further medical

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I'm not sure why I keep cutting these entries. It's not gross anymore. But it is still boring, and I'm in some mental chaos about it all.

I've spoken with the doctor, and IBS seems very likely right now. Allergies, on their own or in combination, also have to be considerd though, especially since my mother's side of the family has a track record with sudden, late developing allergies, and my plant allergies did come upon me suddenly in my late-20s. My mother became violently allergic to shellfish at my age -- shrimp tempura anyone? The other late blooming family allergy? Dairy.

My head's in a pretty intense scramble about this whole thing, in large part because it feels like one of those "vague women's diseases" adventures, which is the type of thing that just ENRAGES me -- from medical research to medical care to biological fact to the utterly galling notion that something I'm not that attached to (my physical gender) might be why I can't fucking eat anything but rice!

I'm feeling very ranty.

Comments

[feyandstrange.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods, I'm so sorry. I was really rooting for a nice treatable gut bug.

Going through the food allergy testing is a nightmare, but if it finds the answer, it's generally a much nicer answer (don't eat food X) than IBS (which isn't quite "don't eat" but is pretty damn vague and unhelpful). And hey, you're already halfway on an elimination diet. I have a friend who turned out to be allergic to corn, and of course corn syrup is in everything - but as long as she avoids it, she gets a fairly normal life.

I've been flirting with the fringes of IBS muself - my family has a history of gut problems with the women, and IBS is about the only co-morbid fatigue/fibro thing I haven't got so far - so I greatly sympathize with yourupset-ness, and really hope this is something more treatable and curable.

And am very glad Crohn's is ruled out.

And totally feel you on the damn women's diseases bullshit. WTF does my gender have to do with my immune system really anyway? Fucking estrogen. And yes, just to really piss us off, high-estrogen women are slightly more likely to come down with immune disorders.

If God is female, she's a PMSy bitch who hates us.