Johanne's Journal, 31 March 2015

Haven't seen you here for awhile. Spring is here!! Hopefully you are seeing nicer weather. It's sometimes hard to re-start so hang in there.  

I've been REALLY gone. The past 4 months have been absolutely horrid and I'm just now trying to pull myself together. Thanks for checking in! 

So sorry you have had a really rough winter, glad you are back.  

Hope you get a good dose of spring ASAP. 

Hey I missed you! Come back!  

It has been a horrible winter! Spring represents renewal! You can do it! 

Thanks everyone for your kind words. I'm trying to be back. Day two went well. 

Happy for you that you had a good day. My doc has me on an incredible amt of allergy meds besides my usual allergy ones since my bout with bronchitis. It happened to coincide with the blast of juniper pollen. Singular, claritan, and flonasee! I think she is expecting a bad allergy season.  

We are here for you! 

Thank you iulani! Hey nut, that's part of my problem. My allergies have gone bonkers. I'm seeing my Dr AND an ophthalmologist. I've looked like I have conjunctivitis for 5 weeks now. I'm breaking out in psoriasis. All of that went away when I was doing the elimination diet, then the holidays hit and I didn't reintroduce correctly so I have no idea which foods are causing the issues. I have breathing allergies too, but can keep them under control as long as I eat correctly. They have me on Claritin, Flonase, Benedril and a steroidal eye ointment along with two skin ointments. If I can get my eating under control, most of those will go away. At this point, I don't even care about the weight. 

Johanne, get healthy first. The elimination diet if it helped you, do it!! I know I have to be really careful with processed foods as it's the chemicals not the real food that are my issues. Tracking everything really helped me figure out my triggers.