Saturday, July 31, 2010

Re: [epilepsy] new adventure part 2

 

best of luck to ya

--- On Sat, 7/31/10, Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net> wrote:

From: Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net>
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure part 2
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:41 PM

 

I wanted to let hose of you who responded know I appreciate it. We are

oging into this very eyes wide open. My brother in law is a social

worker in another state, and my mother in law is a CASA (court appointed

special advocate). We are well aware of all fo the issues that

potentially come with kids in the foster care system and all the baggage

they drag with them.

My husband is amazing. Before my surgery I was having 10 severe complex

partials per day, some longer then 5 minutes, and typically 1-2 in the

night. I was bad--I wandered, I stood on things, I even tried grabbing

the steering wheel a few times while others were driving. When I was

first sick my son was only 5 and my husband and his family who lived

near us rallied around me to ensure he was taken care of. I have no

doubt how my husband would react to any situation that might come up,

including an increase in my seizures.

I know there will be challenges, whether I had epilepsy or not there

would be challenges to this. I simply cannot let EP stop me form doing

something I have wanted to do for years. One of the things my husband

even talked about is the fact that we would be great advocates for these

kids because we know what life is like when it isn't all sunshine and

roses. We also know you can come out of the other end of it stronger

then you were, and more aware of who you really are. One of the thing

these kids need is someone who won't judge them for the problems in

their life, and who better then someone who has had a truckload of her own!

Thank you for all the words of wisdom form everyone, it gives us more to

think about ahead of time.

Kelly P

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Re: [epilepsy] new adventure

 

Kelly,

It probably depends on how old the children are. When I was DX my daughters were 2,4, and 6. But I had szs when
I was PG with my 2nd and 3rd daughters. Just last week a lady here in town had a sz and fell on her 15 month grandchild--
who she was keeping for a couple days.. She didn't wake up for 2 hours and the child was not breathing.. That I had never
heard of before and you must admit it was a fluke accident.

Although you need to be more careful when they are young -- I've read that lots of you have had children and szs.
It never occurred to me that they could be in danger.

If the children are older 4 or 5-- and older I think szs can be explained to them.And they can be told to call someone. My
girls learned to use to phone before that age. Only you know how your szs are -- bless you as you make the decision.
There are plenty of kids that need good foster homes.

Millie

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From: Kelly Porter
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 6:01 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure

Hoping to hear form some of you who have raised more then one child
while you have epilepsy. My husband and I have talked extensively about
becoming foster parents and we completed our training last weekend. We
are now in the process of filling out a mound of paperwork.

My seizures are mostly under control. Over 2 years post surgical and I
have one minor partial complex or simple partial seizure a week on
average. None of them cause automations any more, which were horrid
before surgery. I am still on trileptal. I do have some other things
going on, like intermittent pain dependent upon how much I do
physically. I am on Lyrica for this and mostly I live with it and work
around it.

We have one 9 year old boy who is totally on board with this.

I have wanted to do this for years, and my husband is completely in
agreement. The one thing that concerns me is how it might effect my
health. I have thought and thought about this and can't really think of
any major down sides, only minor ones.

Any thoughts form any of you who have raised your kids since being
diagnosed?

Kelly P

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Re: [fast5] Re: brown fat verses yellow fat

 

Even if you're not calorie restricting the fasting is still helpful in training your body to burn fat as fuel.
 
I've shared here before but for the sake of updating:
 
Back around 2000 I weighed in at approximately 425+ pounds.  I'm a 6'4" single daddy, just turned 43 last month.  Currently I weigh in at 220-225, and I've put on approximately 20 pounds of muscle since 2006 when I started lifting.  I probably have about 20 pounds of excess bodyfat to lose, but I've never had any surgery, and other than over-the-counter supplements I haven't used any weird diet pills - I just have trained regularly and studied about ways that the body uses energy.
 
From a wheat / grain standpoint, I've never had any problem with it.  Your body will essentially process refined flour like it's sugar, but in my experience it hasn't been the carbs vs. fat argument, it's more a matter of "what are you asking your body to do?"  The Fast5 plan is helpful because obviously, given my former size, I have lived a life of food-regulation issues, but I do believe my body's insulin response has become a lot more efficient than it was as a "big guy."
 
