Need help

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I haven't posted for a while, but boy has some stressful stuff being

going down in my life.

 

Okay, as a memory refresher, I am a 30 y.o. female lacto-ovo

vegetarian. I suffer from renal failure, but am not on dialysis yet.

I also have hypertension and osteoporosis.

 

Just lately my renal specialist, during routine blood tests, has

discovered very high phosphate levels and anaemia. My iron levels

are fine though, in fact they are surprisingly high considering I

don't supplement or even bother eating iron rich foods.

 

So, with the aneamia I have to self-inject the hormone erythrepoiton

weekly. Not a problem, just a bit stressful as nobody likes giving

themselves needles.

 

But the phosphate is a bigger problem. Here's what the renal unit

dietitian has told me: cut dairy back to 1 cup (250ml) of milk per

day, and do not eat cereals or wholegrain breads. I have to have

white bread (!!! Which I don't like, and which is unhealthy anyway)

and I'm also not allowed to eat legumes/beans at all. I'm only

allowed 5 eggs a week.

 

I'm finding it particularly difficult to find something I can eat

for breakfast, and also to get enough calcium, when you consider my

osteoporosis. I'm not a fan of fruit (for breakfast or any other

time), and I certainly don't like soy products.

 

I also hate white bread.

 

So aside from fresh vegetables, I just can't think of anything I can

eat, or want to eat! I guess I can have rice and pasta but there's

only so often you want to eat those. I'm not a huge pasta fan.

 

I just can't find the balance in all this (

 

Any breakfast suggestions, and non-dairy, non-soy calcium

suggestions?

 

Louise

South Australia