I do want to note that I stayed on all my regular
medications and vitamins. They may or may not be high histamine but going
off any of them at this point would not be advisable. Since I am so
symptomatic on the medications I should be able to note any differences while I
am on them as well.
All food is fresh or was frozen immediately after
it was cooked to eat at a later time.
If I write that no issues are noted, etc, it does not mean that I feel great. It simply means that there is nothing new going on or above my baseline symptoms.
Week One
Day 1: 04/28/14
Breakfast
Two hard boiled eggs
Two kiwi
Result: No heartburn, bloating or nausea noted
Snack 1
Oat and Wheat Muffin
Result: Bloating noted.
Lunch
Oat and Wheat Muffin
Hard boiled egg
Pear
Result: Still some bloating present
Snack 2
Freshly peeled carrots
Result: Still hungry! No physical
issues.
Dinner
Chicken legs seasoned with salt and black pepper
Rice with butter and salt
Cooked broccoli, carrots and cauliflower
Result: No issues noted.
Snack 3
I still felt hungry and was concerned about my
calorie intake (nursing mom!) so..
Air popped popcorn with butter and salt
Result: Full! Nothing else to note.
Day 2: 04/29/14
Breakfast
Hard boiled egg
Wheat and Oat Muffin
Result: Heartburn. :( Will likely have
to take out wheat and/or grains...unless this is just a problem with bleached
flour. I need to go out and buy the unbleached still.
Lunch
Chicken legs seasoned with salt and black pepper
Rice with butter and salt
Cooked broccoli, carrots and cauliflower
Result: Lingering heartburn.
Snack 1
Apple
Result: Lingering heartburn.
Snack 2
Air popped popcorn with butter and salt (the kids
wanted it!)
Result: Lingering heartburn still. Ugh.
Dinner
Taco Salad with allowed spices and veggies (Ground
beef flavored with salt, black pepper, red pepper, onion, garlic and oregano.
Red Leaf Lettuce with carrots, cucumbers, green pepper and
celery)
Result: Heartburn now mostly gone. It is very
interesting that red pepper was not the culprit in my previous taco
experiences. Paprika, Cumin and Cayenne are considered high histamine.
Snack 3
Kiwi
Result: Still some heartburn when reclining.
Day 3: 04/30/14
Breakfast
Two hard boiled eggs
Apple
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Rice, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots
with butter and salt.
Result: Nausea but it has been raining and my
sinuses are awful which generally means that I have nausea. I'd usually have
something like bread to help but that is high histamine.
Lunch
Taco Salad with allowed spices and veggies (Ground
beef flavored with salt, black pepper, red pepper, onion, garlic and oregano.
Red Leaf Lettuce with carrots, cucumbers, green pepper and
celery)
Result: I feel ok, actually. Clearer.
Snack 2
Peanuts
Result: Better, could tell my blood sugars were
getting low.
Dinner
Pork tenderloin seasoned with olive oil, thyme,
oregano, onion, garlic, black pepper and salt
Spaghetti noodles with butter and salt
Red Leaf Lettuce with carrots, cucumbers,
green pepper and celery
Result: Nothing to note. Maybe the wheat issue was because it was bleached (which I normally don't buy).
Overall today was not pleasant, especially in the evening. It rained for about 24 hours straight which gave me headaches, post nasal drip increase, nausea and fatigue.
Day 4: 05/01/14
I am definitely loosing weight. Need to eat more!
Breakfast
Oatmeal made with whole milk and brown sugar
Result: Wow, I forgot how filling that is! I just feel full.
Lunch
Pork tenderloin seasoned with olive oil, thyme,
oregano, onion, garlic, black pepper and salt
Spaghetti noodles with butter and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch bar - Almond
Crunch.
Result: Headache increased. The bar did say that it had a color added. Weird sensation in mouth later on. Ugh. It was a good bar. Then came the heartburn. Oh, well. Then the fatigue and physical pain.
