detoxinating my body

Last winter I was feeling horrible. I have from early childhood had asthmatic eczema, from time to time provoked outbreak though the doctors never really knew what it was from. Back then it was (and still is) very common to get 'prick' tests, where they prick you on the body and put in some of the things you might be allergic too. If you get a little red spot, you're allergic. I was allergic towards all pollen, cats, dogs (fury animals), grass etc. When you are allergic with asthma towards these things, the doctors have a list with cross things, you then possible also are allergic towards. In my case back then it was milk products, chocolate, citrus fruits, bananas, carrots and all kinds of nuts! I kept away from this from time to time but it never really helped. In my teens I got so ill with my eczema I was one open wound and I had a fever and all warmth left my body. I was hospitalized for 3 weeks first, put in tard baths, red baths and creamed from morning to evening. It helped, but a month after I got home, it was back. I was hospitalized one more time when I was 18.

When I got my first girl, in the age of 22-23, it kind of disappeared and I actually fell really well. I thought that it was gone for good until I got my second child in the age of 33 - and hell was back. I have tried all kind of medicine, lotions, natural products, pills, all kind of treatments etc. but everytime I was kind of let by myself - and everytime I went to my doctor because I could hardly be anywere, I was told they could not help me, but I could try and leave out things in my food myself and see if I could figure out what exactly it is that triggers my body this way.

Before I met Peter I stopped eating bread. I didnt eat any bread for 3-4 months, and I never fell better. My skin changed totally and I lost weight too. Then I met Peter :)

Peter and I really love to enjoy the good things in life. Good food, wine, italian food etc. We also love a nice dessert - especially from our favorite Italian restaurant Divino (it's an italian lemon cake .. hmmmm). Often we bought a good italian bread and a couple of cheeses for diner - and often we went to Divino for Pasta - as I also very often made pasta with mushrooms and lots of parmesan in the oven .. hmmm .. I'm not trying to make you hungry, just telling you like it is ;)

In my world, good food was with nice meat, good sidedish, cheese, cremesauce, and wine. But I was wrong.

The last 3-4 years it went back again. Not at once, but slowly. Last winter it was horrible. Also the cold weather makes it really bad - and I could hardly live. I had a warm tub bath every or every secon day instead of a shower, because my skin hurt and I was freezing so much. I went to a specialist who told me I had a bad skin infection which was why it hurt even to wear clothes. In the Summer it became better, but not as good as usually. And this winter it came back just double up :(

Monday I went to another specialist, a nurse who specialized in food allergy and she made an hour long vega test on me. It was clear that I hardly had any B vitamines in my body. B Vitamines are good for your skin (among other things) - and the reason is because my intestines are ruined from a life long 'food' abuse. I also miss D vitamines, but that one I know, because my own doctor told me that and I earlier got some heavy shots with D vitamines because of the lack. I also need Zink and folin and need to eat tablets for that.

On top of this I'm highly allergic towards gluten and lactose. That includes milk and ALL kind of cheese :( No more pasta and parmesan cheese for me! But it explains the heavy tummy pains I've been dealing with over the years. I have to stay away from sugar too, because of my allergy (im allergic towards some kind of a natural skin fungus we all have. It feeds on Sugar ... ) - so sugar alone is like poison to me. Both white and brown sugar, honey and sirup. Last, but not least, I am not able to keep the 'good' oils in my body because of - again - my ruined intestines - and therefor I have to eat/drink 3 spoonfull of cold pressed fine oil, 3 times a day ... for the rest of my life.

Monday afternoon I fell quite down. I was told to start right away, because of my illness and I have been feeling more and more tired and exhausted and down lately.

For 5 days today I have been living without the above and it is actually going extremely well. My skin is falling apart because of all the toxin leaving my body, and I've been extremely thirsty too. Yesterday we went for an easter lunch and i had to bring my own advocado and oil lol ... luckily my mom had some shrimps and egg. I was feeling so bad, sitting there, and mostly I just wanted to go home in bed and sleep while my body was working detoxinating me.

Today I feel a little better. I have been lieing outside in the sun nearly all day, because that's really good for me - while Peter has been working around in the garden (if he didnt lie next to me ;) ).

It is a slow process and hard but I feel happy and lucky. Im happy that I know what to do to finaly be well - and I'm lucky I know it in the age of 41 and not 81.

The whole thing opened my world towards real good food. Unrefined good food from nature. I enjoy much more a salad and vegetables and meat, which I know doesn't contain a lot of weird things than before. I already, in 5 days, got picky about what to fill myself with and I don't miss candy or sugar at all. I miss the bread - but I bought a baking mashine and a lot of different kinds of flour without gluten - and will make my own bread. I also bought pasta without gluten - so only thing I really need to miss is the cheese.

