Another day, another eh

 Not sure how to go about writing this one. I guess I'll start with nothing deadly is happening, so that's good. 

Yes, I did knock on wood. No worries there . 

However, I do appear to be keeping up with the unusual theme of my life over the past several years. Nothing solid yet, but I'm currently living the dream of menopausal (post menopausal?) but having to lower my calcium intake.

I don't know how many of you have had to look, but finding suggestions for a lower calcium diet is like finding a specific needle in a haystack full of other similar (yet completely useless needles). 

In short, it's nuts. Oh wait...I can't have many of those. 

Usually, women in my age group need more calcium. People who live at my latitude need to get more vitamin D.

I need to do neither. I have to cut back on my calcium and not take vitamin D. I'm so darned special I could just spit. 

Not really. I don't spit as a rule. 

Figuring out a new diet with weird requirements has triggered a mild panic for me. Before I had the stroke 5 1/2 years ago,  I was on a ridiculously restrictive diet to combat my chronic migraine.

I couldn't eat anything having to do with grapes, had cut out gluten and lactose, cut out all nuts and some legumes, had to avoid highly processed foods, couldn't eat anything past a certain number of days old (and by that I mean 1-2 days, not a week), no dried or preserved foods, couldn't have more than 2 cups of coffee per day, no delli meats, no aged cheeses at all...it honestly went on from that too. Plus, it didn't work. I mean, considering the only thing that stopped the migraines was (plausibly but not confirmed) a hemorrhagic stroke, I guess that's not too surprising in retrospect. 

Whatever the case, it was incredibly difficult to follow, and had the added quality of being useless for me. 

So now, her we are at another weird diet. Calcium is in so many things, in varying amounts. 

This time, what I'm looking at is cutting out most leafy greens, again with the nuts, several cheeses, some fruits, tofu, tempeh, chia seeds and many types of beans. Not to mention most milks currently available.

I mean, meat is ok, so I guess that's nice. I can still use flax seeds. Coconut milk is low in calcium, though I might need to look at the fat content. Thank heavens I can still have dark chocolate. Peanut butter is ok, Brussels sprouts work, sweet potatoes do too. 

It looks like I'll have to go back to Red Pizza (no cheese), and vegan nacho cheese and cheese sauce. 

The thing is, I don't want to figure all of this out. Even my Nutritionist said she needs to look into it to help me figure it out. 

I'm just going to deal with it, I guess, and wait it out until I can get this hypercalcemia thing figured out. Which, of course, means more -ologists to add to my weird medical treatment list. 

I know I'll end up just rolling with it, but it's a burden, nonetheless. Sits pretty heavy on me. I guess I have a week or two to figure it all out.

It's the little things at this point.