I will tell you from experience that sure -- moving away from grains has benefits, but most people don't need to vilify them.  The problem is just that they're harder to regulate from a dietary standpoint.   I lost my first 80 pounds or so doing strictly Atkins, and I know that if I ate grain/carbs during the day I'd have much more of a struggle losing fat.  Eating only in the evening most days (probably 28-31 days a month) means that my insulin spikes only once a day, and when you've put your muscles into a "repair/grow" mode through some challenging and consistent strength training, you give the carbs something to do other than keep you alive.  Anyone out there who is not exercising regularly (and strongly), I'd definitely recommend avoiding flour and sugar altogether if you want to see real results.
 
I would recommend to anyone doing fast5 to a) talk to their doctor and start a consistent exercise program that involves weight training, and b) worry less about the scale and more about your visible body fat.  If you lost twenty pounds of fat and put on five-ten pounds of muscle, you're going to like the way you look and feel, and you'll want to keep getting healthy. 

From: barnabywalker <barnabywalker@gmail.com>
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 31, 2010 8:21:13 PM
Subject: [fast5] Re: brown fat verses yellow fat

 

It's not at all unusual to see conflicting "studies" regarding low-fat diets and disease.

Eating less fat offers little disease protection
Study: Low-fat diet fails to decrease cancer, heart risks in older women
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11221022/

Calorie reduction diets are showing the best promise for improved health. But Fasting is the most sane way of accomplishing it. No sense in Starving yourself! It's not as difficult to eat less than 1500 calories a day (for calorie restricted diet) if you don't spread it over Traditional 3 meals a day.
http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/health/july9c02.html

I agree, Wheat serves no good purpose in our diet, but not from fear of iron.

"Iron Man" :-)
Barnaby

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> Well, not to go onto my current bandwagon or anything, but high iron levels
> are associated with cancer. IP6 and EDTA are being used by some people to
> help treat cancer, because it mops up the extra iron in the blood, stealing
> food from the cancer cells. Most cancers are rare in India, where they also
> tend to have very low ferritin levels. So the first thing I would do is have
> your ferritin levels checked. See:
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2025170/
>
> Second thing is: people who are gluten intolerant often have high prolactin
> levels (even little kids, which doesn't make sense because prolactin is
> there for breastfeeding!). Prolactin is also associated with breast cancer.
>
> I kind of think the gluten thing might be related to the iron thing: gluten
> messes with the gut integrity, which might lead to high ferritin levels? Or
> some kind of rebound reaction: I had undetected celiac for years, which
> probably made me anemic, but when I stopped eating wheat then I started
> having iron problems.
>
> Personally I don't think fat per se has anything to do with breast cancer.
> It's probably a stand-in statistically for either red meat (which is both
> high in iron and also makes other iron in the diet absorb better) or trans
> fats. Other kinds of fats ... coconut oil, olive oil, fish oil ... don't
> seem to promote cancer? Only the fats that are associated with the high iron
> foods? When I eat red meat these days I also take a calcium pill, which I
> think is necessary to make the protein digest correctly and also to block
> the iron. Most animals that eat meat also eat the bones, as did human beings
> in the past. The paleo peoples didn't have a problem eating scads of meat
> probably because they did eat bones, and also they had parasites and lost
> blood more regularly.
>
> Kraut and cabbage are associated with lower breast cancer rates. If you like
> them, it's an easy thing to eat! I do like homemade kraut.
>
> If you want brown fat though, the thing to do is to "get cold". When people
> have to live in a cold environment, they develop brown fat and a higher
> metabolism. So maybe gardening during the winter, in shirtsleeves? I had my
> best health at a time when I had to walk a mile each day, rain or shine,
> including in snow and ice.
>
> Breast cancer isn't something I've studied though, and I'm sure you'll do
> your own research. I'm sorry to hear about it, though I'm glad you are being
> proactive! I think Fast-5 is a good treatment of itself, because it helps
> the body do "housecleaning".
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM, lanekoeslin <koeslin@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I wonder if anyone on this list has studied the brown/yellow fat factor and
> > applied it to Fast-5.
> >
> > A little about me: I was a skinny kid. Gained a few pounds after each
> > baby. Gained a chunk very quickly while going through some mental anquish.
> > And then began the diet rollercoaster. One diet after another ending with
> > an 8 year stint on Atkins Extreme. Quit that about 5 years ago, because my
> > doctor was concerned over bloodwork results.
> >
> > Four months ago I had a mastectomy due to early stage but invasive breast
> > cancer. 3 months ago I started
> > taking Arimidex to block estrogen. One of the breast cancer risks is high
> > fat intake, according to the literature.
> >
> > That brings me to my interest in the brown fat, yellow fat factor. From
> > what little I've read on the subject, some types of exercise promote the
> > healthy brown fat which burns off the yellow fat as I understand it.
> >
> > Does anyone on this list, Heather perhaps?, have insight or knowledge
> > about this? Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Lane in Illinois
> >


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[epilepsy] new adventure part 2

 

I wanted to let hose of you who responded know I appreciate it. We are
oging into this very eyes wide open. My brother in law is a social
worker in another state, and my mother in law is a CASA (court appointed
special advocate). We are well aware of all fo the issues that
potentially come with kids in the foster care system and all the baggage
they drag with them.

