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The trials and tribulations of PKU… or is it just me?

Monday, August 4th, 2008

It never ceases to amaze me how up and down living with the PKU diet can be. I’m the first to admit that for me every day is a struggle. It hasn’t really been an automatic lifestyle in… well… I can’t remember how long. Not to say that that’s acceptable, of course. It’s not, and I’m the first to admit that.

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