Day Seventeen of New Elimination Diet
July 30th, 2007NIGHT: Slept pretty well. Woke up in the early morning with very stuffy nose but was able to get back to sleep thankfully.
10:20am – woke up, felt sort of congested but not as bad as sometimes
10:24am – had hard small bowel movement
10:30am – signed into work
10:58am – had another bowel movement – this time slightly too soft
12:08pm – ate a bowl of cereal with whole milk
12:24pm – had another bowl of cereal with whole milk
12:37pm – felt a bit dizzy when got up
1:00pm-3:30pm – signed out of work, laid down on the couch and slept for a while – it wasn’t a super sound sleep but it was sleep none the less. Felt tired when I woke up, and my throat hurt
3:30pm – drank a glass of filtered water, ate a muffin and some cashews and then drank another glass of filtered water
4:00pm – signed back into work
4:03pm – had slight hives on head
4:08pm – ate a pear (peeled)
4:13pm – hives gone on head but had small batch on left shoulder now
5:07pm – hives on head again
5:21pm – drank another glass of filtered water
6:37pm – ate one lemon scone left over from the shower with a little butter
7:00pm – signed out of work and walked to the store to get some lettuce for dinner
7:15pm – got home and opened the windows to cool off the house – started making dinner
7:23pm – ate dinner – salad with lemon and sunflower oil dressing with a little sugar and salt for taste. Drank a glass of filtered water
7:15pm – got home and opened the windows to cool off the house – started making dinner
7:23pm – ate dinner – salad with lemon and sunflower oil dressing with a little sugar and salt for taste. Drank a glass of filtered water
9:36pm – ate a bowl of cereal with plain, preservative free yogurt with natural cultures and a little sugar. Drank a glass of filtered water
10:12pm – Had hives on neck, back, face and arms pretty bad
10:45pm – closed windows and brushed teeth with baking soda
11:15pm – drank glass of filtered water
Well, Day Seventeen was not too bad – I had hives off and on pretty badly today and felt really tired and just worn down. I have gone back and forth between hope (especially about the development of using filtered water) and frustration (things were getting better and better and then the last three or four days they were really bad and then got a little better but still not as good as the first few days of last week and I don’t know why). Anyway, I just finished watching the musical Into The Woods and it actually was encouraging for me…sometimes when you are in the middle of the woods and there’s no clear path it can get really discouraging and frustrating and depressing but I was listening to the song “You are not alone” and it was encouraging. I may wonder through the woods and there may not be a clear path to follow but I am not alone…I do have a Guide who walks with me…and I do have friends and family and all of you who support and encourage me and point me in the right direction. Thank you to all of you who touch my life. Watching Into the Woods also got me thinking about what I really want…what do I desire…what do I wish. Right now I wish, more than anything, for health…for normality. In realizing that I feel I have new found resolve to continue on with this journey. “Though it’s fearful, though it’s deep, though it’s dark, And though you may lose the path, Though you may encounter wolves, You can’t just act, You have to listen, You can’t just act, You have to think… So into the woods you go again, You have to every now and then. Into the woods, no telling when, Be ready for the journey…The way is dark, the light is dim, But now there’s you, me, her, and him. The chances look small, the choices look grim, But everything you learn there Will help when you return there…Into the woods – you have to grope, But that’s the way you learn to cope. Into the woods to find there’s hope Of getting through the journey. Into the woods, each time you go, There’s more to learn of what you know… Into the woods, Into the woods, Into the woods, Then out of the woods – And happy ever after! I wish…” that Day Eighteen would bring some glimpse of the path ahead.
Health to you and yours -
Beth