Dinner
Chicken legs with salt, black pepper and onion
Rice with butter and salt
Asparagus
Result: Can't tell. Still messed up from that bar. I guess this diet will make it much easier for me to figure out my triggers.
Snack 2
Peanuts
Results: Still can't tell.
Definitely need more fruits and veggies!
Day 5: 05/02/14
Breakfast
Oatmeal made with whole milk and brown sugar
Result: Full. Hands started itching last night from that bar, too. Most of the other symptoms are dissipating.
Snack 1
Carrots
Result. Nothing to report
Lunch
Chicken legs with salt, black pepper and onion
Rice with butter and salt
Result: Feeling a bit weird today but I have been super busy. Calories likely low.
Snack 2
Peanuts
Results. Fine but getting a rash on my hands from washing them at the doctor's office.
Snack 3
Popcorn
Results: Nothing besides the rash from the soap.
Itches!
Dinner
Meatloaf made with the
Wheat Oatmeal Muffins, Onions, Parsley, Italian Seasonings,
Black Pepper, Salt, Eggs and Milk
Asparagus
Wheat Noodles
Result: Nothing to report. Rash still unpleasant.
Snack 4
Pear
Result: I am very tired and my eye lids itch and are swelling. I am super tired and this can just happen with fatigue.
Day 6: 05/03/14
I'm down at least eight pounds since I started this diet. I talked with other MCAD people and this is fairly normal. They claim that it is weight related to inflammation which could be very true for me. In any case, I am nursing my 9 month old right now so I am going to really work at eating more just in case.
Breakfast
Pancakes with Maple Syrup (unbleached flour now)
Scrambled Eggs
Results: Eye lids are still itchy and swollen (mostly right side). Rash is improved.
Snack 1
Kiwi
Peanuts
Result: Eye lids are still bothering me.
Lunch
Meatloaf made with the
Wheat Oatmeal Muffins, Onions, Parsely, Italian Seasonings, Black
Pepper, Salt, Eggs and Milk
Wheat Noodles
Carrots
Result: Eye lids still not fun.
Snack 2
Peanuts
Sunflower Seeds
Results: Eye lids worsening (we did go out to a festival and walked around in the sun as well). Hives starting. Took an antihistamine. Wheat is out. :( Sunflower seeds might be an issue, too. They were also in the those bars to which I reacted. I'll keep them out for now and might try them again later.
Dinner
Chicken breasts seasoned with salt, pepper,
onion and garlic
Rice with butter and salt
Salad (romaine lettuce, cucumbers, broccoli,
carrots, green pepper and onion)
Result: Eyes and hives still.
Day 7: 05/04/14
Weight steady (really up one pound) but since I did have a reaction yesterday I am not sure if the weight is real or just water/inflammation weight. Time will tell.
Breakfast
Oatmeal with whole milk and brown sugar
Result: Nothing new. Eyes still not happy but better, hives still present but not very itchy.
Lunch
Chicken breasts seasoned with salt, pepper,
onion and garlic
Rice with butter and salt
Result: Eyes almost back to normal. Hives not itchy and fading.
Snack 1:
Lots of popcorn with butter and salt
Result: Nothing new going on.
Dinner
So we went to cook the remaining beef from when I
made the meatloaf and it stunk! So, maybe my crazy reaction was all that
meat and not the wheat? Perhaps it is very wishful thinking on my
part...I'm leaving wheat out for a bit and might try it again at some point.
Scrambled eggs (with milk, butter, salt and pepper)
Pear
Salad (romaine lettuce, cucumbers, broccoli,
carrots, green pepper and onion)
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 2
Breyer's Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
Week Two
Day 8: 05/05/14
Today is a high pain day. It always
stinks to wake up with an overall pain level of four. It nearly
always gets to a six by the end of the day. I will pay close
attention the next time I have ice cream to see if this was the cause. I
won’t have any for several days.
