[AlaskaAngel]

Thanks, Jackie07, for the suggestion. I do eat fish, some chicken, and about 2 eggs a month, for protein, but other than a small amount of 1% milk and about 1 pat of real organic butter a day, I avoid dairy products.

To me the changes in "me" as a result of treatment and menopause end up being very similar to being diabetic except that labs show my sugar is always in the normal range. I am similar to a diabetic in that if I don't follow a diet that is basically the American Diabetic Association (ADA) diet then I gain weight -- and I gain it much faster than I would have gained it prior to having treatment.

If what happened to me did change me to be more like a diabetic, I just wish somebody who does research would do more than leave us to endlessly exercise and diet without losing weight. I think if they tried, they could figure out whether using a much lower dose of a diabetic medication (like metformin) might help.

AlaskaAngel