Here we go again.

Today's blog post is brought to you by my dietician.  As you know I've had bowel issues for a few months now.  I've had a colonoscopy which picked up a polyp; obviously non-cancerous since I've not been recalled (this is good) and I got referred for breath testing to check for SIBO (Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth).   $675.00 later the test was negative and now I've been put on the low FODMAP diet.  We are still suspecting candida as well, but treating that could now be problematic as garlic is in almost every anti-candida product or inulin is and neither are allowed on the FODMAP thing.

Today is the first day of grocery shopping for it, I don't have a cookbook for it, so that's something to search for too.  So many things aren't allowed, all the salt mixes I use have either onion or garlic so they're not allowed; same goes for stock.  Sauces and sausages are also full of them too.  My favourite coconut milk?  Inulin, sigh.  My immune support tablets, garlic and also my sinus tablets which are the only thing to help with my funny head thing.  I've bought a new type of immune support with no garlic, hopefully they help and will have to get a sinus one too.  I spent quite a bit of time googling things I came across in the supermarket to find out if they were allowed or not.

Today I have my final packet of my favourite chips, which have both onion and garlic in them.  I've bought a pack of plain salted ones in the same range to help with withdrawal since I know I'm going to have that.

I'm on a new probiotic which was suggested by the dietician and will be getting my kinesiologist to check that as well as a few other things.  The best part?  I'm on this diet over the holiday season.  My MIL is going to try and make sure there's stuff I can eat, GF is easy enough, she's used to that with her other son's partner, DF she's done before too for her daughter, but GF/DF low sugar and low FODMAP will be a challenge.  Oh, and she wants me to ditch yeast for the duration as well so I'm going to have to try to make a soda bread that's also DF and GF.

I'm now going to go play a bit on the Xbox and knit and maybe order a cookbook, have to decide if I'm going to order locally and pay a premium or from overseas and wait for the postage to grind it over here.