In the past two plus years, we have tried all sorts of things to restore The Hubs' health back to what it was. Unfortunately, we have not found the magic pill, routine, or ingredient. The truth is, The Hubs, while not in imminent danger like in 2011, still battles each day with the lingering effects of illness, the large amounts of medication, and all the side effects that come with each pill he takes.
Recently, we started looking into holistic medicine. While I know this makes some people roll their eyes, it's what we have left. Part of this new adventure has been a very large change to The Hubs' diet. The thought is that he could have some food allergies or intolerances that are exuberating his symptoms. By eliminating these foods, we could possibly eliminate (or lower) some of his medications, thus reducing the side effects to the medications as well as symptoms. By doing an extensive food panel, the new doctors were able to find that his body had adverse reactions to 29 different foods. Of course, these 29 foods were some of his most favorite foods. Foods he was eating everyday. Things like gluten, coffee, chocolate, peanuts, and almonds. Then there was this weird one. The highest reaction came from yeast. The doctor recommended that we eliminate as many of the foods on his list as we could, paying special attention to gluten, yeast, and sugar. So, for the last ten or so weeks, The Hubs has been gluten free, yeast free, and sugar free.
I'm so proud of him. This diet is serious business. Yeast is in EVERYTHING. As a family, we have been following the diet with him in the evenings. All sharing in a yeast free, gluten free, and sugar free dinner. It's bland. It's boring. It's plain hard. The Hubs has been faithful to this diet, not cheating, ever. And there has been some changes in his symptoms. Not the symptoms we were hoping for, but changes none-the-less.
Meanwhile, the kids and I have not been as "on-board" as we could've been. There have been trips (without The Hubs) to frozen yogurt, secret stashes of cookies, and those times when he goes out of town.
Often, work will call him out of town to meet with clients. It's those days, while we miss him and want him home, we find a silver lining in his absence. It's called pizza, cupcakes, paninis (with real ciabatta bread), and brownies.
The trick is having no evidence of it when he comes back. Not that we are trying to sneak it behind his back. No, he is pretty well aware of what is going on. It's just we don't need to flaunt it in his face.
Today, while it snows (on May 1st!!), we will find comfort in The Hubs' absence in some homemade pizza and chocolate chip zucchini muffins. We've got 48 hours, 14 cupcakes, two pizzas, and three people.
Game on.
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