Frustrated vent

So I have been trying to get a nutritionist and it is ridiculously impossible.  The one I saw is on maternity leave and had no reference for another. That is ridiculous. 

Anyways I've been trying to find another nutritionist and in the meantime have been calculating my intake using this sites helpful resources.

DOes anyone else here get frustrated by those that aren't trying to gain weights STUPID "advice"?

My boyfriend understands my medical condition but was just like "oh just eat pasta" I wanted to slap him. If it were that easy for me why would I be suffering? I have to be careful of all the things I eat and can't have large amounts at one time and it has to be balanced or else I get into serious trouble physically (i.e. doubled over intestinal pain and drop in blood pressure and heart rate)

I have had to do this all on my own, making a list of foods that didn't cause me to become ill, calculate the nutritional content etc. and it's like another damn job! I already have 2 jobs and study with grad profs etc. like I need to do this too?

My parents just think its "calories in calories out" but at least they understand my medical condition and that i have to be so careful and unfortunatly have so many dietary resitrictions.

I just hate comments like "oh just eat burgers, chips etc." I CANT IF I DID IT WOULD LITERALLY KILL ME. STUPID PEOPLE!!!

ARGH! sorry I just needed to vent.

I also hate HATE if someone says to me in a store "oh you are so thin you're lucky"

I'm lucky? I'm lucky that I fit the disgusting mold that America portrays the "ideal woman figure" to be? I have the body of a damn boy how is that lucky? I have to be careful of what I eat becuase if I don't I can end up in a coma or dead, I have to calculate what I eat in a day so that I don't slip in my weight and that I can finally gain and get back to a healthy weight.

How in the HECK is that lucky?

sorry...

Tiff

Aw,  man...you've got it really rough.  Have you expressed these feelings to anyone close to you?   

Honestly, it sounds to me like you've been flung into a situtation where you have to take on way too many things on at once, Tiff.  I don't know you personally, but I know that some people find it hard to ask for help sometimes (I know it is for me), but you definitely can't continue to do this all on your own.  What you've been doing for yourself so far sounds amazing, and its a shame that people around you don't understand, but let the people you love know what you're going though.  I hope you get some help soon, and that things start getting a little better.

thank you kate,

yeah i am the type that doesn't ask people to help, i just do everything myself. bad habit. thank you for your help, i hope that i get in touch with this other nutritionist this week. he/she will be able to help me.

Oh good, I hope things start working out better for you; you deserve it