Not this again
Now that the cold has run it's course through everyone in the house, I woke up this morning covered in hives. All over my trunk, hips & legs. It's always something, isn't it!
This totally reminds me of the allergy episode that I went through 6 years ago. At least I know what to do & it's not going to be that big of a deal (hopefully). But, guess who get to start an allergy elimination diet! Wonderful. Well, at least the last time I did this I lost 30 lbs in 2 months. Not that I have 30 lbs to lose, but that "last 10" that I've been planning to drop once we were finished with breast feeding isn't going to be a problem.
I've re-read the list of foods that were causing problems last time & I think I've narrowed the main culprit to dairy. Unless there's a new food, but I doubt it. Or at least I hope that's it.
Our Roots
- Kristin
- Colorado
- I married my soul mate 10 years ago. We got married very young & we are very thankful that we did despite what other opinions may have been. It gave us a chance to grow up together & learn how to ride life's roller coaster ups & downs as a team. We had some good friends & adventures in Vegas when we started out. Then we hit a fork in the road & moved to Portland, OR so I could go to school & pursue a career in chiropractic. That's where we learned that sometimes life has plans for us other than our "perfectly mapped out" one. Bill got a promotion that moved us out to Colorado, somewhere he's always wanted to live, but a place where my thoughts of chiropractic school would die. Marriage is all about compromise, so we made the move to bigger & better things. As we continued to be successful at work, it felt like there was something missing. That's when I started to think about having a baby. As a stay at home mom to Logan, life was everything we wanted it to be. Then we were crazy enough to do it again & soon added Carter to the family. This is our adventure raising two boys in the Rocky Mountains.
Branches
6 comments:
you can just periodically develop an allergy to dairy?
fortunately, i've never had a food allergy, that i know of anyways. i didn't realize they can be transient.
anyhoo: i hope your hives are clearing up and you're on the mend. STAT!
It's usually related to a stress response. The food allergies, or sensitivities aren't a problem if histamine levels aren't very high. But once there are prolonged spikes of histamine, food sensitivities show up as allergies in the form of hives.
If I eat dairy (like the mac & cheese I had last night for dinner) & I've been under a good amount of stress, tada. Hives.
It makes it easy to not be a stress eater though.
Oh, no. I hope you figure it out soon!
You poor soul!!!
I have a love/hate relationship with dairy. I'm almost totally convinced that humans were never intended to consume dairy products. Except cheese. Cheese should be its own food group.
I hope it's an easy fix and you are clear and hives-free very very soon!
kristin--thanks for explaining. interesting. i mean, it's terrible that you have the hives, but what an interesting phenomenon. can i get some of that to curb my habit of stress eating? or a tapeworm, please?
yikes! good luck getting it all figured out!
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