It's been a while since I posted. We just passed the seven-month mark on February fourth. It's very hard to believe that it's been 7 months since I first got sick.

This week I've had some friends coming over to help me cook and clean. I hit the point last week where I was so tired that I could barely walk to the bathroom and back and feed myself in a day's time, much less care for the kids. My mom was running ragged trying to take care of and feed everyone. I was loosing weight again because I couldn't prepare enough food to eat enough to sustain myself- I was so exhausted I'd get sick and wouldn't be able to eat before I'd get the food finished. So friends have been merciful and come over to help do some cooking and cleaning. Because of their help, I'm finally getting better. Since last Thursday, I've been getting three meals a day, so it looks like the weight loss has stopped. I've dropped a total of 55 lbs since I got sick.

I'm better getting the hang of the rotation diet now. Basically, I can eat something for one day every 4 days. This is to assist in helping me prevent developing more allergies. The majority of gluten-free foods are rice based, so I needed a way to avoid developing a rice allergy due to repeated exposure. I have developed sensitivies to eggs and corn due to over-exposure before I realized this was important while my gut is healing. So right now I can only tolerate small amounts of egg and corn. So we rotate through all grains, meats, nuts and seeds. I don't rotate veggies and fruits per se, but I do make sure I don't eat them too often.

Last night was the first night since before Belle was born that I had a full, uninterrupted night's sleep. I actually had a much better morning this morning than I have since before I got sick. I had gotten to where Trey would wake me up and I'd lay awake for a while before I could go back to sleep, so my sleep was very fragmented from 3am until I got up every morning.