Dear All

I have been as guilty as anyone about sitting back and reading everyone
else's messages and not participating all that regularly myself. So here I go.

I mentionned before about doing some elimination diets due to chronic
asthma/sinus/exzcema/migrainesetc. The 1st one being wheat/dairy free. I was
very good for the 1st 2 weeks as instructed and then did a 3 day wheat
challenge which  showed a slight worsening of wheeze. After those 3 days I
had diorrhea(sp) for 3 days which I had put down to having a laporoscopy in
that time. Then it was back on the diet until symptoms cleared up to do the
dairy challenge which had a distinct worsening of symptoms
(asthma/sinus/patchy skin on hands). I decided to stay on the diet and do my
own challenge of soy milk which gave me similar symptoms to cows milk. After
all these I still have2 weeks before the next specialist appointment so I
was going to go back on a normal diet and record any major changes in
health. I haven't yet managed a completly normal diet. Main symptoms being
bad wheeze after chinese(MSG?), migraine after sweet and sour sauce. Tried
Pizza, had dreadful stomach cramps followed by putrid diorrhea, same
response 2 days later to a meat pie and sandwhich, same response a week
later to another trial of a pie as I couldn't believe it, same reaction. I
have had reactions like these in the past but always put it down to a virus,
or medication. If it is wheat, than why didn't happen all the time over the
years. Can such a sensitive stomach happen so late after childhood(I'm 28)??
Are these common reactions?? Will I be able to tolerate wheat/milk again??(
missing milk doesn't worry me except for cheese and chocolate which I will
miss, but bread is a lot more convenient than crackers for sandwhiches) Or
could it be another component in these foods that upset me and not the wheat?

What do you think??
Regards
Gina, Bathurst, Australia