Guest guest Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 I have felt horrible since I was about 14 and I am 26 now. I feel worse every year. I have tried one thing or another with my diet over the years. I know I am hypothyroid and have weak adrenals. I have alot of food allergies such as gluten, citrus and dairy in different forms. I have systemic candida also. I have been off all grains and sugars including fruit for the past few weeks with the exceptions of brown rice twice and a handful of blackberries and blueberries I picked. I have been on Nystatin for 2 weeks and have had garlic tablets since and it is not treating the candida. It seems the only way I can feel good is to not eat anything. I had some sardines earlier and felt fine after eating them. Later this evening I had some salmon cakes with egg in them. I have a headache and achey joints and pain in my side now. I have wondered if I was allergic to eggs for a while. I haven't had any for well over a week till now. Maybe it was the salmon? I have felt MUCH better since eating pretty much only vegetable juices, broths, kefir or yoghurt and only a little bit of solid foods. But I have no appetite. I have never felt this way before. I really only remember to eat when I find myself fealing dizzy or lightheaded. It concerns me having no appetite for food. I have some postpartum depression but I have dealt with depression before and it never caused a lack of appetite. I also have this pain in my right side that comes and go. It started when I was pregnant with my first child. I had this severe pain in my side but my midwife brushed it off and told me it was probably my gallbladder but had no suggestions. I found out a few weeks later after giving birth that I had recently had an undiagnosed kidney infection. This pain has come and gone over the years but gotten worse the past year. I just had another baby 5 weeks ago and whenever I brought it up again to my midwife (different from the first) during my pregnancy it was brushed off(sore from carrying around small children etc..). I don't have insurance so need to take care of something like this myself. It has bothered me alot the last few days. I know it hurts worse if I eat fried foods or drink soft drinks. I of course have not had these lately but it is something that can start hurting minutes from starting to eat. It is on my right side, kinda of in the back under the back of my rib cage approximately. A friend who is missing a kidney and the other one is weak has suggested it is my kidney. What else is down there that could hurt like that? I know y'all aren't Dr's. I am not looking for one. I just need ideas of what I can do myself. I have mentioned it to the thyroid Dr I see every few months and he thought maybe my kidney had " fallen " some. He did something with some vibrating/massage like thing and it hasn't helped. Don't ask me what it was I have never heard of it before. Any suggestions? I am tired of feeling tired. I need to eat but most of what I do makes me sick and tired. Marcella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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