Hi, My son is 18, and has recently been diagnosed with seizure disorder. He has had 2 seizures in 2 years. His neurologist says the seizures are a result of...
Hello and welcome to the club. I think it's great that you want to try a dietary approach to seizure control before starting any medications. You may already...
Hi group, I am still looking for a new group owner/founder. If any of you are interested please let me know. It is not difficult and doesn't take much time....
My son, almost 5 yrs old is on the keto diet and has been for 10 months. It is hard to initiate but after you get used to how much of what they can eat it isnt...
Jana, Thanks for replying. I really don't know anything about the diet yet, but am willing to try it. My son is so sensitive to any type of medicine that I'm ...
Hi I was interested in your letter for two reasons. Why would a doctor put your son on such an austere program is as this for only 2 seizures, some of our...
Hi Terry, I didn't take offense to your concerns. Jeffrey had an abnormal eeg, and the MRI was "essentially normal". The neurologist thinks that his 2 seizures...
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Hello, My name is Janine, I have 6 kids at home, My 4 old son has many health problems, We finally found a doctor willing to try the diet with JC.He is 100%...
Hi Janine, Happy Mother's Day to you with six kids. The diet should be really easy to maintain with JC being tube fed. You won't have to worry about what...
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If the ratio change made him worse it is posible
that his ketones are too high. My son has been
on the diet for almost a year and is still not
seizure free...
Hello all, Well we finally got the date to go into the hospital to start the diet, JC and I will be going in on Monday morning. I have not been able to talk to...
JC started the diet on Wed. after 2 days of fasting he showed no ketones on the stick. They started the KetoCal formula on Wed night, ( He is getting 30 cc...
I wouldnt be too worried about the energy level. My son got very sleepy for a while when he started the diet - now he has more than enough energy. When their...
Jenn Wow Thanks for that information ! I never thought about creams and soaps and stuff. Janine Some other things to watch out for are sunscreens, shampoos,...
Neither did I until I read it somewhere else. I have been told that either banana boat or avon brand sunscreens are good - havent had to deal with creams much...
I thought I would share this, it is an interesting ID set-up http://www.safetyatyourfeet.com/ http://www.safetyatyourfeet.com/ [Non-text portions of this...
Hi remember us? Well JC has been doing the diet ( using KetoCal) for just over a week now, and he is realy losing weight, even though his calorie count is...
How much weight has he lost this past week? Was he heavy and they team wanted to get him into the right percentile for the diet? Is he having diarrhea or...
I got this in my e-mail, don't know if anyone can use it, but thought I would send it along Janine http://www.ketokids.org/ [Non-text portions of this message...
Carnitor Drug Assistance Program here is some info I found, http://www.carnitor.com/drug_program.html http://www.carnitor.com/drug_program.html [Non-text...
Hello all, JC has been having some stomach problems again, he get an intestinal bacterial infection alot, usualy we have him on Flagyl and Levsin drops. Well...
We were told that unflavored pedialyte is fine however it needs to be mixed 3:1 - three parts water to one part pedialyte. You might want to check into...
I am very interested in the digestive enzymes that everyone is talking about, I think that might be just what JC needs. He has been on a feeding tube for 3 yrs...
Is there anyone using KetoCal and a Zevex feeding pump? I am having trouble getting the pump to stop alarming ! I keeps reading "no food" Maybe the formula is...
Hi, My son Travis has Infantile Spasms. He is nearly 11 mths old and has been having seizures since he was about 2 mths old. Travis is developmentaly 2-3 mths....
