A breakdown of the offenders....

Green Beans: I love me some green bean casserole!  I even have a dish devoted exclusively to my green bean casserole.  How am I going to survive the holidays?!?!?  Once, I had a handle on the face that I really didn't eat that all that often anyway, but still loved them, I calmed down a bit and headed to my next tragedy.

Peas and Pork: I feel I can lump these two together because I like them both, but they never have been a number one choice for me.  Growing up, I hated pork chops, pork tenderloin, bacon, pretty much everything but honey ham and processed lunch meat.  Peas on the other hand, does anyone ever say, "Man, I wish I had some peas right now!  I am craving them!"  Let me answer that for you...NO!  In my experience if peas are needed and you don't have any then you skip adding them.  You do not make a special trip to the store just for peas! 

Cow's Milk: Eh, I can deal with this one.  I'm a big fan of soy milk I have found out!

The last allergy is the one getting under my skin.  CORN!  I am allergic to corn!   That wonderful yellow kernel of sweet deliciousness is my nemesis.  When I was first processing this information, I was okay with it.  Okay, so I can't eat corn on the cob this summer, it's not like I live in Iowa anyway!  There are no corn fields in Alaska!  Oh...and that creamed corn casserole I like so much, oh well, I eat that about once a year.

As the doctor started going more in depth, I kind of on purpose, quit listening.  Corn is in everything!  I was told I could make an appointment with the dietitian, but since I hadn't been listening to how my life was about to change, I declined.   None of this hit me until I made it home and started going through my new binder full of information.  I wanted to fall into a crumpled mess and admit defeat, but instead I took a very long, very hot shower to divert my attention from my new life! 

I really wasn't ready to make these changes to my life.  Once out of the shower, I decided a binge of my allergens was in order.  Since I was giving up everything that I lived for (yes, I do live for diet coke), I thought I deserved all the corn and corn bi-products I could cram into a day.  I would eat my favorites ONE LAST TIME!  Wow!  That was a mistake!  Big mistake! 

For breakfast, I had a jalapeno and cheese bagel with bacon, egg, and cheese.  I washed it down with a diet coke.  For breakfast dessert, yes, I went this far, I had half a bag of Cadbary Mini Eggs.  I did not feel good!  My stomach was killing me.  I still hadn't learned my lesson from breakfast by the time dinner rolled around.  So, for dinner I had the diet coke staple, a cheeseburger with ketchup on a jalapeno and cheese bagel.  I followed that with the other half of the mini eggs.  I was in pain, I didn't sleep well, I had nightmares, I knew it was time to give up the allergens and make a change...