My husband is amazing. Before my surgery I was having 10 severe complex
partials per day, some longer then 5 minutes, and typically 1-2 in the
night. I was bad--I wandered, I stood on things, I even tried grabbing
the steering wheel a few times while others were driving. When I was
first sick my son was only 5 and my husband and his family who lived
near us rallied around me to ensure he was taken care of. I have no
doubt how my husband would react to any situation that might come up,
including an increase in my seizures.

I know there will be challenges, whether I had epilepsy or not there
would be challenges to this. I simply cannot let EP stop me form doing
something I have wanted to do for years. One of the things my husband
even talked about is the fact that we would be great advocates for these
kids because we know what life is like when it isn't all sunshine and
roses. We also know you can come out of the other end of it stronger
then you were, and more aware of who you really are. One of the thing
these kids need is someone who won't judge them for the problems in
their life, and who better then someone who has had a truckload of her own!

Thank you for all the words of wisdom form everyone, it gives us more to
think about ahead of time.

Kelly P

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[fast5] Re: brown fat verses yellow fat

 

It's not at all unusual to see conflicting "studies" regarding low-fat diets and disease.

Eating less fat offers little disease protection
Study: Low-fat diet fails to decrease cancer, heart risks in older women
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11221022/

Calorie reduction diets are showing the best promise for improved health. But Fasting is the most sane way of accomplishing it. No sense in Starving yourself! It's not as difficult to eat less than 1500 calories a day (for calorie restricted diet) if you don't spread it over Traditional 3 meals a day.
http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/health/july9c02.html

I agree, Wheat serves no good purpose in our diet, but not from fear of iron.

"Iron Man" :-)
Barnaby

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> Well, not to go onto my current bandwagon or anything, but high iron levels
> are associated with cancer. IP6 and EDTA are being used by some people to
> help treat cancer, because it mops up the extra iron in the blood, stealing
> food from the cancer cells. Most cancers are rare in India, where they also
> tend to have very low ferritin levels. So the first thing I would do is have
> your ferritin levels checked. See:
>
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2025170/
>
> Second thing is: people who are gluten intolerant often have high prolactin
> levels (even little kids, which doesn't make sense because prolactin is
> there for breastfeeding!). Prolactin is also associated with breast cancer.
>
> I kind of think the gluten thing might be related to the iron thing: gluten
> messes with the gut integrity, which might lead to high ferritin levels? Or
> some kind of rebound reaction: I had undetected celiac for years, which
> probably made me anemic, but when I stopped eating wheat then I started
> having iron problems.
>
> Personally I don't think fat per se has anything to do with breast cancer.
> It's probably a stand-in statistically for either red meat (which is both
> high in iron and also makes other iron in the diet absorb better) or trans
> fats. Other kinds of fats ... coconut oil, olive oil, fish oil ... don't
> seem to promote cancer? Only the fats that are associated with the high iron
> foods? When I eat red meat these days I also take a calcium pill, which I
> think is necessary to make the protein digest correctly and also to block
> the iron. Most animals that eat meat also eat the bones, as did human beings
> in the past. The paleo peoples didn't have a problem eating scads of meat
> probably because they did eat bones, and also they had parasites and lost
> blood more regularly.
>
> Kraut and cabbage are associated with lower breast cancer rates. If you like
> them, it's an easy thing to eat! I do like homemade kraut.
>
> If you want brown fat though, the thing to do is to "get cold". When people
> have to live in a cold environment, they develop brown fat and a higher
> metabolism. So maybe gardening during the winter, in shirtsleeves? I had my
> best health at a time when I had to walk a mile each day, rain or shine,
> including in snow and ice.
>
> Breast cancer isn't something I've studied though, and I'm sure you'll do
> your own research. I'm sorry to hear about it, though I'm glad you are being
> proactive! I think Fast-5 is a good treatment of itself, because it helps
> the body do "housecleaning".
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM, lanekoeslin <koeslin@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I wonder if anyone on this list has studied the brown/yellow fat factor and
> > applied it to Fast-5.
> >
> > A little about me: I was a skinny kid. Gained a few pounds after each
> > baby. Gained a chunk very quickly while going through some mental anquish.
> > And then began the diet rollercoaster. One diet after another ending with
> > an 8 year stint on Atkins Extreme. Quit that about 5 years ago, because my
> > doctor was concerned over bloodwork results.
> >
> > Four months ago I had a mastectomy due to early stage but invasive breast
> > cancer. 3 months ago I started
> > taking Arimidex to block estrogen. One of the breast cancer risks is high
> > fat intake, according to the literature.
> >
> > That brings me to my interest in the brown fat, yellow fat factor. From
> > what little I've read on the subject, some types of exercise promote the
> > healthy brown fat which burns off the yellow fat as I understand it.
> >
> > Does anyone on this list, Heather perhaps?, have insight or knowledge
> > about this? Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Lane in Illinois
> >