Breakfast
Rice Cakes with peanut butter (peanut butter does
have palm oil…)
Two hard boiled eggs
Result: Gastrointestinal issues but my
second child is also having issues. Today might be hard to determine
symptoms since I am high pain.
Lunch
Chicken breast with allowed seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
Two kiwis
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Apple
Result: Still a high pain today. I’m
taking Tylenol to hopefully notch it back down to a four or less. Pain
went down to a three.
Snack 2
Two peanut butter oatmeal cookies (peanut butter,
brown sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Result: Maybe heartburn? It is hard to
tell because the pain today involves much of my body – chest and torso
included.
Dinner
Pork Tenderloin with Italian Seasonings, Onion,
Garlic, Salt, Pepper and Olive Oil
Rice with butter and salt
Salad (romaine lettuce, cucumbers, broccoli,
carrots, green pepper and onion)
Result: Nothing new.
Day 9: 05/06/14
I am still in pain and very tired. Fatigue
usually follows a high pain day. Maybe I don’t want to try ice cream
again! All other milk that I consume is cooked/baked and doesn’t
seem to bother me.
Breakfast
Oatmeal with whole milk and brown sugar
Result: Nothing new to report.
Lunch
Pear
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Pork Tenderloin with Italian Seasonings, Onion,
Garlic, Salt, Pepper and Olive Oil
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Apple
Result: Nothing to report
Snack 2
Air popped pop corn with butter and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Chicken with allowed seasonings
Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots
A bit of noodles before I remembered (I check
doneness with a taste test and the rest of the family is still eating them) and
then I decided that the damage was already done and had noodles with butter and
salt with dinner.
Result: Heartburn and then burning eye lids next
morning.
Day 10: 05/07/14
I am feeling much better than that last two days
today. Still some pain but definitely have more energy. Weight
is steady but I am eating until I am FULL and I don’t like doing that.
Breakfast
Quinoa Flakes with salt
Result: Nothing new happening.
Snack 1
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Kiwi
Result: I am itchy now but it could still be from
the wheat. I’ve had kiwi and these cookies several times without
issue.
Lunch
Chicken with allowed seasonings
Carrots
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Result: Eye lids still itchy, the rest not so
much. Heartburn still lingering.
Snack 2
Air popped popcorn with butter and salt
Result: Nothing new.
Dinner
Since I am better I am trying some potato
tonight. With wheat out I need some other carbs to maintain my
weight. I also started a Quercetin supplement tonight.
Ground beef with allowed seasonings
White Potato
Result: Sinuses felt different (as in
clearer/better) pretty quick. Wishful thinking?
Snack 3
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda) These are more like cookies when eaten
straight from the freezer as I have been doing.
Result: Heartburn still hanging around a bit.
Day 11: 05/08/14
Breakfast
Oatmeal with whole milk and brown sugar
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 1
Apple
Result: Nothing new. Hand rash 100% gone
(my skin actually looks and feels great)
Lunch
Ground beef with allowed seasonings
White Potato
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Quercetin
Result: Worsening headache but weather is
off. As I always have a headache and they do regularly worsen, I
can’t necessarily link this to food.
Snack 2
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda) – It is really hard to prepare something
fresh while also taking care of three small children.
Dinner
Pork Chops with red pepper, garlic, pepper and salt
Rice with butter and salt
Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
I did have nausea late evening until the next
morning.
Day 12: 05/09/14
Breakfast
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Kiwi
Result: Maybe some eye burning.
Lunch
Pork Chops with red pepper, garlic, pepper and salt
Rice with butter and salt
Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Air popped popcorn with butter and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Chicken with allowed seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
Broccoli and Cauliflower (Raw)
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report
Snack 2
A whole gluten free vanilla cupcake from Whole
Foods (half with be plenty next time)
Result: Wow! That was a lot of sugar.
Day 13: 05/10/14
Breakfast
Quinoa Flakes
Quercetin
Green grapes (trying out a higher histamine food)
Result: Nothing to report.
