Things have yo-yo'd a lot for me over the last few months, and I apologize for not getting in here. I have felt a lot better than even six months ago, but I am still far from great. Our spring has been super busy, and when I've had good days I've used them to their advantage as much as possible.
One new thing that is good, but also unfortunate, is that I found out through my own 'testing' that chocolate has been giving me the extreme sinus headaches that was causing me so much pain. I stopped eating a lot of chocolate about six months ago and noticed a difference in how I was feeling, but I didn't think to get rid of it all. I still ate chocolate in my morning Vitashake, but that was the only place I was getting it. I ran out about four weeks ago, and have been chocolate free for that entire time, and boy there is such a difference. I've also had a lot less off-balance/dizziness, although when it comes back it comes back pretty strong but lasts for a short time. I have no idea what the connection is, but it actually was a fluke that I even stopped eating chocolate completely, and after a couple of days went by and I didn't have any, I noticed my headaches getting less and less. So I determined to stay off completely, and during the last four weeks I've only had a few sinus-type headaches, and they were very mild compared to what I had before. One night I had a 'white' kitkat, made with white chocolate, but between the layers there was still regular chocolate. That night I woke up with that same sinus pain and pretty much knew it was because of the chocolate. I am SOOO bummed. I love chocolate. Brownies were my all time favorite dessert. The hardest part is that my family loves chocolate and we constantly have chocolate around. I know I will have to learn to go without if I don't want the headaches, but oooooohhhhhh, I so miss it!