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[epilepsy] Has anyone heard of frequent hiccups

 

actually being a seizure?

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Re: [fast5] brown fat verses yellow fat

 

Thank you, Heather for your thoughtful response.  You've given me lots to mull over and study.  Get cold, huh?  That's quite interesting.  We keep it pretty cool in our house in the Winter, 66 or so. However in the summer we let it get quite warm, since we don't do airconditioning unless the heat gets unbearable.  I'll have to look into that a bit. 
 
Thanks for your kind words.  I have a good attitude and plan to keep as upbeat as possible.
 
Lane

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Well, not to go onto my current bandwagon or anything, but high iron levels are associated with cancer. IP6 and EDTA are being used by some people to help treat cancer, because it mops up the extra iron in the blood, stealing food from the cancer cells. Most cancers are rare in India, where they also tend to have very low ferritin levels. So the first thing I would do is have your ferritin levels checked. See: (snipped)

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Re: [epilepsy] new adventure

 

Kelly,

       Welcome to the foster care system. We have been doing it for the last
9yrs.I am the one who has epilepsy as well as fibromyalgia.I have also had 2
boys of my own which are now 28 and 29. My husband and I take in teen age boys
only.We use to take in girls also but to much drama and stress for me.We also
use to take in kids younger then 13 but again to much stress for me. we now have
a 14 yr old who has a.d.d. and a.d.h.d. he is a handful at times but is such a
blessing to us.we do specialized foster care and traditional as well as youth
service.youth service is a neat program that helps out a teen whether he/she is
a runaway or the parents locked them out of the house.we have had as many as 5
teen boys in our home.    my husband helps out allot as he is a retired navy guy
so he is home at all times and he also drives them around for different
appointments as well as school. Not saying it is easy just saying it is worth
the stuff we go through to see them start again with a more stable
environment. So many of our kids keep in touch by phone and surprise visits. We
keep an open door policy just in case they need to talk or just chill out for a
few hours. we are licensed for 6 traditional kids or 3 special needs kids.
  Sometimes I do have a seizure in front of them and they are cool with it
because we let them know that I do have epilepsy and what to do if I have one
with my husband gone. If you have any questions that you might have don't
hesitate to ask,we would love to help you all out.
Bless you for wanting to help the kids with no home or homelife.
                         Trish (jiminycricketblue)

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From: Kelly Porter <kellyporter@frontiernet.net>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 31, 2010 5:01:55 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure

 
Hoping to hear form some of you who have raised more then one child
while you have epilepsy. My husband and I have talked extensively about
becoming foster parents and we completed our training last weekend. We
are now in the process of filling out a mound of paperwork.

My seizures are mostly under control. Over 2 years post surgical and I
have one minor partial complex or simple partial seizure a week on
average. None of them cause automations any more, which were horrid
before surgery. I am still on trileptal. I do have some other things
going on, like intermittent pain dependent upon how much I do
physically. I am on Lyrica for this and mostly I live with it and work
around it.

We have one 9 year old boy who is totally on board with this.

I have wanted to do this for years, and my husband is completely in
agreement. The one thing that concerns me is how it might effect my
health. I have thought and thought about this and can't really think of
any major down sides, only minor ones.

Any thoughts form any of you who have raised your kids since being
diagnosed?

