Thursday, November 5, 2015

2.5 months into TSW

Here I am at 2.5 months in. Time is just slowly ticking by now and each week brings something new. I am picking up on the viscous cycles that this withdrawal is going through as I have been fooled a few times into thinking it's greatly improving only for a bad flare to hit my body again.
In the last two weeks I have definitely been in a flared up stage again. The dry and flakiness of my skin has increased a lot and my ankles are terribly swollen and weeping. My hands are still very bad and the healing is slow. 
I do have so much to be thankful for though, my face is good at the moment compared to the past few months. I feel like I can go out confidently when I'm wearing loose covered clothing. It almost feels normal for a moment until I catch a glimpse of my wrist or see how red my neck is in a mirror. 
There are people on this same journey who have symptoms far worse so I'm grateful and thankful with how my body is coping and I'm doing all I can to help it recover. 

I saw the naturopath again this week and did a skin sensitivities test. I tested high for - 
Wheat 
Gluten 
Rice 
Rye
Durum wheat
Yeast
Almonds 
Cows milk 

So I have had to ditch all the almond meal and flour that I have been using and have been sticking closely just to the foods I can have. 

Other symptoms that are plaguing me right now are the itch, oh my gosh the itch! Insomnia at nights when I am beyond tired and just so angry I cannot sleep and fatigue in the days. Obviously this is from bad nightly sleeps but it's a whole new level and I'm certain has to do with what I'm going through as well. 

Here are some images of my skin today -