Lunch
Chicken with allowable seasonings
Carrots
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 1
Peanuts
Result: Nothing noted.
Snack 2
Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookie (peanut butter, brown
sugar, oatmeal, eggs, baking soda)
Red Grapes (higher histamine food)
Result: I did note perhaps one hive but I did have
sun today, too. I am not sure exactly when it popped up.
Dinner
Pork Tenderloin with olive oil (Italian seasoning,
garlic, onion, salt and pepper)
Spring mix salad with olive oil and salt, broccoli,
cauliflower, green pepper and cucumber
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 3
½ of a gluten free vanilla cupcake from Whole Foods
Result: Sugar level much more manageable with
nothing else to report.
Day 14: 05/11/14
Breakfast
Oat pancakes with maple syrup
Scrambled Eggs
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report
Lunch
Pork Tenderloin with olive oil (Italian seasoning,
garlic, onion, salt and pepper)
Spring mix salad with olive oil and Italian
seasoning, broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper and cucumber
Quercetin
½ of a gluten free vanilla cupcake from Whole Foods
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Grilled chicken breasts
Spring mix salad with broccoli, cauliflower, green
pepper and cucumber
Fruit Salad (trying higher histamine bananas,
grapes, apples, kiwi)
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
½ of a gluten free vanilla cupcake from Whole Foods
Result: Nothing to report.
I did have nausea today on and off from breakfast
onward.
Week Two Thoughts
Week Two Thoughts
Week Three
Day 15: 05/12/14
Breakfast
Oat pancake with maple syrup
Two hard boiled eggs
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Fruit salad (prepared
yesterday and from the fridge) bananas, grapes, apples, kiwi
Result: Itchy spot on hands with one hive! Ugh. I
knew that I should probably not eat food from yesterday that hadn’t been
frozen.
Lunch
Grilled chicken breasts
Spring mix salad with broccoli,
cauliflower, green pepper, cucumber, olive oil and salt
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Air conditioning on for the
first time since last year = headache!
Snack 2
Air popped pop corn with
butter and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Chicken legs with allowed
seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
Quercetin
Results: Nothing to report. No veggies, though, but I barely got the
chance to eat at all (sick child).
Some mild heartburn
tonight. Fruit salad?
Day 16 05/13/14
Breakfast
Rice cakes with peanut butter
and honey
Kiwi
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Lunch
Scrambled Eggs (milk, butter,
salt and pepper)
Rice with butter and salt
(I really need to come up with
other seasonings!)
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report except
that scrambled eggs always make me feel weird.
Snack 1
Pear
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Beef Stew (beef, potatoes,
carrots, green peppers, celery, onion, garlic, salt and pepper)
Spring Salad Mix
Quercetin
Result: Nothing significant
going on. Maybe some itchy eyes but who
knows why - potatoes?
Snack 2
That last bit of the whole
foods gluten free vanilla cupcake
Result: Nothing to report.
Day 17: 05/14/14
Itchy day.
Breakfast
Oat pancake with maple syrup
Apple
Quercetin
Result: This really seems to
be an itchy, headache, queasy day.
Weather is changing.
Lunch
Beef Stew (beef, potatoes,
carrots, green peppers, celery, onion, garlic, salt and pepper)
Spring Salad Mix with
sunflower oil and salt
Grapes
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 1
Two peanut butter oatmeal
cookies
Result: Nothing seemingly related to food, but it is
Tylenol headache time. Just for
reference, I only medicate for a pain level over 5 and it is ER time at level 8. My normal pain level is usually a 3.
Snack 2
Grapes
Result: Headache lessened. Still itchy and queasy.
Dinner
Grilled chicken legs with salt
and pepper
Grilled corn on the cob
Spinach Spring salad mix with
green pepper, cucumber, carrots and trying grape tomatoes
Result: Nothing new going on.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter
and honey.
Result: Tylenol has worn
off. Ugh.
