I’ve been back on 5-a-day for 2 and a half days now and my skin is a lot calmer. I still have stubborn patches on my arms and lower back though, and a new bit on my… beard line?! Also, my forehead is flaking again which is annoying. Still no eyebrow regrowth in sight.
I’ve been really conscious of what I’m eating; here are some of the things that seem to make me itch within half an hour and/or give me stomach pains:
- Orange & mango squash
- Orange juice
- Pepsi Max
- After Eights
- Nutella (I think my flare up last week may have been triggered by the fact that I absent-mindedly ate a quarter of a tub at my desk with a spoon)
- Cod fish cakes
- Beer, cider, wine, champagne, dark spirits
- Pineapple (also makes my tongue swell)
- Porridge Oats
- Cheerios – actually, most cereals
- Gluten free cheese crackers
- Nairn’s Gluten free biscuit breaks – especially the syrup version, but not the oat and raisin version
It’s looking to me like artificial sweeteners might be a problem for one… Damnit, I love artificial sweeteners! More to the point, they’re in almost all of my staple foods.
Anyway, I know what you’re here for: photos!
I’ve done some real funky collages with pics from Day One, today and somewhere in the middle. It’s easy to get disheartened when things go backwards until you look at where you came from.
In other news, I’ve had my first period in 5 years which either means my contraception has stopped working or my body has decided to kick itself back into gear. Interestingly, that feels like more of an over-share than the semi-naked body pics I’ve been posting for the last three and a half weeks. Has anyone ever found that eczema problems are linked to hormones? My very first patch of mild eczema started at 16, around the same time that I started taking the Pill… I have had breaks from contraception since then but can’t remember if it changed my skin or not.
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