Food Allergies
I am an adult professional dancer with Masters in Political Science (yep, that's what it takes to keep being a dancer where I'm coming from) and a bad case of Food Allergy. And metabolic issues. And, chronic inflammation. And, a genetic mutation that is expressing. (If you're looking into food allergy subject, chances are you have come across those abbreviations - MTHFR, CBS, COMT, etc.)
Gee, was i sickly as a kid. More so, as a teenager. But, I was actually okay for quite a while in my adulthood. Until...
...some years ago, I had a scary episode ending up having an ambulance come to my house - my heart started pounding crazy fast and wouldn't calm down, I became short of breath, dizzy and weak, and... I had to run and sit on the toilet where my dinner rushed out of me with the speed of light..
I though i was dying. What happened? What did i do on THAT DAY that made me sick?
Oh, was i busy that day! "From morning till dawn" I was running around the town between my jobs, personal dance practice, food shopping and cooking, and finally, hand washing a bunch of laundry.
But again, I was a work horse to begin with, so i did not REALLY get tired. Well, okay, so I did one little shortcut, I added a store bought mayo to my delicious eggplant-garlic-tomato salad... So what? It was so delicious that I still ate it the next day, and... felt even sicker. After that, I just couldn't eat anything for a couple of days, at all...
I wound up running to all kinds of doctors.
The heart seemed healthy, except the abnormal rate and arrhythmia.
Initial multiple tests of stomach showed nothing wrong.
In the meantime I went on beta-blockers, but hardly felt better.
About half a year from then, repeated stomach tests showed gastritis, duodenum and gallbladder inflammation. Obviously things progressed fast. I went on the antacids.
My heart and stomach symptoms never stopped but became milder. But, then... TA-DA!!!...
... I started getting THE SWELLING!!!!! THAT'S when I realized I had the
FOOD ALLERGIES.
I hope documenting my personal struggle and research can be helpful and encouraging for those with health issues, similar to mine.
Now, that's what this blog is about.
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