A tough 48 hours

May 17, 2010

Yesterday started out wonderfully, I went to breakfast with DH, my granddaughter and son and have a small portion of hubbies ham and cheese omelette .  No problems.  Good time had by all.

Later that day, I fixed some salmon with a tablespoon of mashed potatoes and a tablespoon of peas and carrots all mashed together.  Ate exactly two spoonfuls (demitasse spoon) and immediately was blocked , in agony, threw up in the sink and a bout of diarrhea.  Curled up with a warm cup of tea and ate nothing but liquid the rest of the day.  Reached into my laundry basket of folded clean clothes and took out a pair of pj's and put them on.  About 8:00;pm I went to the bathroom and noticed I had huge welts (large round circles on both inner thighs.)  thought it was hives but couldn't imagine what from.  Then thought about the fact that we had just installed a water softener and I had not changed the amount of soap I was using.  Could this be contact dermatitis from the soap not being rinsed out well enough?

Seque over to this morning.  Welts are even bigger and now some on my stomach.  I had removed the pj's last night.  So I took a shower.  Gathered up all the clothes that i HAD JUSt washed and put them through a full wash and rinse cylce without any soap.  they are now in the dryer.   Had a scoop of protein powder in some hot chocolate.  Went down fine.
About 11;00 a.m. tried to eat the fish, potatoes, etc again and managed a couple of spoonfuls and went immediatley into major pain, foamies, diarrhea .  I didn't think the pain would ever stop.  Called and got an appointment with Dr. Schumacher for Friday because of left side pain, didn't mention eating problem.   Also called dermatologist and went to see her at 2:10 this afternoon.   I have a major case of hives which can be contact or a virus or bacteria trying to come out.
She put me on 3 Doxepin at night (thank God they are very small), Xyzol (one in am( again very tiney) and some ointment to put on hives twice a day.  If it gets worse by thursday need to call her and she will see me again on Friday.  Went to drugstore, filled prescriptions.  

Okay before I left I ate a Fiberone low fat yogurt.  Went down okay.   Since I have been back I have eaten 2 ounces of fat free refried beans with 1/2 ounce of cheddar/jack cheese shreds and 1/4 ounce of salsa.   Ate it , feel fine.    How difficult this journey becomes.

Now I am going to put all my food into Health Tracker for the day and about 4:30 will start sipping fluids again. 
Hope everyone else had a better day.  On top of that it is cold and rainy here. 

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