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Changes with living longer

I had something strange happen to me the other day in clinic. I walked by some of the rooms on the way to mine and I saw Cystic Fibrosis patients with gray hair! I had NEVER ever seen that before! It was kind of a weird realization that I may get gray hair someday! It may sound strange, but growing up with an expiration date stamped on my forehead (which is wearing off with all the new technological advances) I never thought I would have to worry about that! :)

To top off my old age shock, my Doc wants me to start eating healthier, for my FUTURE?!!! My word! It was a lot to digest! All very good news, but wow! Something I never expected!

It is very hard for me to adjust to the thought of being on a “diet”. For all of my life my diet was to eat anything and everything humanly possible. Now I need to start thinking about my future health which includes all the real world issues that everyone else has to deal with. My doc suggests a “heart healthy” plan, or an anti-inflammatory diet, but with the reminder that I am on a high calorie, high protein diet.

This new lifestyle change will be difficult since I live off of fast food. But I am going to do it! The anti-inflammatory diet is something I have been interested in for a while and now I guess it is time to put it into action. I noticed while I was sick over the past few months that if I would eat a vegetarian dinner I would feel much better in the morning. Refreshed and ready to go.

Not only is AHA “heart healthy”, “no fad diet” plan good for people with Cystic Fibrosis and/or CF related Diabetes, but it is good for EVERYONE!!! :D

Good advice my doc gave me about changing my diet was to take “baby steps” so I don’t get overwhelmed, and to “think about all the good things” I get to eat with my new diet plan. Over the next few months or so, I will fill you in on what I am learning, step by step. I may even give YOU a challenge or two to help you improve your life!

I have soooo much news about a lot of various things I want to tell all of you about, I hope I can get a few minutes this weekend to write at least some of it down! In the mean time, take care!

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This entry was written by Salty and posted on April 25, 2008 and filed under Challenges, Cystic Fibrosis, Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, Life in General, Nutrition, diabetes.
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  1. Hey Jesse!

    We can still have tons of lasagna if we make it with whole wheat noodles and sauce that doesn’t have that darned corn syrup in it (try organic). I can make better sauce myself anyway! We still can have red meat. High calorie, high protein is what the doc tells me. I read that eating meat from grass fed animals is better than the grain fed type….

    I have a feeling this is going to be a VERY expensive “diet”, as if my enormous grocery bills didn’t already drain the bank. And how the heck am I going to find the time to cook!

    1. aspen on April 29th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

  2. I don’t know if I can give up massive amounts of red meat and lasagna… why live without lasagna?
    :)

    2. Jesse Petersen on April 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

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