Dairy is evil

June 25, 2010

I hate dairy, its in everything, and everything it is in is usually delicious. But every time I eat it I get a bad headache (because of my sinuses), and I know this, so I've tried to eliminated it from my diet completely, and it's easy...Until my husband comes home with a cheese cake and he asks you to cut him a slice. Then you get some on your finger...what else are you going to do but lick your finger? Pretty soon you've had about 5 bites, you're thinking to yourself, "Oh my gosh what am I doing?" Yes I did that last night and even after 5 tiny bites I have a throbbing migraine today. To me, dairy is pure evilness, dressed as a lushes sweet temptress topped in strawberry glaze, and as soon as I partake of it, it reaches into my brain and kills everything good inside. Dairy, I'll miss you, but I guess, I won't miss you.

Hello High Blood Acidity, Goodbye Spicy Foods

June 9, 2010

Hello dear readers! Well I went to the doctors yesterday for a routine check up, and I complained about having pain in my chest and upper back. Well apparently I have a high acidic blood level, and the pain was heart burn. And if not treated the high acidity can cause ulcers. So my doctor prescribed me Prilosec which I must take everyday. I'm thinking "wow this is pretty random!" but it does explain the acid reflux that I have been experiencing. So after I got home I did some research on the Internet to find out whether or not it is linked to Osteopetrosis. Sure enough it is. At the website http://www.osteopetrosis.org/ I found that in Osteopetrosis patients, "The blood is slightly acidic and has a high chloride concentration (hyperchloraemic acidosis.) The blood acidity is caused by excessive leakage of bicarbonate from the kidney tubules (renal tubular acidosis)." Well, that's new information to me. So I guess I must be consistent with taking my Prilosec now, and stop eating spicy food! I don't know how I'm going to do that! One of my favorite foods is a good spicy plate of chicken curry. At least at the Chinese restaurant that I order from the curry is spicy, I don't think the Thai Chicken curry is spicy, so there may be hope after all. But Ricky (my husband) insists that I stop eating all spicy food! He is so good at watching out for his little wifey.

Apart from frequent bone fractures I never knew that Osteopetrosis could cause so many problems in just one little body. Oh well, The Lord is my Strength, and He will continue to help me overcome any and every obstacle that may come my way!

Vitamin D and The First Day of Summer vacation!

June 2, 2010

So, last night I couldn't sleep at all because my mind was working a million miles per hour thinking of all the things I want to do during summer break. Well Today is my first day of freedom and I'm so tired haha. I even have made a list of all the things I want to accomplish before fall semester comes around. I want to paint, I have so many blank canvases that I have accumulated over last semester that are just crying out to be used. I want to start drawing again, but not just with graphite or pencil, I want to go out and buy some high quality colored pencils and explore with colored drawings =). I also have a goal to find a really great book and read it over the summer, I'm thinking Jane Eyre, do you have any suggestions for me? And I seriously just want to take a whole day to do nothing but lay in bed and watch TV shows and movies. I also want to go camping with my hubby and friends, and then go down to LA and visit my sister. oooh man I have such high hopes for this summer, I reallyyy need this time to decompress from everything.

As far as the health aspect of my life, I have been taking vitamin D supplements for about 2 weeks now. I was researching my disease some more and found a little something that mentioned how taking Vitamin D may help stimulate my Osteoclast cells! Well this made perfect sense to me because as a pre-nursing student I am learning in Anatomy that your bones store calcium, and when your organs and intestines need Calcium it is the Osteoclasts' job to resorb (take out) the Calcium from the bones and send it into the gut where it can be used. Well! vitamin D is the one responsible for telling the Osteoclasts to resorb the Calcium, thereby stimulating the Osteoclasts! Well, who knows if this will actually stimulate them in my case, it may be something a lot more complicated than that, but it never hurts to try!