No Dairy, What?

After being sick for 2 weeks and my sore throat never going away, I decided to make a doctor's appointment. He's treating me for a sinus infection. Thinking back, I probably didn't have a cold, it was probably sinus the whole time. Most of the time when I get a cold, I get major chest congestion. This time I didn't, I barely had any and most of my coughing was a hacking, throat tickles cough. He also thinks my eye infection was attributed to my sinuses as well.

So, he starts the appointment talking about my sinus issues. I saw him back in March 2007 and complained about my sinuses - he mentioned something about cutting wheat out of my diet and then sent me for an xray to make sure I didn't have a cyst in my sinus cavities. Um, okay. This time, he brings up the wheat again, but also mentions dairy products. He informed me, which I did not know, that all people lose the ability to digest dairy - he said some stop at 10 years old, some stop at 100 and everyone is in between. He suggested that I stop eating dairy for two weeks and see how I feel. I do find this interesting because not too long ago I was wondering if I was lactose intolerant and I cut out dairy for a little while. Unfortunately, I can not remember how my sinuses may have reacted. I suppose he's considering an allergy to dairy, not just intolerance, but maybe it's all the same?

I'm a little nervous about cutting out dairy, but I know I can do it. I guess it just sucks - no milk, ice cream, cheese :(, yogurt, etc. I figure I am going to focus on the main dairy products (i.e. the ones I mentioned). A lot foods seem to have milk products in them, but I am just going to cut out the dairy products themselves, if that makes sense. I think If I went hardcore, I'd have a hard time finding stuff to eat - though, might not be a bad thing?

So, I guess I'll see. It's all in the name of my health and in recent months, more than ever, I've been more aware of my health and what I need to do to better it. I've taken small steps forward and big steps back, but when I am feeling back to par, things are going to happen. They have to. And I'm sure cutting out dairy will be more healthy anyway.

Oh yeah...I will decrease my chocolate consumption, but I can't cut it out completely. OMG can you imagine? No chocolate? Scary thought.

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