Sean, when I started feeling sick more days than not, I started writing down everything I ate and how I felt or reacted. It took me a ridiculous amount of time to pinpoint lactose intolerance, and I'm still trying to get a handle on my limits (e.g. I missed Prom because I apparently can't have frozen yogurt AT ALL anymore, but didn't realize it until that day), but I feel so much better with a cause I can point at (rather than my brain's panicky worst-case scenarios). Keep an eye on lactose, gluten, etc. to see if you note a pattern. Good luck figuring it out. I hope you feel much, much better soon.
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Also, Happy Birthday Week (or Month, if you prefer), Seska! I hope your mid-thirties continue to bring you much happiness.
eta: You guys type way faster than me. So, anyway, I say, "Allow me to re-iterate," then say all that stuff above.
I do usually feel extra burpy/gassy when I get like this, so I am eyeing lactose and/or gluten as the culprit. Plus that's less disconcerting than the other possibilities.
Sean, Epic is right, a food journal is definitely a good idea. Feeling too full could definitely be a reaction to lactose. I hope you can figure it out and feel better soon.
I hope you can figure it out and feel much better soon, Sean. That's worrying.
Wow Cass, I am just checking in and skipped a bunch, but you're moving back to San Diego? I can see that, but also a big change. When would you move?
Actually out to the desert. In three weeks. The desert is close enough to see my dad once or twice a week and far enough away I might have spoons. Maybe. And it's near my mom.
I do usually feel extra burpy/gassy when I get like this, so I am eyeing lactose and/or gluten as the culprit.
Try going dairy-free (or dairy-light) for a day or two if you can. That was actually how I figured it out - I had a day where I DIDN'T feel sick and that was unusual enough that I went, "Hey, what's different today?" Anyway, good luck.
And it's not quite nausea. More like feeling too full.
Feeling full, a slight cough, feeling a lump in your throat, tightness in your chest... those can all be acid reflux symptoms. I dropped 10 lbs in a month without realizing it because I didn't know I had acid reflux.
There was more, but I forgotted.
Oh! Happy birthday, Seska! Glad to hear things are going well for you.
