nouveau diète

when it comes to my health, it certainly has not been the best. upon moving to poland it definitely did not improve. did it get worse? maybe not, but without a doubt it made my life quite hellish. disregarding my first year there (due to stress etc) things were looking horribly crap. i went to so many doctors, specialists and had quite a few tests done on me (including a CAT scan ;). anyway, after all this time i finally got it - the worst abdominal pain ever. i'd had them before but even at ER they just told me i had inflamed/swollen glands. popped a pill and sent me home. only in poland did someone actually think to do an ultrasound on my stomach which revealed some abnormality, so i was sent straight to do an endoscopic procedure. that literally revealed all. my stomach was a right mess and a quite honestly in a terrible state. my doctor prescribed me antibiotics and pills that i will have to take whenever i get these bouts.

so, again, i worry i have not done enough to protect myself against my condition. i've been eating chocolate, drinking coffee and tea, and overall i've been eating anything and everything (no fast foods though! well, not since i've moved up north. i did eat mcD's once in a while whilst in london.. but not anymore). i've also been told i may have IBS which really doesn't surprise me. no, i don't wish it to anyone, but with all my stomach problems and what has been going on with my health recently (in the past year), i just knew i had IBS.

so i've been doing my research (google, of course) and it really seems all a bit random. i know it is quite a personal thing and not one food will be good/appropriate or every sufferer, so all this reading did not really help that much..i just have to stay away from citrus', bread, fried food, spicy food, tomatoes, BEER, fruit and veg high in fiber, etc etc.

what i have invested in is a set of probiotics (danone actimel), bananas, rice and yogurt. i've spoken to MrL about it and he's more than willing to change his diet (seeing that he wants to get fit for tour) so nouveau diète here we go! oh, and more exercise....that's the hard part. (and to think for months on end i would go to the gym everyday for an hour - it was only two years ago!! what happened to me..?)

i'm back on track guys and i'm already feeling good!

xoxo