misspiggy84

I had to restrict my diet severely from birth, due to a metabolic disorder called PKU. It means I can't digest protien,so had to cut all foods containing it from my diet.
I.E Meat, Fish, Eggs, Dairy, Bread, Chocolate,beans, pasta.
(If I hadn't - it would have eventually led to severe brain damage because the undigested protien would have been a toxin in my blood, that would effect my brain)
I had to weigh everything I ate. At age 10 I was restriced to 10g of protien from food a day.I lived on fruit and veg and the occasional potato. I ate specially made hospital food that was at best tasteless, at worst, made me vomit.
I had a disgusting 'protien supplement' drink that contained chemically digested protien and vitamins that I would have been lacking.
I was always way too thin until I became pregnant, had a difficult pregnancy (because of the PKU) , then suffered from PND quite badly - and piled weight on.
I did not follow my PKU diet after the pregnancy - ate everything under the sun - and felt the effects. Migranes, panic attacks, loss of concentration, depression.
I put on weight, my skin stretched so much it bled.
I have scars all over my body, and I have gone from being a confident young woman, to a frumpy blob.
My confidence has taken a real whack.
Despite all this, I wouldn't change a thing, and my son is the light of my life. He is a star, a miracle and I love him more than anything. He deserves a happy and healthy mum.
There has recently been an advance in the tratment of PKU, a chemically synthesized form of the amino acid I lack.
It is still at the trial stage, but it is working for me. I can eat what I want as long as I take this medication.
SO I am trying to avoid the urge to eat everything I was denied in childhood, and keep it healthy.
It is sooooooo hard when I am told by doctors that I can basically eat antything I want to.
I just need to make sure I stop going OTT,
It is MY body, and I WILL get it to do what I want it to do.