Food Allergies and Environmental Illness: I couldn't eat any milk
products including chewing gum which has dextrose in it. I had to
read everything and I couldn't eat out or at people's house at the
risk of being very ill. I also couldn't eat beef or any nightshades
(tomato, potato, eggplant etc.) or citric foods. I couldn't take many
vitamins and medications. I couldn't eat anything unless I cooked
it, and I was too sick to cook it.
The environmental illness caused me to be deathly ill and I had to
avoid people and places. I had to use all natural soaps, soaps,
cleaners, deodorants, shampoos, laundry detergents, and even
make-up. I couldn't go to church for 5 years. I was shut in. When I
did go to church if someone had on perfume I had to leave. First ,
I would move and try to find a spot that was odor free. My hair got
extremely thin and I developed an allergy to hair dye. My whole
head would be numb from using it.