I’ve been away for a while. It turned out that I had a bad ear infection for at least a few months. When I went to the doctor she actually said, “oh, that is nasty,” in a cute Polish accent. I did my 10 days of antibiotics complete with metallic mouth taste, body/head aches and tiredness. Now I’m worried that it will come back but there’s no point in that really.

After that I accidentally ate some brownies that had milk in them. My man thought that they didn’t (it was labeled in a funny way) and I didn’t check the box myself (which I will from now on) and I ended up with painful lymph nodes. Milk gives me pretty much instant pain upon ingestion. Not in a lactose intolerant stomach cramps way but in a throat pain and sinus clogging kind. I was once sick for 4 months before figuring that out for myself. I suppose I “should” get allergy tested or something but I don’t know what that would change. I just avoid dairy and treat it as a horrible toxin.

I’ve had so many people say “I couldn’t live without cheese!”. I used to be dairy obsessed too. I actually used to eat 1/4 stick of butter per day. But you know what? I really don’t find myself wishing I could have it at all anymore. I just don’t. It seems really gross to me now especially after researching why it might be making me sick and finding out that is has all kinds of gross things in like (like pus).

I’ve been thinking about my diet beyond the “cannot handle”* foods lately too. Since moving away from home and in with him I’ve eaten more fast food than I ever had in my life. I feel way more low energy than I should. I mean, duh with a diet like that what do I expect? I’ve been reading up on what to eat so that I can do a “vegan week.” I figure if I can find food for a week then it would show me how to eat like that regularly. And setting a time limit at first would make it a much less nebulous idea. It’s a concrete goal.

*My current list of food sensitives: Milk/dairy, caffeine, sugar, onions

Recommended reading: http://www.notmilk.com/