About every two or three years I seem to get fed up with my status quo and start hunting for the answer (external to me, of course!!!). This time to a dietitian. I heard him speak about 10 years ago on fibromyalgia and chronic pain and nutrition. I googled him, as you can do now!, emailed him my list of complaints- to see if he ran a mile- and he emailed me back. Most of his clients are complex cases! Yes. A complex case. That’s me! You see, I have been medically diagnosed with lots of things- fibromyalgia, PCOS, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Chronic Fatigue syndrome, depression, insulin resistance,  ADHD, of the top of my head.  I had a car accident when I was 22 and as my mother says ‘things have never been right since’! I have always known somehow that there is a connection to these things- something is not right in my body’s functioning. There are a lot of people out there willing to take your money and give you there solution- genuine and dodgy! What a maze.

Off I went to the GP’s to get a referral for the dietitian- I had to hop on the scales and was pretty shocked to find I weighed 136 kg. How can I have so little insight into my growing size? I am not known for my visual- spacial skills so I spose size self perception could fit into that. The dietitian was really useful. He drew diagrams to show how he thinks all this body dysfunction is related and what systems need to be supported for me to feel better (yes, it may be possible). The upshot is- low wheat, low sugar, low gi eating with regular good quality protein. Tick of confirmation, I have heard that before, he’s not reinventing the wheel and it’s certainly do-able. Then I have got some supplements- one course of probiotics to get the good gut flora going, some amino acid formulation for brain function- concentration, focus. There was no blame (here comes another fat chick with no self-discipline), there was hope, kindness and understanding.

If only all health professionals were all like that.

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