‘Bout a Week

January 28th, 2010 at 10:14 pm(Thoughts)

I’ve been eating GFCF for about a week now. It is both less and at the same time more of a pain in the rear than I had thought it would be originally. Allow me to explain: It is less of a pain in that I was avoiding a lot of milk products instinctively beforehand. It is more of a pain in that 1) I now freak out over undeclared caesin/milk on labels WAY more than I ever freaked out about wheat/gluten, 2) Suddenly I have to worry about calcium far more than I ever wanted to, 3) Selection is very limited here in podunk.

I do feel better. I’m having less anxiety but that might have to do with my new BCP as much as the diet… although I do have more anxiety praying to whichever deity who likes me today that I won’t run into undeclared dairy or read labels wrong because that wheezing is fkn SCARY and it happens with such rapidity that I’m far less adventurous than I was when I was just worrying about gluten. I mean Starbucks’ cafe mocha should be totally caesin-free if made with soymilk if you leave off the whipped cream…. but I don’t trust them to keep it free of cross contamination. I’ve totally been crapping my pants about cross contamination so I refuse to eat out. That respiratory involvement is causing me to be way more phobic than a little diarrhea, blisters, abdominal pain, and farts of death ever did in the past.

My PA called the other day to tell me that my estrogen was on the low side of normal and that my calcium was a bit low. I guess that could be having some bearing on my batshit episodes. I’m really trying to get more calcium but I hate dark green leafy things and I’m currently out of nettles.

One last thing- Frozen bananas? Entirely like ice cream.