Day Twenty Nine of New Elimination Diet
August 11th, 2007NIGHT: After going to bed last night I had a really difficult time getting to sleep – my heart was racing, I kept crying, I got a bad cough and then I had a lot of difficulty breathing. I kept trying to calm down but it was hard. Eventually I took two Benadryl and then watched some tv until I could fall asleep. Once I did fall asleep I slept really well.
12:40pm – woke up – nose was clear, didn’t have hives, felt pretty good
1:00pm – husband made tea and took it to the other room to drink so it wouldn’t bother me as much
1:07pm – nose got a little stuffy but not bad
1:16pm – a load of laundry was started in the washing machine
1:40pm – nose cleared up
1:50pm – took a teaspoon of zinc sulfate and drank a glass of filtered water and ate some kidney beans
2:10pm – mouth felt sort of soar and cut up even on one side after eating
2:15pm – drank a glass of filtered water
2:30pm – cried for a while (seems like I’m doing this a lot lately)
3:15pm – drank another glass of filtered water
3:50pm – got up felt dizzy and lost peripheral vision
3:51pm – brushed teeth with baking soda
3:54pm – put another load of laundry in the washing machine
3:59pm – drank another glass of filtered water
4:10pm-4:40pm – went to the park next door and went on the swings for a little while then went to the grocery store
4:43pm – heart was racing a bit
4:44pm – took temp and it was 92.9 degrees Fahrenheit – thought there must be something wrong so I took it again and it was 93.0 degrees Fahrenheit — that’s dangerously low, but I feel ok – maybe there is something wrong with the thermometer
4:46pm – toes felt numb so I put some socks on
4:53pm – ate some Romaine lettuce (plain)
5:53pm – drank a glass of filtered water
7:06pm – took temp and it was 97.2 degrees Fahrenheit
7:15pm – took some zinc sulfate, B12, calcium, and a multivitamin
7:43pm – ate dinner – green beans, potatoes and left over chicken with butter and salt. Drank two glasses of filtered water
8:00pm – took birth control pill
8:57pm – drank another glass of water
9:15pm – had bowel movement
9:24pm – ate some pear (peeled)
11:30pm – felt really hungry so I ate another pear (peeled)
11:49pm – brushed teeth with baking soda
11:58pm – took another teaspoon of zinc sulfate and took 200mg of magnesium
Today was a really good day. My nose barely bothered me (just a little bit in the morning) and I didn’t really have hives all day. I did have some dizziness and loss of peripheral vision but that didn’t seem quite as bad as yesterday at least. So, yeah, it was a really good day.
I had a little bit of an emotional breakdown but once I stopped crying I felt better and then the rest of the day my husband and I were able to have some good quality time together and that made me feel a lot better. I am looking forward to tomorrow.
I think I will try adding wheat back in tomorrow and see how that goes. I am not sure and there is a chance I will react to it but I’d rather know for sure – so I’m going to do a bit of a challenge and eat a good decent amount of wheat tomorrow and if I feel worse then I’ll know I should probably avoid it or at least not have as much of it. So, I’m looking forward to figuring it out. So, tomorrow brings day 30 and a new question for me…is wheat a problem?…or not? We’ll find out.
Health to you and yours -
Beth