365 Days.
No Protein Spill. No Meds.
Praise God!!!
What a wonderful day! To celebrate one year of FULL REMISSION! Changing your diet and changing your life can be hard. Mostly though, it's inconvenient....and people do not like to be inconvenienced. However, I think the momentary inconvenience pales in comparison to the lifetime of better health one receives. I know everyone may not have the same success with life change as we have had. I do know this though, IT WILL AT LEAST HELP EVERYONE who gives it 100%. How could eating and living better Not help? That's the catch though- most people are only willing to try "a little". I know from experience that trying to go gluten free even "mostly" is not enough to cut it. It has to be 100%! I talk to people all the time with different autoimmune problems, who want to know what we did. As soon as I give them the scoop on diet change, they lose hope. I can see on their face they think it's not for them, because it seems like too much work. But anything in life worth having, is worth fighting for, and your health should be at the top of the list! It can be upsetting how many people I meet that just want a quick, easy solution. The body is so complex, nothing about it is simple. It takes time, energy, sacrifice, research, and patience to try and figure out what may work for you. And my heart aches for those who DO put in the effort with little results. But, you never know what may or may not help you until you try. So be brave! Give better health a shot, you are worth it!
Below is our story of encouragement. I made the video because when Emma Kate was first diagnosed I did what many parents do...I looked up things about it on the web. And I looked at youTube videos. And EVERYTHING I saw was so sad and very discouraging. I wanted to see a story with a happy ending. A story that did not end in a transplant or years upon years of high dose meds with serious side effects. Don't get me wrong, I know that is a reality for many kidney patients. But my heart needed something to give me hope. Something that said it is not always that way. And I am overjoyed to be able to have made that type of video myself. That is the purpose behind it; to lift spirits by presenting a different approach to treating NS or FSGS. May you be inspired and able to make your own encouraging video one day! That is my prayer! (For some reason the video is not showing up on mobile devices, but will work from a regular computer.)
We just celebrated Emma Kate's 5th birthday, and we took her to Disney World! We all had a blast! I am so excited to say that WDW was SO wonderful about food allergies! Every place we ate had gluten free options. And not only that but it was SO GOOD! They were super nice about making sure you were taken care of and that was fantastic. We were also able to bring our own food into the park, and that was wonderful.
