Day Fifteen of New Elimination Diet
July 28th, 2007NIGHT: Slept pretty well – dreamed.
9:52am – woke up – nose was stuffy and throat felt scratchy and soar
9:53am – checked email for a little while
10:46am – ate cereal with whole milk
10:54am – started making scones for the baby shower I’m going to this afternoon
11:21am-12:02pm – put first batch of scones in the oven and went to take a quick shower. Nose was cleared up now, but still felt a little congested in my throat not too bad though. Showered (used salt scrub my husband made, it’s just salt and sunflower oil) then scrubbed down with some baking soda, brushed teeth with baking soda and got dressed
12:43pm – ate a muffin and had a glass of bottled water. Started making second batch of scones
1:09pm – had a handful of cashews (raw of course)
2:00pm-10:00ish – Took the tram to a friend’s house for a baby shower – got a bit of a headache on the tram (as normal the tram smelled pretty smokey and perfumey). Really enjoyed the shower – it was the best shower I’ve ever been at and was really refreshing for me emotionally and spiritually. And most of the time I felt pretty good physically took. Had a little bit of a headache off and on and did have hives while I was there and have them still now and had the cough for just a little while but it didn’t last long at all and wasn’t that bad. So, over all I felt pretty good but not totally great which is understandable considering that people where wearing perfumes and drinking strong smelling teas and things like that that can potentially be problems but aren’t always. So, yeah, it was good though and I was really glad I went. I am feeling pretty tired now though – I’m an introvert with health issues so long social gatherings in uncontrolled environments can be pretty exhausting for me. So, I’m ready to just cuddle up on the cough at home and relax. Oh, while I was at the shower I ate quite a few slices of pear and one of the lemon scones I had made (it was just lemon zest and juice, yogurt, flour, butter, salt, sugar and baking soda). And I only drank water while there – three glasses of cold water (I think it was bottled) and one glass of hot water
10:08pm – drank a glass of water – filtered water – my husband went to Tesco when I was at the shower and bought a water filter – haha – that’s what I was going to do then I walked over there and automatically drank a glass of tap water. So, NOW I am going to go drink a glass of filtered water.
10:20pm – ate some couscous with butter and salt
10:30pm – opened a window to cool the place off a little
10:46pm – ate two muffins
11:00pm – nose got really stuffy – it’s been pretty clear all day and now it’s really stuffy – only thing I can think of is that I did accidently drink one glass of tap water about an hour ago. I also opened a window about 30 minutes ago. I guess it could also be some sort of delayed reaction to something I was exposed to outside of the house today, but that seems less likely to me.
12:00pm – watched tv – knew my nose was too stuffy to be able to sleep
12:23pm – ate a bowl of cereal with whole milk
12:50pm – drank another glass of water (filtered this time)
Ok, so it’s late and I should get to bed so I’m not going to write much on the overall day. But, to say that most of the day was really good – I felt fairly normal – then after getting home tonight felt pretty terrible. Not sure what the reason is – there are speculations above. I’m hoping that all day tomorrow will be like most of the day today. Day fifteen is done and tomorrow brings Day Sixteen – can’t believe it’s really been that long and I still have so few answers. Hopefully tomorrow will bring health and answers.
Health to you and yours –
Beth