Day Twenty One of New Elimination Diet
August 3rd, 2007NIGHT: When trying to go to sleep I got bad dry cough and had difficulty breathing – couldn’t get to sleep. Turned on the shower and breathed in the steam for a little while – this helped a little but not much. Eventually I took two dye-free Benadryl and that helped and I was able to get to sleep and slept pretty well after that – had some weird dreams but slept pretty well
11:45pm – woke up – felt pretty good and nose was clear right at first but then I laid in bed for a little while and the more awake and alert I became the more my nose started to bother me. By the time I got up out of bed my nose was really stuffy.
12:14pm – started dish washer – used different soap this time
12:15pm – signed into work
1:03pm – stood up and got VERY dizzy – lost peripheral vision
2:21pm – ate breakfast – romaine lettuce (at first I rinsed it in tap water not thinking and then realized what I did and re-rinsed it in filtered water) with pinto beans (left over from the batch I made yesterday and re-heated with a little water on a low setting on the stove for about 2 hours). Drank a glass of filtered water and took a B12 vitamin. Felt sort of clumsy and shaky while making breakfast – spilled things a lot.
2:23pm – noticed that my nose was clear now
2:34pm – dishwasher finished cycle and stopped
2:54pm – finished eating – had a hard time getting down the lettuce and pinto beans – I mean it was fine but it just didn’t taste all that good to me and I ended up just forcing it down just because I knew I needed the nutrients – felt sort of weird after eating – not really anything I could put my finger on just sort of weird
3:01pm – bug bit really hurt – husband took me into the bathroom and put some hydrogen peroxide on it thinking that might help – felt really faint and dizzy and weak – husband helped me to couch – laid down for a little while – then sat up and drank a glass of filtered water and felt a little bit better but still really weak
3:48pm – still feeling really weak – had massive cravings for sugar and carbs – other than that though I felt pretty good – no hives, nose was clear, etc. ate some raw cashews thinking it might help
4:18pm – drank another glass of filtered water
4:28pm – one of my bug bites started itching really bad – I scratched at it and that gave me hives all around it for just a little bit
5:00pm – noticed lips were really dry and chapped
5:57pm – opened windows
6:03pm – started load of laundry
6:12pm – Took Temperature and it was 96.3 degrees Fahrenheit
6:36pm – took temp again and it was 98.3 degrees Fahrenheit
7:05pm - took temp again and it was 96.4 degrees Fahrenheit
7:22pm – drank a glass of filtered water
7:54pm – had a bowel movement – had pain in, hum, well, I guess my colon – went away after about 8 minutes or so
8:04pm – drank a glass of filtered water and took my birth control pill
8:20pm – felt cold so put on some sweat pants and socks
8:30pm – nasal passage ways felt tight – not really stuff up or running but like I couldn’t really get enough air through them – this lasted for a little less than an hour
8:40pm – had intense sugar and dairy cravings
8:42pm – had weird anxious feeling – felt sort of antsy but didn’t want to do anything
8:53pm – my husband cooked meat on the stove and it had a very meaty smell – I was glad I had the windows open still
8:59pm – noticed eyes were blood shot and a little yellowish not bad though
9:16pm – took temp again and it was 95.7 degrees Fahrenheit
9:16pm – ate green beans (boiled) and drank a glass of filtered water. Feet felt numb and tingly, moving around didn’t really help and I had already put soaks on
9:35pm – my husband made broccoli on the stove – had smell but wasn’t too strong
9:46pm – ate Romaine lettuce and pinto beans (beans were soaked overnight and then rinsed and soaked for another 24 hours then cooked for about 6 hours on a low setting) – I realized while eating this that I really don’t like Romaine lettuce much – it’s just too bitter for me
10:03pm – ate a potato (baked without skins). Drank another glass of filtered water
10:48pm – took one teaspoon (1.15mg) of zinc (as zinc sulfate – only other ingredient I distilled water) and ate a small handful of raw cashews
10:57pm – drank a glass of filtered water
11:12pm – kissed my husband who had just eaten some peanuts (breath smelled very peanut-like). Afterwards my nose got stuffy and runny and I started sneezing
11:18pm – brushed teeth with baking soda
11:21pm – lips were feeling chapped so I put a little bit of Vaseline on them
Today was, hum, I guess pretty good. I didn’t have hives really at all today (I did have a little itchiness around my bug bites but that was it), so that was really nice and exciting. My nose was sort of bothersome off and on but not too bad either. So, that’s good. I have to say I am hopeful but also sort of discouraged. I’ve just been feeling sort of depressed all day today with no real reason. I’m having massive cravings for comfort foods (which for me are mostly bread). And I’ve been feeling pretty lonely and wondering if I can really figure all this out on my own. I’m beginning to think that I may need the help of a specialist to figure all this out. Anyway, that’s how I’m feeling emotionally, but thankfully physically I’m feeling pretty good. So, I’m trying to just remind myself of how I’m feeling physically and hope that as that continues to get better and better my emotional self will catch up J So, Day Twenty One of my active search for health is done and it has now been two days on my new diet of no-wheat and no-dairy which has also been free of oils, sugar, meat, and other things that could potentially be a problem for me. So, hopefully Day Twenty Two will be even better.
Health to you and yours –
Beth