Care and feeding of Jay...
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jayIn today's mail was a follow-up from the Munich hospital, identifying my stone as comprised of weddellite (calcium and oxalates), and providing dietary recommendations.
Basic recommendations are to moderate meat and fish consumption (2 servings per day), and the usual rejoinder to eat mixed foods with lots of vitamins and fiber. But also to sharply curtail cheeses and dairy products (no more than 2 oz of cheese per day). I should try to minimize or avoid high-oxalate foods (rhubarb, spinach, mango, strawberries) as well.
As far as beverages go, water is fine... mineral water if the calcium is not too high... fruit juices and herbal teas are OK. I should try to moderate or reduce consumption of black tea, coffee, alcohol and sugared softdrinks, again pretty standard recommendations. (I guess this supplants the "two liters of weissbier per day" prescription, rats ;). But I should specifically limit myself to no more than 1 cup of milk per day, and not if I also have cheese that day. And I need to avoid dehydration, generally, as it aids in stone formation.
So, one mocha and I've exhausted the day's calcium and coffee ration... strawberries will have to be an occasion treat, in small quantities... diet sodas reconfirmed over ordinary ones... and a regular diet of cheese pizza, fondue and macaroni and cheese is a bad idea. Unfortunately, these are half of the things that I will eat that my vegetarian friends also will eat... and it looks like high-protein diets won't be a future option for weight loss.
In retrospect, the Arctic was a bad environment for me, this year... perpetually dehydrated, poor food choices available, dried mango strips as snacks, lots of Scotch after hours. Probably set up the stone for Munich, five weeks later...
Basic recommendations are to moderate meat and fish consumption (2 servings per day), and the usual rejoinder to eat mixed foods with lots of vitamins and fiber. But also to sharply curtail cheeses and dairy products (no more than 2 oz of cheese per day). I should try to minimize or avoid high-oxalate foods (rhubarb, spinach, mango, strawberries) as well.
As far as beverages go, water is fine... mineral water if the calcium is not too high... fruit juices and herbal teas are OK. I should try to moderate or reduce consumption of black tea, coffee, alcohol and sugared softdrinks, again pretty standard recommendations. (I guess this supplants the "two liters of weissbier per day" prescription, rats ;). But I should specifically limit myself to no more than 1 cup of milk per day, and not if I also have cheese that day. And I need to avoid dehydration, generally, as it aids in stone formation.
So, one mocha and I've exhausted the day's calcium and coffee ration... strawberries will have to be an occasion treat, in small quantities... diet sodas reconfirmed over ordinary ones... and a regular diet of cheese pizza, fondue and macaroni and cheese is a bad idea. Unfortunately, these are half of the things that I will eat that my vegetarian friends also will eat... and it looks like high-protein diets won't be a future option for weight loss.
In retrospect, the Arctic was a bad environment for me, this year... perpetually dehydrated, poor food choices available, dried mango strips as snacks, lots of Scotch after hours. Probably set up the stone for Munich, five weeks later...
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Date: 2005-10-25 01:16 am (UTC)But then again, he had a traceable calcium addition to his diet, and you don't.
Have you ever had a stone before?
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Date: 2005-10-25 01:35 am (UTC)TMI alert... in the Arctic, we had to relieve ourselves via a funnel into a 55 gal drum, exposed in the open, standing on a platform. I had trouble using this arrangement if anyone was within the line of sight... so would try to wait until the early morning hours, or while everyone was indoors during mealtimes. So would intentionally drink as little as I could, without getting blinding headaches...
I generally don't use restroom urinals, for the same reasons, unless it is otherwise deserted (wry grin).
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Date: 2005-10-29 02:00 pm (UTC)Would it be possible for you to use a temporary storage container in some private spot (yes, I know it would be hard to find) so that you could just go pour it out? It really sounds like your stones were the result of drastic under-hydration, and that hydrating normally (or a little in excess) now could mean a respite from those strict mineral-watching regimes.
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