Day 18: 05/15/14
Still an itchy day but less
than yesterday. Maybe too many high
histamine foods at once (grapes, potatoes and tomatoes yesterday)? Tummy a little weird, too.
Breakfast
Quinoa
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 1
Pear
Result: Nothing new.
Lunch
Grilled chicken legs with salt
and pepper
Spinach Spring salad mix with green
pepper, cucumber, carrots, grape tomatoes, sunflower oil and salt
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 2
Rice with butter and salt
(really lunch continued two hours later due to kids)
Result: Gastrointestinal issues so tomatoes might be
out. My kids have some of this going
around, too, though.
Dinner
Pork Tenderloin with allowed
seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
Spinach Spring salad mix with green
pepper, cucumber, carrots
Quercetin
Result: Still gastrointestinal
issues. Headache worsened to Tylenol
level.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter
and honey.
Result: Nothing new.
Day 19: 05/16/14
Eyes still a little itchy but
gastrointestinal track back to normal.
Breakfast
Oatmeal with whole milk and
brown sugar
Result: Headache and nausea –
it is raining pretty hard this morning.
Lunch
Pork Tenderloin with allowed
seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
(Rainy days make fruits and
veggies tough)
Result: Nothing to report.
Tylenol time for headache
again. Crummy weather!
Snack 1
Air popped pop corn with
butter and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Chicken breasts with honey,
salt and pepper
Green beans (high histamine
try)
Quercetin
Result: Hives and itchy before
I even finished dinner. Green beans out
for now (not cool!). I did also forget
my Quercetin at lunch.
Snack 2
Peanut Butter oatmeal cookie
Kiwi
Result: Still itchy from the green beans.
Day 20: 05/17/14
Breakfast
Oat pancake with maple syrup
Pear
Result: Nothing to report but
still itchy with hives from the green beans.
Lunch
Pork Tenderloin with allowed
seasonings
Spinach Spring Mix Salad,
Spring Mix Salad, carrots, green pepper, cucumbers, sunflower oil and salt
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Apple
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Went to Chili’s for a
celebration meal and had 6 oz sirloin, broccoli and French fries
Fresh tortilla chips with
guacamole
Result: Nothing immediate to
report.
Later took Quercetin,
etc. Hands may be reacting.
Day 21: 05/18/14
A bit itchy today but nothing like
I expected to feel after eating out. I
did try to make wise choices but when you don’t make it yourself you never know.
Breakfast
Oat pancake with maple syrup
Pear
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Lunch
Chicken breast with salt,
pepper and honey
Spinach Spring mix salad
Rice cakes with peanut butter
and honey
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 1
Peanuts
Result: Nothing to report.
Dinner
Grilled chicken legs
Grilled Asparagus with olive
oil, salt and pepper
Rice with salt
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 2
Air popped popcorn with butter
and salt
Result: Right eyelid is red, puffy and itchy but who know
why. I did have eye makeup on today and
that can definitely cause this. It doesn't
help that I am still itchy from the green beans followed by a meal out.
Week Three Thoughts
Week Three Thoughts
Week Four
Eyelid still itchy and puffy.
Day 22: 05/19/14
Breakfast
Oatmeal with whole milk and
brown sugar
Apple
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Lunch
Grilled chicken legs
Grilled Asparagus with olive
oil, salt and pepper
Rice with salt
Result: Nothing to report
Later: Eyelid worse and other
one is staring to bother me…asparagus? I
am taking an antihistamine because it is fairly intense.
Snack 1
Rice cakes with peanut butter
and honey
Result: The antihistamine is
starting to work!
Dinner
I really need to figure out
some quick food that I can eat on this diet.
Sick kiddo today = no dinner made.
So…Chipotle burrito bowl with just beef, rice and lettuce.
Quercetin
Result: Hives, itchiness and
eyes worsening again. I might double up
on the antihistamine if this gets much worse.
Day 23: 05/20/14
Breakfast
Quinoa with salt
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to
report. Still itchy from yesterday.
