That’s exactly how I feel.  I’ve gotten myself into a huge mess with all of this allergy crap.  I was okay with all the life changes at first, but now it’s just getting old.  I wish I could just go back to my favorite, easy meals that we were used to having.

I don’t think I ever would have tried this elimination diet if I knew that I would never be able to go back.  Now that I have been avoiding all of these foods for several months now, I find that I am getting more and more sensitive when I do have them.  I mentioned that to the doctor, and she that can happen… I wish she told me that before.  I used to bring a sandwich to work for lunch almost every day.  Now even the smallest amount of anything with wheat and I feel awful.

The new plan is to (very) slowly start adding the foods back into my diet.  I don’t need to eat these things everyday, but I would really like to be able to tolerate going out to eat or having a piece of cake at a party.  I’ve gotten a lot of cooking practice over the last couple of months.  We’ve tried new foods that I would actually want to keep in my diet.  But it sure would be nice to fall back on our favorite mac ‘n cheese on busy, tired nights like before.

So many social things are centered around food, and I want to be able to go out more or eat with friends like before.  Plus we have a few travel plans coming up later this year.  There is no way that I can eat like this while traveling.  I know it will take some time to get my body readjusted, but I just have to get put back together!

Today I went for my weekly allergy shot.  I had quiet a hard time dealing with my reactions from last week’s shot.  I had swollen lips, extreme dizziness and nausea, and shortness of breath.  After I explained my symptoms to the doctor, she suggested that I should probably discontinue shots for at least a couple of months.

My reactions were making me worse than when I was just dealing with the allergies.  She thinks that part of the problem is that they were trying to treat me for too many (48) things at once.  She said that after a couple months I might want to come back and try working on a few allergens at a time.  She thought we would possibly choose dust, one type of tree, one type of weed, and so on.  That way if I can control some of my allergies, my overall health might get better.

There isn’t really anything else they can do for me right now.  They had already weakened my vials, and she said the dose that I am getting right now is ridiculously small.  But I think my body is just not handling such a wide variety of allergens all at once.

I feel pretty disappointed at this result.  We spent a lot of money doing all the testing and going to treatment for the last three months.  Not to mention that the caveman diet, and avoiding foods, has made me even more sensitive to the foods that I was allergic to in the beginning.  So, I feel pretty stuck and not sure where to go from here.  I know it’s not the end of the world, but I guess I never really was a very good patient to begin with.