nelyanaphonexia
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Four years ago I had the most severe illness of my life. I was hospitalized for weeks with severe food poisoning (that is a completely different story for another time, it includes why colleges should be reprimanded for not properly heating/cooling food and other assorted violations like serving spoiled food etc.) and also ended up with a herniated disc in my lower back and severe back pain from the spasming muscles around the disc. I was put on about seven different pills to help with the food poisoning and back problems including three antibiotics, three different muscle relaxants (they found out the hard way I can't have codeine) and a steroid, that also had a severe and adverse effect on me (tremors, nausea, etc)
Since then, I can eat almost nothing without getting sick. (some veggies and fruits are fine and of course water) At first I thought it was the trauma from being so sick from food. But, after a while, I realized that it has to be something else. I have been to doctors, allergists and all of them say there is definitely something wrong with me and my digestive system, but they have no idea what it is.
I've had doctors shrug me off and tell me to keep living my life and to just 'deal' with food making me sick, like they don't believe me. (throwing up, chills, nausea, headaches, neck pain, some docs have told me my headaches are 'cluster' headaches, along with neurological imbalances) I had one doc chock it all up to stress. I have been under stress, but nothing constant for four years.
I really have no idea what to do. It seems after four years, I can't enjoy food because I feel sick after eating anything. Bread, pastas, tomatoes, sugar, and especially dairy (I have also been lactose intolerant my whole life) makes me miserable. I eat healthy, and I still feel bad. I have odd cravings for food, but if I eat what my body/mind want I get sick. It think my body is trying to tell me that it's not working properly by craving foods that I still get sick from.
I wish someone could recommend a good doctor or some sort of diet that might improve my system.
I am at wicks end and have no idea what to do or where to turn.
My parents are also not supportive and just tell people that I'm intolerably 'picky'/'spoiled' and that I throw up food for attention. I have tried to tell them that the foods they can eat (they both have horrible diets since me and my brother have moved out) make me sick. The only person I can still turn to is my fiancé, because he has been with me for the past years and knows I'm not making anything up. He gets angry when another doctor blows me off says there is nothing wrong or just tells me he or she can't help. I just don't know what to do any more.
Any advice would be welcome.
Since then, I can eat almost nothing without getting sick. (some veggies and fruits are fine and of course water) At first I thought it was the trauma from being so sick from food. But, after a while, I realized that it has to be something else. I have been to doctors, allergists and all of them say there is definitely something wrong with me and my digestive system, but they have no idea what it is.
I've had doctors shrug me off and tell me to keep living my life and to just 'deal' with food making me sick, like they don't believe me. (throwing up, chills, nausea, headaches, neck pain, some docs have told me my headaches are 'cluster' headaches, along with neurological imbalances) I had one doc chock it all up to stress. I have been under stress, but nothing constant for four years.
I really have no idea what to do. It seems after four years, I can't enjoy food because I feel sick after eating anything. Bread, pastas, tomatoes, sugar, and especially dairy (I have also been lactose intolerant my whole life) makes me miserable. I eat healthy, and I still feel bad. I have odd cravings for food, but if I eat what my body/mind want I get sick. It think my body is trying to tell me that it's not working properly by craving foods that I still get sick from.

I wish someone could recommend a good doctor or some sort of diet that might improve my system.

My parents are also not supportive and just tell people that I'm intolerably 'picky'/'spoiled' and that I throw up food for attention. I have tried to tell them that the foods they can eat (they both have horrible diets since me and my brother have moved out) make me sick. The only person I can still turn to is my fiancé, because he has been with me for the past years and knows I'm not making anything up. He gets angry when another doctor blows me off says there is nothing wrong or just tells me he or she can't help. I just don't know what to do any more.

Any advice would be welcome.
