Death by Whole30? in Magical Realism

Sooo, Tuesday night, 4 weeks into eating completely clean - no sugar, no booze, no nothing…I get hit with massive food poisoning and a full-body rash complete with giant hives.

I have absolutely no idea what caused this. Ate at home during the day, hardboiled eggs, fruit (strawberries, blueberries, apple, and pear), tuna cup, green tea. Went to gym, did HIIT class, then vinyasa yoga class, showered, then went to Hu Kitchen with A and ate chicken and sweet potatoes.

All the things I ate during the day I have had a zillion times before, and nothing cooked. We eat at Hu Kitchen at least once every couple weeks, and A had the exact same meal as me, we even ate parts of each other’s meals, and he was completely fine. But by 10pm I was puking my guts out, and worse, sweating, and covered with huge hives. A sat up with me and we watched most of the season of Allegiance (pretty good!) in between watching everything I’d eaten the past 36 hours come back out.

Finally fell asleep around 4am, woke up at 8am, had a half a gatorade. Did a minimum of work while lying in bed, drank the other half of the gatorade, and took a shower around 5pm. Today I finally feel a bit better but am now terrified to ingest anything but vitamin water and oreos.

Last updated June 11, 2015