Here Come the Boils!!!!!

You've GOT to be kidding me.  More bad news in the ridonkulous saga that is my health these days.  I just found out that I'm allergic to milk & wheat.  What?!  What is my go-to quick lunch when I am busy or not feeling well?  A cheese sandwich.  Yep.  I even do the fat-free or 2% cheese and the lo-cal, whole grain bread to keep it healthier.  Can't do that anymore.  Sometimes it's a quick quesadilla.  No, not the corn kind.  The kind made with flour.  WHEAT flour.  And filled with cheese made from MILK.  Might as well be a stalk of wheat dipped in milk.  I can't even begin to fathom the many, many, many milk & wheat products I ingest regularly.  Now I have to find a freakin allergist to manage this crap.  I can't even take it.

Oh, and btw, my new "super" doc, who I still THINK is helping me, but is a BIT loose with the script hand, happened to give me a couple of drugs to "try."  One just happened to flare up my previously controlled asthma, and another gave me high blood pressure.  The ONE THING I was proud not to have succumbed to yet - high blood pressure.  The ONE health problem in my murky genetic swamp that remained at bay.  Guess who woke it up?!  My new super doc.  He loses that "super" title until/ unless he redeems himself.  I go back in 6 weeks.  And that BP had better be back to 120/80.  Damnit.
Of course, I am also now diabetic (thanks to my dad & Little Debbie), so gotta watch all the carbs, and I have to watch my cholesterol & fat because of family history of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, risk for heart disease, blah, blah, blah.  So that brings us to...

things Michele can't eat:
milk
cheese
yogurt
butter
bread
pasta
cereal
sweets
sugared drinks
fried foods
fatty meats
ANYTHING THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAS ANY GOOD TASTE OR IS ENJOYABLE

and then to...

things Michele CAN eat:
NOTHING.  Air.  Water.  Broccoli.  Mmmmm, everyone knows how much I LOVE green vegetables.  Really?!  WTF???!!! 

I realize I'm slightly exaggerating, but I'm REALLY starting to lose it here.  One good piece of news is that I've lost a bit of weight & am still striving.  It's really hard when you're anemic (from what the docs tell me), are always tired, and can't breathe, but whatev.  Has to be done.

Anyone know a good allergist in Pittsburgh?  *sigh*