[WARNING THATS A REALLY LONG POST] Carnivore for an half year, here is the story of how i found the way. I knew great victories, I knew fighting with myself into crazy training to feel I deserved any calories I ate and so I knew REDS, I knew the slow descent into hell and i finally knew that fatal injury which makes you realize that you need to stop the nonsense... I remember get out of the hospital with canes because my hips were completely f*cked and two days after already doing 5km walk with the canes, recovery was not even something existing in my stupid head... Then I knew what it is to be at the bottom with not a single physical capacity left and to have to develop everything again, during this period I oriented myself more than ever on endurance, (I was before someone really explosive doing lot of sport of high intensity and impact) during this endurance era I kinda make peace with myself and were not as strict as I always been, I was changing after years of military routine... but endurance is endurance I slowly started to become the perfect type of the "zombie runner"... seriously all these guys doing endurance, especially when it's start to expend to marathon or even more are mostly not feeling in good shape at all... after months and months to continuously complete weeks over 70km the injuries started to show up again but not as a one and only explosion like the first time but more little ones at intervals... outside of the high volume factor I was not eating enough again as I always did... and not the good food (I always been strict on my diet but "strict" based on what?... on usual poor recommandations that gives most of sports guys... So with all those little injuries i finally got bored. And I decided to stop to run FOR EVER! I actually started to hate it. Then I discovered "race walking" (if you never seen it look a few videos the movement can look a bit weird but that's a wonderful activity) I always walked a lot but at this moment walk became a sport! So I combined it with strength training (the only activity I never stopped for almost my whole life)... I felt in better shape than ever during this time but it was still something weird... I was always inconsistent, especially mentally... I'm a severe autist and yes it's not help me to feel good every days but I don't want of that excuse to let my own life f*cking me... one day I have just no idea from where but after considered and experimented everything with food I finally discovered something I never heard before "the keto diet"... at this moment I needed to move really really quickly, even consuming extra amount of oats on the few last days to bring forward the date by which I will no longer have any carbs into my house LOL... I never felt bad at the beginning in keto, probably because I had the chance that for years I always had a relatively reasonable distribution between fats and carbs in my diet compared to most people that eat a standard type diet. My performance stagnated for a while but I never have a fall. But the progress out of the gym came to an impressive speed! Headache, constant drowsiness, heatstroke, anxiety skyrocketing after meals, constipation... all was gone! and it's only now that I name all these issues that I realize how I was miserable when I was as it seems leading a healthy life, eating what is considered as "healthy foods" and aside of it being a great sportmen... Bullsh*t.... The keto diet was already a great improvement, but not everything was solved like the arthritis and joint pain I developped over years of eating sh*t and training to the limits, as well as a bad thermoregulation, my relation with food was still bad as I was constantly continuing to track my calories intake and stayed to a relatively low daily intake... I think the final transition has finally came of a sudden boredom of spending so much time to eat per day... I eat really slowly and in keto I was eating a lot of veggies so it was endless... I firstly got ride of the veggies, then during 2 or 3 weeks i finished the 2 foods I had in reserve at home, which were olive oil and nuts, then the cupboards ended up empty and the only things I had to think was to go get my meat, my butter, my eggs and my cheese, that's it. The carnivore definitely ended the last issues mentionned that were remains in keto. And the most crazy was about the sport, I came a beast in carnivore, it's simple the hormones start living again! No more digestive fatigue too, ou dont realize how it consume to digest... After five years of struggle with myself, to loathe my fate I'm back. Probably my greatest pride is to reach again numbers of cals I not saw since about 4 years, reaching close to 3k , 3k yes... but 3k for someone that is 160cm and 47kg! Until now I was almost limiting to strength training every day and "race walking" as became much rarer, but now that I am completely adapted to this diet I have the desire to do more again! (without going to excess for sure) And by doing more I will eat more and my greatest challenge is now to get some additional weight to simply have more reserve. I actually eat 2 times a days, on a whole day I eat about 500/750 gr of meat, and lot of cheese and eggs, and there is the butter... I'm on a consecutive streak of 100gr per days for months and months 🤣 but now I'm closer to 150gr a day. Hope some smiled reading my post. Take care. J
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NMOSD is similar to Multiple Sclerosis but with the auto-immune response can be on the optic nerve. Basically, the immune system "thinks' it is attacking and removing something that does not belong, but the attack is on good/healthy tissue. The attack creates lesions on the myelin (the sheath that covers the nerves) and this attack opens the sheath and at times can expose the nerve. Both NMO and MS symptoms are all over the place and can make diagnosis really hard. It is more of a process of elimination approach to finding the diagnosis (and that sucks).
In the summer of 2018, I started with extreme burning sensations on my right thigh. Like if you were to pass a cutting torch across your skin. Then it moved to my left arm and my back. First diagnosis was Shingles without the blistering and rashes. The I started to have what felt like cramps behind my eyes. Then one day loss of motor skills in my left arm which sent me straight into 'stroke protocol'. Then finally on Labor Day morning I woke up and could not see. Everything was the same color as your monitor when you turn it off. Not jet black but just about.
By the time I got to the hospital most of the vision had returned. The left arm was sort of hanging around so back into stroke protocol again. Since my symptoms were hit and miss the doctors were sort of stumped. I was mostly scared but this once I was made enough to punch someone. I'm lying there, blurry eyed, left arm not working, my thigh on fire and (pardon the description) the only time I knew I was pissing or pooping was when it hit my ankles. And since the issues were coming and going and the doctor may or may not be present ...I had a doctor basically tell me, "I think you are here for pain pills, do you have a problem?". In both our best interests it was a good thing I was not able to stand up.
Luckily, I landed with my current Neurologist, and he ordered a couple test followed by a spinal tap. From there he got me on a 6-hour infusion two times per year. Other than a few minors I have been pretty much healthy since.
The carnivore diet has eased the inflammation and the associated pain, and I have not taken any pain medicine since mid-May. The weight loss is a lot like the bonus plan.
I have started reading where there are a number of NMOSD and MS patients who have found they no longer require their infusions/medications while on the carnivore diet. it is somewhat exciting and hopeful. It is not that bad of an experience, but the first one usually cost me around $3500 out of pocket but fortunately the second one is "on the house".
As far as the doctor who thought I was looking for pills. I photo'ed my medical record. At the time I was 49 years old. I had 7 prescriptions from the time I was 18-49. I wanted to draw a big middle finger, but my wife would not allow it.
And to add a funny, as I like to do that, imagine...in the shower, legs collapse, no movement in your left arm and you wind up laying on your good arm. You re yelling for your wife but she is on the other end of the house and can't hear you over the water. With all the negative potential while lying crumpled in the shower the only thing I could think of was "this f'ng hot water is going to run out soon".
Maybe it was the lesions on the brain or maybe I just think crazy shit. Don't know.
Excited to move forward with the benefits of the carnivore diet.
Scott