Snack 1
Simply Balanced Nut and Fruit
Clusters – Almond Blueberry (all ok ingredients except the blueberries)
Result: Nothing to
report. Not really a good day to try but
sick kids means that I have some bare shelves currently and not a lot of time
to make something.
Lunch
Grilled chicken leg
Rice with salt
Spinach Spring mix salad with
sunflower oil and salt
Pear
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new to report.
Snack 2
Simply Balanced Nut and Fruit
Clusters – Almond Blueberry (all ok ingredients except the blueberries)
Apple
Result: Nothing new to report.
Dinner
Italian Beef
Rice
Cauliflower, Carrots and Broccoli
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new to report. Still itchy but it is lessening.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result: Nothing new.
Day 24: 05/21/14
Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with milk, butter, salt and pepper
Pear
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report
Went to Walmart and brought home a rash.
Snack 1
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result: Nothing to report.
Lunch
Italian Beef
Rice with salt
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report.
Snack 2
Banana
Result: Walmart stuff is escalating. Not sure if the banana made things worse.
Mouth, lips and tongue feel weird now, too. Eye lids not good. Very itchy.
I took a Vitamin C as that is supposed to me mast cell stabilizing. Mine does have citrus in it, though, and is
made from cherries.
Dinner
Pork Steaks
Spinach and Kale salad with broccoli, carrots,
celery, cucumber, onion, sunflower oil and salt.
Quercetin
Result: Well, my tongue is apparently not working
currently. That all was pretty
tasteless. Kale is supposed to be quite
high in quercetin. If things keep
getting worse I will take an antihistamine.
I don’t know if it was the Vitamin C, Quercetin,
etc, but the reaction is no longer worsening.
I am exhausted, though.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result: Nothing new.
Day 25:
05/22/14
I had heartburn and nausea all night long. N had awful heartburn and spent most of the
night crying. I remembered that I had children’s
liquid. Benadryl and gave that to him at 4 am.
He then slept until 6:30, nursed again and slept until 10 am. I am down two pounds today after being stable
(within 1/2 lb) for at least ten days.
Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with milk, butter, shredded
zucchini, mushrooms, onions, garlic, salt, pepper
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result: Nothing new. I do feel better than yesterday.
Lunch
Pork steak
Grapes
Quercetin
Result: Nothing to report
Snack 1
A handful of grapes
Result: Gastrointestinal issues. May have over done it with the grapes today.
Solicitor = let’s react again. He had on cologne. Took an antihistamine. Ugh.
Snack 2
Carrots with peanut butter
Result:
Nothing to report.
Dinner
Chicken breasts with allowed seasonings
Rice with butter and salt
Kale, Spinach, Spring Mix salad with cucumbers,
broccoli, red onion and carrots
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result: Nothing new
Day 26: 05/23/14
Breakfast
Quinoa
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 1
Banana
Result: Nothing new.
Lunch
Chicken breast with allowed seasoning
Rice
Kiwi
Result: Rash
on hands. Salicylates? See my post “The best laid plans…” for more
details.
Snack 2
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Air popped popcorn with butter and salt
Result: Nothing new.
Dinner
Scrambled eggs with shredded zucchini, green
peppers, red onions, garlic and mushrooms, butter, pepper and salt
Oatmeal pancake with maple syrup
Carrots
Cucumber slices
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result: Getting awfully itchy again.
Took an antihistamine before bed.
Day 27: 05/24/14
Still super itchy.
Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with shredded zucchini, green
peppers, red onions, garlic and mushrooms, butter, pepper and salt
Oatmeal pancake with maple syrup
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result:
Still itchy with eye lid involvement.
Lunch
Chicken breast with allowed seasonings
Kale, Spinach, Spring Mix salad with cucumbers,
broccoli, red onion and carrots
Result: Nothing new. Stick have several areas of extreme itchiness
and a rash on hands.
Snack 1
Peanuts
Result: Eye lids worsening. Still itchy.