Kelly P

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Re: [epilepsy] new adventure

 

Well, I had two sons with my first husband that were 18 monts apart. Then I remarried after the divorce, and had my third child, shes 14. I wont lie here. I have a lot more problems with raising her, and a lot of it does have to do with my seizures. Shes a teenager, so its harder on her too as I cant drive her places, but have a bus that can take us. The older the child the harder some things can be for you, also it depends on the hormones of the chld, wheather girl or boy. I have had a lot more szs this past year than I had in the last 3 yrs. Its all stress, and her wanting to do things with her friends, that we don't approve of and all the other normal conflicts that normal parents have with their teenagers. The stress does get to you. I wish you all the best, in making your decision..

Terri

From: Kelly Porter
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 5:01 PM
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [epilepsy] new adventure

Hoping to hear form some of you who have raised more then one child
while you have epilepsy. My husband and I have talked extensively about
becoming foster parents and we completed our training last weekend. We
are now in the process of filling out a mound of paperwork.

My seizures are mostly under control. Over 2 years post surgical and I
have one minor partial complex or simple partial seizure a week on
average. None of them cause automations any more, which were horrid
before surgery. I am still on trileptal. I do have some other things
going on, like intermittent pain dependent upon how much I do
physically. I am on Lyrica for this and mostly I live with it and work
around it.

We have one 9 year old boy who is totally on board with this.

I have wanted to do this for years, and my husband is completely in
agreement. The one thing that concerns me is how it might effect my
health. I have thought and thought about this and can't really think of
any major down sides, only minor ones.

Any thoughts form any of you who have raised your kids since being
diagnosed?

Kelly P

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Re: [fast5] brown fat verses yellow fat

 

Well, not to go onto my current bandwagon or anything, but high iron levels are associated with cancer. IP6 and EDTA are being used by some people to help treat cancer, because it mops up the extra iron in the blood, stealing food from the cancer cells. Most cancers are rare in India, where they also tend to have very low ferritin levels. So the first thing I would do is have your ferritin levels checked. See:


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2025170/

Second thing is: people who are gluten intolerant often have high prolactin levels (even little kids, which doesn't make sense because prolactin is there for breastfeeding!). Prolactin is also associated with breast cancer. 

I kind of think the gluten thing might be related to the iron thing: gluten messes with the gut integrity, which might lead to high ferritin levels? Or some kind of rebound reaction: I had undetected celiac for years, which probably made me anemic, but when I stopped eating wheat then I started having iron problems.

Personally I don't think fat per se has anything to do with breast cancer. It's probably a stand-in statistically for either red meat (which is both high in iron and also makes other iron in the diet absorb better) or trans fats. Other kinds of fats ... coconut oil, olive oil, fish oil ... don't seem to promote cancer? Only the fats that are associated with the high iron foods? When I eat red meat these days I also take a calcium pill, which I think is necessary to make the protein digest correctly and also to block the iron. Most animals that eat meat also eat the bones, as did human beings in the past. The paleo peoples didn't have a problem eating scads of meat probably because they did eat bones, and also they had parasites and lost blood more regularly.

Kraut and cabbage are associated with lower breast cancer rates. If you like them, it's an easy thing to eat! I do like homemade kraut.

If you want brown fat though, the thing to do is to "get cold". When people have to live in a cold environment, they develop brown fat and a higher metabolism. So maybe gardening during the winter, in shirtsleeves? I had my best health at a time when I had to walk a mile each day, rain or shine, including in snow and ice.

Breast cancer isn't something I've studied though, and I'm sure you'll do your own research. I'm sorry to hear about it, though I'm glad you are being proactive! I think Fast-5 is a good treatment of itself, because it helps the body do "housecleaning".



On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 8:35 AM, lanekoeslin <koeslin@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,

I wonder if anyone on this list has studied the brown/yellow fat factor and applied it to Fast-5.

A little about me: I was a skinny kid.  Gained a few pounds after each baby.  Gained a chunk very quickly while going through some mental anquish.  And then began the diet rollercoaster.  One diet after another ending with an 8 year stint on Atkins Extreme.  Quit that about 5 years ago, because my doctor was concerned over bloodwork results.

Four months ago I had a mastectomy due to early stage but invasive breast cancer.  3 months ago I started
taking Arimidex to block estrogen.  One of the  breast cancer risks is high fat intake, according to the literature.

That brings me to my interest in the brown fat, yellow fat factor.  From what little I've read on the subject, some types of exercise promote the healthy brown fat which burns off the yellow fat as I understand it.

Does anyone on this list, Heather perhaps?, have insight or  knowledge
about this?  Thanks in advance,

Lane in Illinois


 
 

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