Flux

Today is around the 5 month mark of hosting hookworm.  Last week was an amazing week of energy, and a broad range of yummy fruit and vegetables.  I had so much energy I was amazing .. I think in retrospect I was hyper.  This week I am exhausted!  Nothing like the bone weary exhaustion of the past, but I don't have the energy to do much at all.. might even need to lie down for an hour or so.  I was going to work on a large painting I had started in my hyper period a couple of days ago.  I look at it and don't think I can climb the mountain required.

My stomach feels a little uneasy, but I haven't had any PPIs for over a week now .. I don't know why I am having this period of blah.

Rosacea is also creeping back ... the flushing and blushing brought on by sitting in the car in the heat, by overheating .. and I feel overheated!!  Might need to cut down on the salicylates in my diet .. hard to do now I have the taste for blackberries, blueberries, nectarines, apricots and peaches again. 

Hormones and rosacea .. I would love to know when menopause is going to start!  Is is the second part of my cycle I reached the peak 2 days ago, now it is down hill .. hormones!  Maybe this is effecting my energy as well .. what ever I am feeling really disappointed.

Maybe it is just a bad stretch.  Hope the worms haven't done a runner.

5 month update

I have been off the pariet since last weekend, so that is 3 - 4 days .. a record.  Food choices have increased and I am like a kid in a candy shop .. nausea is much reduced .. and non existent when I eat moderately.  I had some fresh blackberry jam made yesterday and overdid it a little so feel a bit nauseous this afternoon (one really shouldn't eat jam!).  I had my first red meat meal in 5 years on Monday and it was okay .. didn't suffer too much at all.  Feeling a bit fatigued but not to the point of needing to lie down.  I started probiotics earlier this week and can tolerate them which is just fantastic.  Rosacea ok .. not perfect but ok .. just need a bit of concealer.. and the lumps are not inflamed.  I have noticed that the extent of the blushing and flushing is not as intense as it has been in the past and I am eating fruits etc that have been a big problem in the past.

My friends jaws are hitting the ground so a positive result all round!

Wormy Update

I have felt good the last few days.  Energy quite good, rosacea rash not too bad .. dyspepsia almost non existant so I stopped the pariet.  This coincided with starting antibiotics so I started wondering about what bugs might contribute to my symptoms??  Anyway probably coincidental .. not feeling so good today.  Nausea and indigestion .. had to take a pariet (damn!) .. a bit fatigued.  I have been able to eat a bit of rockmelon, some red blood plums and a couple of apples during my 3 day reprieve from symptoms .. very very very good .. it was a particularly good rockmelon, sweet and juicy .. the plums off my own tree .. yum and also a bit of carrot.

I will be pleased to finish antibiotics on Saturday after a 10 day program .. wonder how worms are fairing ..  managed to avoid the 2nd stage of whooping cough (which is the so named cough).  Very relieved to have survived that one as my partner is still having trouble breathing when he gets in to a coughing fit. 

I started swimming laps again after a very long break .. I couldn't tolerate the chlorine .. new methods mean no nasty smells .. energy was ok.  Today no swim .. back to the usual... but at least I am not flattened.