We did spend the afternoon out of the house running errands. I only was in one store and did feel oddly
tired. I stayed in the car with my
sleeping boys for the rest.
Snack 2
Apple
Result: Eyelids bad enough that I am taking an antihistamine
just for them. Awful.
Dinner
Pork Chops with allowed seasoning
Quinoa
Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result: Definitely have increased pain now,
too. All over, especially down arms to
fingers (nerve like pain there) and then skin just hurts on the arms and my
sides. Obviously I still have the normal
fibromyalgia pain elsewhere and increased.
Snack 3
An entire Whole Foods GF vanilla cupcake
Result: A misery treat. Eyes doing better.
Or not. My
husband is forcing me to take an additional antihistamine.
Day 28: 05/25/14
Breakfast
Oat pancake with maple syrup
Kiwi
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result: Nothing to report. Eyes improved this morning.
Snack 1
Rice cakes
Result: Eye lids got a bit itchy. I ate these at church so it might have been
because I was not at home.
Lunch
Pork Chops with allowed seasoning
Broccoli, Cauliflower and Carrots
Quercetin
Result: Nothing new.
Snack 2
Whole Foods GF Vanilla Cupcake
Result: Nothing new. Eyes better.
Muscle pain at the back of my knee. I have felt like my knees would bend
backwards a few times today, too.
Snack 3
Rice cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result: Nothing new.
Dinner
GF Meatballs (ground beef, coconut flour, eggs,
chopped onion, mustard powder, parsley, salt, pepper)
Mushroom sauce (mushrooms, chopped onion,
cornstarch, milk, butter, salt, pepper)
Carrots
Cucumbers
Quercetin
Vitamin C
Result: Some
heartburn. Fingers feel stiff.
Week Four Thoughts
Week
Five
Still
itchy. Word mix-ups increasing, too.
Day 29: 05/26/14
Breakfast
Healthy
Baked Oatmeal (applesauce, maple syrup, honey, milk, vanilla, eggs, peanut
butter, oats, baking powder, salt)
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new. Quite yummy – we’ll
definitely do this one again. Getting
itchier as time goes on, though.
Lunch
Chicken
breast with allowed seasonings
Kale,
Spinach, Spring Mix salad with cucumbers, broccoli, red onion and carrots,
sunflower oil and salt
Quercetin
Result:
Nothing new. Still itchy.
Snack
1
Whole
Foods GF Vanilla Cupcake
Result:
Nothing new. Still itchy.
Dinner
Grilled
chicken
Grilled
corn on the cob
Apple
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Day 30: 05/27/14
Still
itchy with a few hives. Still
experiencing increased joint, nerve and fibromyalgia pain.
Breakfast
Healthy
Baked Oatmeal (applesauce, maple syrup, honey, milk, vanilla, eggs, peanut
butter, oats, baking powder, salt)
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Lunch
Grilled
chicken
Spring
Salad mix with red onions, carrots, sunflower oil and salt
Quercetin
Result:
Nothing new.
Snack
1
Whole
Foods GF Vanilla Cupcake
Result:
Nothing new.
Snack
2
Cucumber
Slices
Result:
Nothing new.
Dinner
Pork
Tenderloin with Italian seasoning, onion, garlic, salt, black pepper and olive
oil
Quinoa
Broccoli,
Carrots and Cauliflower
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Some chest tightness aka asthma symptoms.
Day 31: 05/28/14
Breakfast
Scrambled
eggs with milk, shredded zucchini, diced red onions, diced garlic, butter, salt
and pepper
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new. Still some chest tightness.
I
used my (expired) inhaler for the first time in about two years. It helped for a few hours and then tightness
returned.
Lunch
Chicken
breast with allowed seasoning
Quinoa
Cucumber
Quercetin
Results: Nothing new.
Later severe headache and more chest tightness.
Used
inhaler again.
Snack
Air
popped popcorn with butter and salt
Result:
Nothing new
Dinner
Hamburger
Salad (ground beef, spinach/kale/spring salad mix, cucumbers, peppers,
caramelized onions)
Result:
Nothing new.
