reason. It tends to irk me.
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Have you had your thyroid tested?
Maybe try making lots of high-calorie smoothies with soy milk and fruit and honey and use those to replace half your daily liquid intake? What about avocados? Nut butters?
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Aside from the avocados (I'm allergic), I do eat many of those things every day. I'm getting the feeling it's not so much caloric as it is my body isn't taking what I give it and doing something with it. I've always had some issues with digestion and nutrient absorption. I think whatever this is, it must have to do with that.
Now, if I can just get doctor to believe me...
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Actually, I was downright offended reading that you were sent to a nutritionalist only to be told to eat because you might like it. If that is not quacking, then what is? * Quack Quack! *
I really hope someone takes you seriously and that you get to see a specialist.
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This isn't exactly a new problem. I had similar issues with weight gain when I was a baby. Doctor's really don't like to take you seriously at this age. It's all fine an dandy to go with what's easiest (anorexia, bulimia, etc), but when I tell them that's not the case, it would be nice if they'd just listen a little harder. I mean, why would an anorexic or a bulimic come to the doctor complaining about not gaining weight? Honestly.
I have far too many duck-like doctors.
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Seriously, I hope you get to see a specialist though.
Sometimes out of sheer curiousity I pick up scientific research write ups on health and read them. Although it is possible you could be suffering from a number of things that no one has been capapble of discovering, I have also learned that there really are people in this world who have massive metabolisms who, like you, get concerned and don't know what to do about it.
Apparently, the best thing these people can do is learn to lift weights as part of a healthy exercise program and eat even more than they already do. If you are at 3,000 calories, try 4,000 or 5,000.
In fact, why not go back to that nutritionalist and ask her about this? Perhaps it will show her how serious you are and prompt her to leave her judgemental behavior behind.
Just a guess?
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See, I was a preemie. We get all sorts of fun things wrong with us. The reason I was a preemie is because I stopped growing before I was born and they delivered me early just to be on the safe side. I've always had problems with weight gain, it seems.
The thing that worries me is that this kind of weight loss is sort of new for me. I was averaging around 100-105 pounds for many years. It's just in the past few months or so that I've started loosing like this.
Mreh. Fook nutritionists. Maybe I'll go see a gastro-intestinal doctor. I have a feeling the problem lies somewhere in there.
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The only way Japanese in FAKE fic would be plausible is if Ryo ever used it, but then I don't believe his parents spoke it, so even then it doesn't much work.
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You just see a lot of Japanese words randomly dropped in those fanfics for some reason. It tends to irk me.
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