Anne,

Welcome to the RDUSG. You'll find this group one of the most polite
and helpful ones on the internet to encourage your control of rosacea.

I think you are doing just fine with the group mail. I find it easier to
simply log into the group site and post there, but to each his own.

You really need to stick to the 30 day plan and then modify it after you
are convinced that it works. Everyone here has modified it to suit their
own lifestyle. But so many have to be convinced and that is why it is so
extreme for 30 days.

I have a page dedicated to ocular rosacea at this url >

http://www.rosacea-diet.com/html/occular.html

There are some suggestions there that may help you.

Stick with the Rosacea Diet and keep reporting your results.

Brady

--- In rosacea-diet-users-support-group@yahoogroups.com, SandyEggo2@... wrote:
>
> Dear rosacea diet users support group,
>
> I'm so squeaky new here. I've had more enthusiasm than computer time lately,
> so I haven't really checked in with you all yet...until now!
>
> (By the way, this address is the one I would like to use for group
> communication:
> _SandyEggo2@..._ (mailto:SandyEggo2@...) . I was mistaken in
> believing I had to create a Yahoo address.)
>
> This is Day Four for me on your rosacea diet. Doing OK and have had happy
> days and pleasant surprises that I get to eat so much that I like and don't
> feel too deprived. I am drinking so much water that I'm all but sloshing. I
> realize that fruits and vegetables are allowed and included in the carb
counts,
> but I'm having to cut down a lot of what I'm used to there (salads and
> veggies, especially). I'm not up to speed on amount of vitamins recommended.
Shall
> be increasing.
>
> Queta, it was worth signing on today just to get your group note about
> fluorescent lighting. That is SO me, too!!! When I look into a mirror in a
place
> lighted that way, I'm stunned at how red my eyes are--but knowing from eye
> discomfort before looking that it wasn't a good situation for me. Open for
> tips/info.
>
> A little about me:
> Anne, 54, San Diego area, caregiver, overall healthy, exercise (& sweat!) a
> lot, maybe 10 pounds overweight. Ocular rosacea about five years now, regular
> rosacea seemingly longer (although for a long time I attributed my skin
> changes to Scandinavian genetic tendency to dryness and sensitivity and having
been
> a sun worshipper here in So Cal for most of my life--and not drinking enough
> water--and aging. I know that they are factors, too).
> For maybe four years now I've been increasingly feeling like I look freaky.
> Even dear friends comment at nearly every get-together about my red eyes and
> flushing. I'm trying to let it be known that I'm well aware & don't need the
> updates. :-/ Then there are the clerks who double-take or stare a little
too
> long and seem to get quiet, even if they just were chatty with others. I'm
> sure I add to the problem with being uncomfortable, reading into things...
>
> My optometrist seemed startled lately. He recommended Restasis. Any help
> there?
> My eye doctor identified ocular rosacea long since but has nothing to
> recommend other than baby shampoo cleaning and GenTeal type drops. I tried
silicone
> tear duct plugs and didn't notice much improvement in rosacea, redness,
> burning----& really didn't like the overflow of tears down my face and the
very wet
> (& blurry) eyes.
> My mother also has ocular rosacea, so I guess I come by it honestly.
>
> No, world, I am not on drugs, haven't been crying or swimming or drinking,
> aren't (too) crazy or bedeviled. :-) The "windows to my soul" are just
tinted
> & need some extra care.
>
> Glad to be connected with others who understand and have positives to offer!
> Shall update as I continue with the diet. Thank you for sharing it--and all
> that you members have learned (& are wondering & the experiments in progress).
>
> Appreciate you!
> Anne
> (P.S. My apologies if I make mistakes in being a group member and in how I
> use the mail. I've not done this before--& shall learn.)
>
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