Thread: What do you do?

CW has given you some good advice. If you think it is dairy then the only way (this is what a doc would have you do) to find out is to eliminate it from your diet for AT Least 2 weeks and see what happens. Having done elimination diets several times for a variety of things, I can tell you this will mean paying very close attention. Diary is in a lot of stuff, you are going to have read lables, so more of your own cooking and educate yourself. It can be a great learning experience.

This will mean no milk, butter, cheese of any kind, yogurt, ice cream, sherbet, cream based soups, just to name a few.

Depending on your ancenstry dairy ca ncause a host of problems - not just lactose intollerence. If I remember the stats right 5% of caucasians are dairy sensitive and this is primarily a lactose problem, about 50% of people with African ancestory are dairy sensitive and that isn't just lactose, same thing for Asians and Native Americans only they run over a 90% dairy sensitivity rate. In these non caucasian groups reactions include but are not limited to, digestive problems, headaches, rashes, hearing loss, behavior problems (probably labled ADD or ADHD. In my own case when I'm hyper sensistised heavy dairy such as ice cream produced symptoms like drunkeness with slurred speach and blurred vision, my son had hearing loss from dairy as a youngester but has fortunately out grown his reaction, I have a nephew who was labled learning disabled until they removed dairy form his diet - then he was placed in advanced classes.

Dairy isn't the only possible problem - wheat and glutten are common. I think the top offenders are corn, wheat ,eggs and diary. The only way to tell is to eliminate the possible food from your diet for several weeks and then try introducing it to see what happens. Sometimes the reaction is a combination which makes it harder to pin down, one thing will kick off the sensitivity and then you react to other things. It is worth finding out. IF nothing else you will learn a lot about diet and a bunch of new recipes.

Do get in for a full physical, talk with your intended and get his perspective on this. DOn't go into a marriage you aren't certain of for any reason. Starting anything with the idea it may fail isn't a good plan unless you can say you will be no worse off for the experience and that isn't true with a marriage.