Nicole Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 After eating breakfast I felt sick to my stomach… My husband told me that last night he woke up with a stomach ache at like 3 am and couldn't get back to sleep. Actually, I've only half paid attention to the stomach ache I've had after dinner for the last 3 nights. But this post breakfast pain is common for me. Every now and then I get this feeling after breakfast that I am so full that it makes me sick. I don't know why because I eat the same thing all the time, and it doesn't always give me this reaction. Then I also had some very urgent bowel movements today and felt like it was more likely to be something I ate yesterday. Then it got me thinking about the last few days… I did have a stomach ache the night I cooked the salmon… I also had a stomach ache the next night where we had another salmon meal, but it was less severe. Then I had the stomach ache today, and had just finished the last of the salmon during lunch yesterda. Was it salmon? Then I started thinking some more: The night that I cooked the salmon I ate around 7:30 pm roughly…. I normally go to bed at 10 (since Whole30) and that night had stayed up until 10:20, but at exactly 10:07 my throat (like where I swallow and also my tonsil) started to get sore, and a slightly tight feeling. I don't think my throat was closing up, and I would assume that if it was an allergic reaction to salmon it would have happened 3 hours earlier when I ate it. But I thought it was weird. I thought that I could have been dehydrated that day. I also felt sick overall and just went to bed. I passed out and slept great. The next morning I woke up fine. No symptoms that I remember… Then the next day (this is day 3 with the salmon) I ate my leftovers for lunch, and immediately had a sore throat. But it was nowhere near as severe as the first time, and went away pretty quickly. That was yesterday…. And yesterday was hard in a lot of ways… Anyway, I only started to really think about these things after my stomach ache today (which seems to have passed after my movements), but I have suspected in the past that bell peppers don't sit well with me, and that is what we had for dinner last night. I started googling “allergic to bell peppers†and “allergic to salmon†which was a mistake! Never google medical conditions unless you want a dose of paranoia! I am keeping a very good journal of everything now, so hopefully this will reveal patterns in my eating habits and symptoms, but I am almost scared of eating salmon again. But I would be so surprised if it was an allergic reaction! I have sushi cheats (had) all the time and raw salmon is a favorite! I had some only like 3 weeks ago with no negative reaction at all. But then again, my body is totally freaking out in all sorts of ways. I stopped birth control- I started the Whole30…. I have hives that are not gone, but I still don't quite get why they are there… I did eat bell peppers the night before they appeared, but again it's like the salmon thing: I've never had hives before in my life, and I've had lots of bell peppers so why would they be related? I'm kinda wondering whether this is all just a symptom of my body adjusting to no sugar and the new diet minus wine, cheese, and chocolate? Or whether I really have something else going on that I should look into? I'm losing hope at the moment- like will the hives ever go away… Am I allergic to these things I love? Whine!!! To read my meals please go here: http://forum.whole9life.com/topic/5870-today-was-the-hardest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 I should probably also mention that today my breakfast was: eggs, coconut oil, spinach, organic olive oil, and half an avocado. And I should point out that the bell peppers and the salmon were not consumed at the same time. These are different meals, but were eaten on the same days or nearby days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted January 9, 2013 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2013 I doubt you are experiencing an allergic reaction given your history eating salmon and bell peppers. I had a bit of a stomach ache for about a week when I did my first Whole30, so maybe you are experiencing adjustment pains. A sore throat is not a common symptom, at least it is nothing I have heard about or experienced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 I doubt you are experiencing an allergic reaction given your history eating salmon and bell peppers. I had a bit of a stomach ache for about a week when I did my first Whole30, so maybe you are experiencing adjustment pains. A sore throat is not a common symptom, at least it is nothing I have heard about or experienced. Thank you! I will keep an eye on it. We eat salmon all the time. My husband even brings home sashimi with a squeeze of lemon and we eat it as a snack. Actually, I think we had that the few days before my Whole 30, so within the last 2 weeks. I would be so sad to develope an allergy for fish or shelfish... So sad. Bell peppers would be sad too, but only because I love hot sauce and curry! At the time I had attributed the sore throat to my run down coldsore/general malaise from the changes. I even thought it was because I had stayed up later than I had in a week. Cold sores definitely give me this nasty/sore throat feeling, but my cold sore is clearing up! That was probably the last day my cold sore was bad. And honestly, I have no idea why I have the hives. I'm starting to think it has more to do with stopping birth control than it does the diet since it showed up on day 2. I have gone 48 hours Whole30 compliant before, so it would be a real shock to find out that my change in diet did it. Still, you never know. Again, never had hives before. Body freak out then... Journalling will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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