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.

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I'm just glad that it doesn't seem to be anything worse than IBS, although that in itself isn't the most pleasant of complaints to suffer from.

My mum has had IBS for years now, and it's only in the past two or three years that she's managed to get it under control by going on a gluten-free and dairy-free diet. She now eats no wheat or any other products containing gluten (there are a lot of specialist gluten-free foods available here now) and uses only soya milk, but she looks healthier than I've ever seen her, and I can no longer tease her about being a walking guide book to the location of every public toilet in the UK ;O)