Don't have much to live for...

[derien]

...apparently. I was all depressed since a few days into the elimination diet - I mean, think of it; no alcohol, no chocolate. But it seems one of the things which was really bothering me was the lack of dairy products. Last night I decided to make mac & cheese (gluten free macs, of course) and this morning I have a huge cup of Russian tea with goat's milk in it and I'm feeling SO happy right now.

And usually I don't think that our mac and cheese is all that great the next day, but this morning I scraped every last scrap from the casserole dish. Possibly I'm addicted to dairy products.

Comments

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the elimination diet for? (What's the reason you're doing it?)

[derien.livejournal.com]

You recall how I'd been going through all the tests for the pains in my abdomen? Well, this is all going to be extremely TMI, I'm sure, so I hope you don't mind discussions of people's digestive system.

I went to a gastro doc expecting a colonoscopy to see what the hell might be going on up in there, and he suggested first I try this elimination diet in order to see if I was allergic to something. It did help me feel generally better, so there probably is something I'm allergic to, but damned if I can figure out what, as yet, and it didn't help the problem I'm actually concerned about, the random stabbing pain that seems to be moving slowly up my left side on the track of where one's intestine runs.

or the short version is "There's something wrong with my bowels"

[derien.livejournal.com]

I just keep flashing on that scene in "Zorro the Gay Blade."

Don Diego de la Vega: Dere is-a something wrong with your bowels.
Bunny Wigglesworth/Ramon Vega (educated in England): My what?
Don Diego: Jour bowels! The way you say your "ah", your "ee", and your… "jooz".