The Endo Diet:

Basically, the endo diet is a vegan diet, minus wheat and soy. I don’t think I ever really had much pain when it came to endo (or I tolerate it well) so my new diet is purely for the sake of having children (and if I become a bit healthier in the process, so be it.). Now, I never thought in a million that I would utter the words VEGAN and ANGIE in the same sentence but Hell has frozen over and that’s what it has come to. Although, I’m going to modify that diet some. Now, I think eggs-as long as they are hormone and antibiotic free-are OK for me. And the same goes for butter. For a true vegan, those are obviously big no-no’s. Here is what I have to avoid:

Wheat
Refined Carbs
Sugar, including honey
Alcohol
Caffeine
Chocolate (Oh, God help me!)
All dairy products
Fried Foods
All Red Meat & Animal products
All Soy (which seems to be in just about everything I like)
Basically, all the food I eat, I shouldn’t. I’ve come to the conclusion that everything I do eat, needs to be made from scratch and that 50% of my diet needs to be fruits and veggies. If you’ve ever watched the Gilmore Girls, you would know how I currently eat and how all of this is going to be quite a stretch. Why I’m not 300 lbs in beyond me.

I’m deciding whether or not to make my own bread (as all the recipes I’m seeing either contain a form of wheat or a form of soy) but I think that if I have a smidgen of wheat once in a while from homemade bread, things will still be OK. I’m shooting for an 80% avoidance rate of dairy, red meat, wheat, and soy.

Oh, I guess I should mention that I had my follow up for my lap surgery and I was quite upset when I left. I wasn’t able to see the RE, only a nurse who checked my incisions and told me that I have endo. WOW, thanks for that. I have to go back in two weeks to ask any questions, to see the pictures and get my first u/s post-op. I did some reading up on the meds used to control endo while I was in the RE’s waiting area. I want to steer VERY clear away from that. I’m going to beg and plead with the RE to not make me do it. I’m hoping to make a compromise. If I can truly control this with diet, the meds shouldn’t be necessary! I want to say, “Give me 6 months on this diet, if things don’t improve, slap me with the meds!” The only way to see if it comes back is to do another lap though so I don’t know how affective my bargaining skills will be. It’s still worth a shot.

Thanks again to all who prayed for me. I am truly blessed to call you all my friends.