A Bug's Life

A Mars a day, or two Mars Bars three days ago and a curry with no visually identifiable dairy in but which might have had some, and I have the achy wrists/shoulders. I should maybe give up on this dairy-eating attempt, as I've not found anything I can tolerate yet. But for small amounts, the symptoms are not bad.

It's been a few weeks since the goat, and I'd planned another trial of dairy products.

What's to do in the university library when the computer network is down? Look longingly at the chocolate machine until you can justify buying some! I put my 45p into the slot, and pressed "F" and "7". The spiral wire twisted, and a Mars Bar fell down into the tray - then another one! Two Mars Bars! This was obviously a Sign that my chosen Path was True!

So I ate them. They were fairly gopping. Am not dead yet.

I skipped down the stairs this morning, and thought: "Ah! My joints have stopped hurting."

So that was 9 days of goats cheese, pain starting around day 8-9.
Took the cheese away again, pain stopped on day 13. It got worse before it got better.

I shall keep off all dairy for two weeks before I try experimenting again.

I may have contaminated my goats' cheese experiment.

I had 30g of cheese a day for 5 days, felt mostly okay, a bit of aching.

Then I went to Redemption. On Friday I had some accidental butter in my sandwich. On Saturday morning I had some accidental butter on the breakfast mushrooms. And had an egg sandwich with known butter. Played four rounds of Twister - and won one! Had three "sod-it" chocolate hobnobs. For Sunday breakfast I had a "sod-it" pain au chocolat (but no mushrooms), and another egg sandwich with known butter.

There is aching, but I don't know the cause. I have another pack of goats' cheese with which to experiment this week, and a pack of goats butter (now I know it exists, it is very easy to find!)

I appear to have begun an experiment involving goats cheese. I'll have an ounce a day and see if it poisons me.

I don't hold out high hopes, as the butter chocolate chip shortbread experiment failed dismally.