Colds and other "minor illnesses" since diagnosis

Thanks for your replies.

Lastar - wow that's great for you! I was able to shun sugar and diary for 4 months on a high protein diet before dx, and I must say I felt alot better. I was eating a wide variety of vegetables and trying to drink 8 glasses of water a day (some days I met the goal, most other days I could get down 5 glasses). I lost 30 lbs!!! And was being taught a new way of combining food choices to avoid weight gain... then came the mammo results and all this DCIS stress and waiting and tests and treatments and more waiting... it didn't take long for me to throw in the towel and return to my old habits, I went back to the comfort foods (and sugar and diary) ... gained the weight back and now feel pretty awful. My surgery is in two weeks and I will try to start eating healthy again and getting daily walks, I know it won't be easy, as I understand it (from the May Mastectomies thread I am following) the 2 weeks leading up to surgery are the worst in terms of anxiety, when the surgery itself is turning out to be a piece of cake (sorry for food analogy) for most ladies that are posting there. THAT'S a little encouraging!

Gumshoe, it's you! - We indeed are alike. We are warriers but also worriers! And so the body eventually gets tired of it and tries to tell us, "enough!". I am trying to be extra-extra gentle with myself these days, giving me lots of slack, it is a challenge though. I'm still trying to get EVERYTHING done on my list before surgery, it will be all but impossible but I'm still trying to do it anyway. Today was a killer because DH and I were up til 2:00am with a sick calf, I went to bed only to be up again around 3:30am with stomach cramps, managed to get down some tea and back to bed for 4 hours. Got to the vet clinic by 9:00am and later had a neighbour in for coffee, but other than that a pretty lazy day, so I know I can get into this take-it-easy mode if I really try! (By the way the calf is doing MUCH better, not out of the woods yet, but definitely better.) 

Hey girls, just got back on the boards here, even my computer got "sick", picked up what looked to be a virus but, as it turned out, my anti-virus program actually got a little too ambitious and deleted some files that were innocent and required for applications to work properly - oh well, it's all restored now, so...

lastar - yeah I know, 30lbs, I was within 2 lbs of my ideal weight. 

The food combinations were easy to understand but hard to follow. Basically you categorize food types into fat, carbohydrates, and proteins...

For breakfast you do not have to care about combinations, your body has been fasting for 8 hours (if you're lucky), just feed it well and sensibly.

For lunch you combine fat and protein.

For supper you combine carbohydrates and protein.

The hard to follow rule is trying not to combine carbohydrates and fat very much. That was said to be the deadly combination in terms of weight gain. I found that some of my favourite pre-diet dishes were actually carbohydrate and fat based. I have always been a big protein fan, it's the only thing that makes me feel satisfied when hungry. Keeping well hydrated was also a big part of this program, since a lot of times our bodies are actually thirsty when we think we need something to eat. That took training, to drink lots of water, but I learned that when I was properly hydrated I felt alot better in general, less headaches, better focused, etc.

Good for you, considering colon hydrotherapy. It makes so much sense to cleanse. I was always interested in this but never had the nerve to go thru with making an appmt. I'm sure it's healthful when you consider all the toxins we ingest. And no doubt you will feel better. Wish I could be so brave, but I don't think I would tolerate the procedure well.

shayne - Hope you didn't catch it! It really is the last thing you need.

gumshoe - I simply cannot believe it, you have been thru the proverbial mill! As I always say "bring it on!!!" you really have to wonder what our bodies are trying to prove. And YES the calf is doing really well, did a complete 360, I just hope she stays well. We treated her for bloat even though there was nothing for her to bloat on, then we treated for sudden-onset toxic gut (something like I had later that night!) and tubed her with penicillin as prescribed. The next day she was better, and now she is like new. Since we don't know exactly what caused her problem we still have to keep a watchful eye for a relapse. I'm particularly attached to this calf, it's our 5 month old orphan "Dolly", she still gets 2 milk bottles a day