Tonight we had an awesome barbeque with lots of onions, mushrooms in garlic oil, pepers, corns, aubergine, aspargues with bacon around, and a special sauage we found without milk and gluten - and of course a good salad and olives :)

Oh and the wine. I can't drink red wine anymore - and even though I was told I could drink white wine, a glass I got 3 days ago made me feel real sickish, that I just gave up drinking it. I just didn't feel like it. I can't drink whisky because of the barley and sugar and I cant have Beer ... BUT no dispair. I already found a gluten free Beer and I can still have Snaps :D

I can look forward to feel better, loose weight, get more energy and feel more happy. So in the end it's all worth it. And I'm also quite proud of what I did so far and that I am strong enough to change my life. I could not have done it without Peter though. He supports me all the way and even join me in some of my new weird food. I love him so much!

Happy Easter all - and always remember to treasure what you have got and what you can :)

Enjoy life

 

thanks Chrome :)

And Marie, It is so nice to hear about people who have done the same with success. That gives extra strenght at times when you feel like giving up. Gratz to your mom and thanks for telling :)

 

Hey Thorn, thanks for a great link :) Unfortunately I can't have yougurt either - but I know that smoothies are power energy for your body. In fact, I just bought a book about smoothies. They are not as 'sweet and fruity' as yours, because they all contain different kinds of vegetables next to the fruit, and lots of them natural vanilla or liquorice pulver. Fx, there are smoothies with spinash or Broccoli and some sounds better than others, I have to admit. I just need to feel well enough to concentrate on them and buy what I need :)

About food dyes, yes we have a lot of that too. And a lot of E-numbers in our foods. Last year I went to a lecture about food, and the woman having it said something pretty correct, and I used the wordings ever since: The more E-numbers and indistrual added substances, the longer away it is from the cow. Meaning, the less junk you find in a product, the more 'real' and healthy it is. All the light products fx are really really unhealthy. If you want to live light, either skip sugar all together and then use natural sugar like fruit/raisins etc. to sweetening your things with OR eat a little bit of unrefined REAL sugar. Indistrual made sweet stuff can never be heatlhy.

Your son will grow up and be aware of all these thigns because you are aware of it - and that's such a good thing. We see more and more special food shops popping up here and we have a large amount of things without gluten and lactose too - so if you're just a little bit creative, you won't miss out much. And perhaps you will in the beginning, but I swear to you - already after 6 days now - I can nearly FEEL how things I decide to eat give my body joy, even if I can hardly move from pain. I suddenly feel how eating is suppose to be - and even if I miss cheese, I can keep away from it because I know how it will poison my body (not meaning that cheese is not healthy - because it can be - just not to me).

On top of this I'm the luckiest in the world. I have such a lovely husband who made us a HUGE vegetable garden. We have our own potatoes, tomatoes, leak, onions, garlic, peas, carrots, salad etc. We know what we grow in it and we know it's not added any inorganic fertilizer or manipulated in any ways.

Today I filled up the bath tub with 38-39degree water and Himalayan Krystal salt. It was like diving into a sweet ocean (i only used half of the doze not to shock my body and skin). If anyone out there has problems with their skin - if it's too dry or like mine, nearly falling apart - try this. You feel like a new person afterwards, even if you're not cured right away. You can have a 'soft' salt bath with only 500 g of salt - and put oil in the water too. OR you can take a full clean ocean bath with 1kg salt, and no oil. Remember to rinse after with water and creme yourself from top to toe right after the bath. It is VERY important that you have clean salt and himalayan krystal salt is one of the best salts. Do not used refined salt (kitchen salt) and salt with iodine. That is very very important.

Thanks for all the support :)

 

Hey Khaos and thanks :) unfortunately I forgot to add soya to the list - but nope, can't eat that either. All cheese is forbidden, i've been told - at least for me. And it's weird you say that about Parmesan, because i was told, that parmesan is one of the worse kind of cheeses I can have.

BUT the good thing is, that when I feel better and my body has stabilized after the 8 week time, I don't have to be fanatic NEVER to have cheese again. I just can't have it (as i do now) every day or every week. So that's something to look forward to :) I did already found pasta without gluten ^^ so lots of mushrooms and I'm good!

 

Dear Mastermesh,
Thank you for the lenghtly reply. I can tell that you have been through what I'm through and still struggling. I too get it worse in the cold dry winter times, and in Denmark the winter has been lasting for half a year this time. It has been horrible. Luckily now it changed and spring is here.

I am sorry to hear you are diagnosed Diabetes. That alone is a serious illness, which requires a strick diet too. I believe your diet is very similar to mine though - except you might be able to eat things I can't. Do you remember your body's reaction right after you started staying away from sugar for example?

I am feeling so incredibly bad. My body is trying to kick out all the things I'm allergic to because it's like toxin to my body and today I have to stay home from work even. I'm extremely dizzy (I drink a LOT of water), and I have a headache and feel like throwing up. My face skin is red and swollen and yeah, I'm not a pretty sight at this moment lol - and feel sorry for myself.

I have been feeling worse and worse this week from starting till now - and I just hope it will soon turn and go in the right direction. Heck, I'm staying away from what should be poison to me... shouldn't I then feel better?

Hope you feel better too, Mastermesh, and I wish you all the best and a healthier life.

 

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