ProRawgress
04-08-2009, 01:56 PM
Hi All- Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my second attempt at raw. I tried before Christmas on my own and it only lasted a couple of weeks. I am hoping by joining here the support will help me be successful.
So what brings me to this forum? A few reasons but mainly…
2 weeks ago I had another allergic reaction to "something" in the food I ate. My face swells up, my stomach cramps to where I cannot stand up straight, I break out in hives, black out, and if really bad my throat starts to close and my tongue swells. The swelling in my face will last 2-3 days depending on the severity. Not fun but “bearable”, Except this last time scared me! I went to the hospital in an ambulance because my throat was closing to fast and my reactions are getting worse. (I have between 3-8 a year.) According to my allergy tests I am not allergic to any actual food but I am allergic to some preservative they put into the food. Needless to say they cannot inject me with a bunch of chemicals to find out which one. So every time I eat at a restaurant, or try a new brand of food (sometimes brands I have had before but the manufacture has changed a few “ingredients” that I did not know about.) or eat at some ones house, it is crapshoot as to how I will feel in the next few hours and if I will be out of commission for a few days.
Ultimately my goal is that I can stick to a high raw diet to help heal my body (which obviously violently hates what I am feeding it now.) and to take the nervous uncertainty I am now experiencing every time I eat. From reading on these boards it sounds like a lot of people are able to get off their medications and lose weight. This would definitely be an added benefit as I hate filling my prescriptions and would ideally weigh 15-20lbs less than I do now.
Again, thanks for reading! – I am 4 days into my new lifestyle and I am exhausted, have a splitting headache and sore throat. I am hoping this is just detox though and NOT a cold…Fingers crossed!
So what brings me to this forum? A few reasons but mainly…
2 weeks ago I had another allergic reaction to "something" in the food I ate. My face swells up, my stomach cramps to where I cannot stand up straight, I break out in hives, black out, and if really bad my throat starts to close and my tongue swells. The swelling in my face will last 2-3 days depending on the severity. Not fun but “bearable”, Except this last time scared me! I went to the hospital in an ambulance because my throat was closing to fast and my reactions are getting worse. (I have between 3-8 a year.) According to my allergy tests I am not allergic to any actual food but I am allergic to some preservative they put into the food. Needless to say they cannot inject me with a bunch of chemicals to find out which one. So every time I eat at a restaurant, or try a new brand of food (sometimes brands I have had before but the manufacture has changed a few “ingredients” that I did not know about.) or eat at some ones house, it is crapshoot as to how I will feel in the next few hours and if I will be out of commission for a few days.
Ultimately my goal is that I can stick to a high raw diet to help heal my body (which obviously violently hates what I am feeding it now.) and to take the nervous uncertainty I am now experiencing every time I eat. From reading on these boards it sounds like a lot of people are able to get off their medications and lose weight. This would definitely be an added benefit as I hate filling my prescriptions and would ideally weigh 15-20lbs less than I do now.
Again, thanks for reading! – I am 4 days into my new lifestyle and I am exhausted, have a splitting headache and sore throat. I am hoping this is just detox though and NOT a cold…Fingers crossed!