Snack
Peanut
Butter Oatmeal Cookie
Result:
Eyelids again! A bit itchy on hands.
Itchy all over. Ears burning and turning red.
Day 32: 05/29/14
Pain
level of 4 this morning. Pain in both
legs starting at the hip. Pain down both
arms to the fingers.
Breakfast
Oat
pancake with maple syrup
Scrambled
eggs with milk, shredded zucchini, diced red onions, diced garlic, butter, salt
and pepper
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Lunch
Pork
Tenderloin with allowed seasonings
Quinoa
Apple
Quercetin
Result:
Severe headache and some hives. Could be
from leaving the house. The headache
started while I was at the allergist.
Took
two Tylenol for headache.
Snack
Air
popped pop corn with butter and salt
Result:
Nothing new.
Dinner
Pizza
with zillions of histamine things. After
all, after week two I got worse. What
will happen?
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result: Felt heavy in stomach. Nothing else.
Still
itchy from before, right eyelid not great.
Laid down to go to sleep and had to get up to use my inhaler. Heartburn at night.
Day 33: 05/30/14
Used
my inhaler.
Breakfast
Knock
off Honey Nut Cheerios
Apple
Vitamin
C
(I
am out of Quercetin)
Result: Nothing new.
Feel
awful. Asthma not good. Overall week and yucky feeling.
Lunch
Pizza
with zillions of histamine things.
Result:
I actually feel better. Calorie issue
before?
Sinuses
much worse this afternoon. Is it
because I am off Quercetin until I get more tomorrow (my sinuses had felt
clearer after I started it)? Or because
of the high histamine food? Or because
of some other reason?
Snack
Five
jumbo marshmallows…just because I could.
Result:
Nothing new.
Dinner
Chicken
with allowed seasonings
Rice
with salt
Kale
and Spinach
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Snack
Homemade
bread with butter
Result:
Typical rash on hands. Itchy!
Day 34: 05/31/14
Feeling
a bit queasy.
Breakfast
Oat
pancakes with Maple Syrup
Apple
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Chest
felt tight. Used inhaler. Felt awful so…
Lunch
Scrambled
eggs with diced onions, garlic, butter, salt and pepper
Carrots
Result:
Felt better.
Then,
felt bad again. Woozy, fuzzy, weak
feeling. Bad headache, too. All feels better if I lay down, though, and
that is concerning.
Snack
Rice
cakes with peanut butter and honey.
Result: Feel better momentarily.
Got
my Quercetin and took some.
Dinner
Typical
cook out fare. I skipped the bread and
the fruit.
Result:
Nothing right away. Later eyelids
unhappy and rash on hand worse.
Took
Quercetin, Vitamin C and an antihistamine once I was home.
Heartburn all night long.
Day 35: 06/01/14
Breakfast
Pancakes
made with Bob Mills GF All Purpose Mix and maple syrup
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Went
to church. Got more rash, headache and
joint pain while there. Picked up new
inhaler on way home and used it in car.
Lunch
Pork
tenderloin with allowed seasonings
Quinoa
Quercetin
Result:
Nothing new.
Weeded
garden bed and got rash over arms. Took Benadryl
and it cleared up.
Snack
1
Rice
cakes with peanut butter and honey
Result:
Nothing new.
Dinner
Grilled
boneless pork chops with allowed seasonings
Rice
with salt
Salad:
Green leaf lettuce, Red leaf lettuce, yellow bell pepper, orange bell pepper,
carrots, red onion, cucumber
Quercetin
Vitamin
C
Result:
Nothing new.
Snack
2
Homemade
GF cake! (Rice flour, potato starch –
not technically allowed, xanthan gum, eggs, vanilla extract, milk, butter) Butter
cream frosting (powdered sugar, milk, butter)
Result:
Yum.
Heartburn
on and off during the night. Joint pain
in legs and arms.
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