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So, I finally took the plunge.
Remember back when I went to the hospital with meningitis and they gave me a shit ton of Vancomycin until they could confirm that it wasn't bacterial after all? Well, my digestion has been even more screwed up than usual since then, though I always take an intense dose of probiotics every morning. Meanwhile, the kids have been expanding their diets more and more as they are able to tolerate new things, and we are right about at that point where I could start making one meal for the whole family again, if we were willing to.
So I went ahead and started eating on my kids' special diet. It's been one week now, and I feel fucking fantastic. The cravings for sugar/carbs were moderately intense for the first two days, but I just kept myself distracted and out of the kitchen at all costs. If I got bored, I knew I would eat. Watched several marathon sessions of Breaking Bad to run down the hours.
The evening of the second day and all through the third, I farted constantly, at least once every few minutes the entire time. On the fourth day I realized that I hadn't taken an afternoon nap since I'd started, hadn't even yawned. Also, the constant cycle of depressive thoughts in the background was magically gone. Meanwhile, digestive symptoms are much improved, though definitely not perfect yet.
I'll admit, I don't know yet if I'm going to stay hardcore on it forever. But I'm finding it a lot easier than I thought I would, after those first two rough days.
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