As said in my first blog, it has been around eight weeks since my
husband, Klaudia's Doctor and I finally realised that Klaudia could not eat
Gluten and Grains (with the exception of rice at this stage). It was a
MUST and not a choice.
So with the recipe and information sharing, I also
wanted to share how we got to this
point... just in case there are other people going through the same
difficulties and therefore might even help.... as the most significant change
to Klaudia has been the amazing improvement to her health!
To get to this point though has been a long road… and
knowing that there had to be an answer!! I just never guessed that it was going
to be ‘food based’….
I could honestly write for hours about K’s symptoms and the
nightmare that it was. At the time people had suggested I keep a blog, but I
couldn’t think straight and my focus was only on trying to get K better. So I thought I would summarise the important stages and changes looking back....
First Change - Corn
Once K’s tonsils were removed mid March 2012; my husband and I thought the
worst was over. However it was about two weeks later that K’s rashes first
appeared. I have spent a lot of time wondering whether this was a coincidence
or not…. And have never reached a definitive answer….!!
Initially the rash started from the inside corner of K’s right
eye, which was always watering. It then slowly increased to include most of her
face. The rash was red but not really dry, however the whites of her eyes were
never red. Her eye lids then started to swell and her eyes ooze pus. With every GP, Specialist etc that we saw a 'swab' would be taken of K's eyes, and not once did it show up any type of 'eye infection'.
Whilst on her face, the rash then started to appear under her left
arm. Initially it looked like a hive, but then started to increase in size and travelled
down her side. K would often complain about it being sore and itchy. K had
always suffered from chronic nappy rash. This was always thought to be due to
the volume of antibiotics she was consuming and at times teething. I must admit
though, even this started to get worse. At one point, despite best efforts from
all, her bottom was so bad it had to be treated with a severe ‘burn cream’.
There were times when things would seem to improve, this would sometimes coincide with a new cream or antibiotic, and then days later it would gradually start to come back again. This would also include K's on-going fight with throat infections, chest infections, ear infections…. and despite all the Doctors efforts, we were all going mad!!!
After about seven months of living like this and by pure luck,
my parents were speaking to one of their good friends, Tania Hubbarb www.glutenfreegrainfree.com.au, who straight away said ‘get
her off corn’!! Within moments of this, my mum gave me a call and as nothing
else was working… we gave it a go!
Would you believe that by the very next day, there was
improvement !!! Within about three days, the rash on her face was
completely gone as had the swelling on her eye lids. I have no doubt in my mind that the rash on her face was from ‘Corn’!!!
It is important to note though that K had not tested for 'corn allergy' in any of her blood
tests.
Unfortunately by just removing corn, this did not
cure everything.... K’s illnesses continued, her eyes continued to water and ooze pus (but just
not as frequently), the rash under her arm remained but had reduced dramatically
in size and her nappy rash continued but was definitely not as horrible.
We finally had a start…. and I began to research intolerance's!
tin' with grapeseed oil or can use baking paper...
