Friday no COMMUTE due to awful stomach issues, still!
Day 2 now of awful gut output, leaving the detail at that. I can take a few guesses of what's going on. With LA's Tuesday dx of alpha-gal, we're in a bit of mess and disorder. Two nights ago dinner was rice cakes, grape jelly, PB, and imperial spread butter, rice, and random. Last night I pulled it together and fixed it, minimized the bad foods and followed plan, but woke up to the same. I'd thought the imperial spread OD was the problem. It could still be. Plan for now - stop magnesium and fiber, stop imperial spread beyond 2 serves, and pay attention.
Recent allergy results and Alpha gal. It means for him: no beef, pork, salami, gelatin, gummies, marshmallows, peanut butter, walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, beef broth, shashlik, hamburgers, sausages, gummy bears?, so much that he loves to eat. He'd already quit nuts, but now peanuts is on the list too. Just this past camping weekend, he was eating hamburgers, peanut butter, marshmallows. Now.... he can't?
I'm still in denial, he's in shock. I've been through this before many years ago, and I'm not maybe being very helpful by using myself as a comparison. And this is allergies -- I don't call mine allergies mine are intolerances (and with my denial, possibly autoimmune which is worse, denial) so I (think) I can skate by dealing with cross contaminations. But allergies -- the cross contaminations are a real thing to worry about!? He has a follow up in a few weeks, until then, we try eliminations. There's also a possibility that other symptoms he's having, which have increased in severity since he stopped dairy and replaced it with meat (coincidence?) will subside as the meat is removed. Gawd I hope so.
In the meantime, I'm stopping those foods too, to get them out of the house and away from things. I'm replacing wooden spoons and cutting boards if needed. This will also help me to come up with recipes - if I need to eat too, then I'll push harder to search for stuff. And should I track his nutrition the next few weeks? Does that just overwhelm the to-do list?
I dunno.
I do know, that I have to fix this current gut issue. Awful noises are coming from my gut, I'm afraid to go to a bathroom and see what happens!
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