Day Sixteen of New Elimination Diet
July 29th, 2007NIGHT – slept pretty well once I was able to get to sleep
9:15am – woke up with very stuffy nose and lots of congestion in my throat as well. Had slight headache but not too bad
9:23am – checked email and blogs and things for a little while
11:05am – had large bowel movement
11:35am – had small patch of hives on back - only lasted a few minute
11:46am – husband had a cup of tea so I opened all the windows in family room/kitchen
11:52am – had small patch of hives on chin – only lasted a few minutes
12:03pm – loaded and ran the dishwasher - I have been trying not to run the dishwasher as I think I may react to the soap we use and as I didn’t run it the week I didn’t have hives but I am not feeling well and there was such a hugh pile of dishes on the counter from yesterday and the night before that I just didn’t want to wash that I gave in and decided it was worth it to just run the dish washer.
12:05pm – did a little bit of hand wash and wiped down the counters
12:19pm – ate a bowl of cereal with whole milk
12:33pm – wrote in my journal for a while
12:53pm – left foot felt numb and tingly – got up and moved around a little and it got better
1:19pm – noses got worse
1:45pm – nose got a little better
2:36pm – dish washer done running by now – nose starting to clear up
2:50pm – drank a glass of filtered water
3:00pm – ate a lemon scone left over from yesterday with a little butter and a handful of cashews and a muffin. Drank another glass of filtered water
4:33pm – drank another glass of filtered water
4:35pm – took vitamin B12 and a calcium supplement and drank another glass of filtered water
4:38pm – had a slight hive on my chin but it didn’t last too long
5:38pm – had small hard bowel movement
6:04pm – stood up, closed windows, felt dizzy
6:43pm – changed into different cloths and nose got worse soon after – also had hives soon after
8:04pm – took birth control pill and drank another glass of filtered water
8:05pm – nose is clear now but still have slight hives
8:25pm – throat felt congested and scratchy – had a bit of a cough
9:40pm – ate some couscous with a little butter and salt and a handful of cashews
10:00pm – had a muffin and another glass of filtered water
11:46pm – hives on head – hadn’t had any the last few hours but just took my hair down off my head and got hives in the process
12:00am – had a bowl of cereal with whole milk
12:50am – brush teeth with baking soda
Alright, so, today was pretty good. Not great but not that bad either so I’m hopeful that tomorrow will be good. Don’t have much else to report – although I am more sure than ever that my dish washer soap is a problem. Every time I’ve ran it I end up with a stuffy nose half way through the cycle and then once the dish washer stops my stuffy nose stops – I tried again today and had the same results. So, we will start trying other dish washer soaps – I can’t continue to hand wash everything with baking soda as it ust takes too much time. Anyway, it’s been about a week now since I started trying to recreate my week without hives and though I still have had hives this week they were remarkably better then normal and so I think there is definitely some evidence that the things I avoided this week could be at least part of my hive problem. I am trying to decided what my next step will be from here – if I should eliminate something else…and if so what…add some form of protein/iron…or some combination of both eliminating and adding things…not sure yet. So hopefully tomorrow I will be able to figure all that out and start this new week of figuring things out and searching for answers. Day Sixteen is over tomorrow will bring Day Seventeen and the start of a new week.
Health to you and yours –
BethPS – My period finished today…so hopefully that will help things balance out as well.