I started the carnivore diet at the end of 2023 after being mostly plant based and a heavy spinach smoothy user for years. Two weeks in, my right eye started leaking, getting sore and itchy. I went to the doctor, but he wasn’t helpful. A few weeks later, the symptoms switched to the other eye. Around that time I learned about oxalate dumping and started getting itchy rashes in various places. This has been going on in cycles for 2 years now. The first 18 months were a nightmare, and starting to improve now over the last 6 months. My oxalate dumping symptoms are: Sore, itchy, leaky gritty eyes, brain fog, fatigue, irritability, skin rashes, cloudy urine. A sand like film of the stuff collects on the inside of my reading glasses when I’m in a flare. When it comes from my skin, it’s like small grains of sand work their way to the surface, at first causing intense itching, then as it penetrates the surface it becomes sore as it comes out. I have a collection of these little pieces that have come from the bumps on my stomach and chest. The rash looks like hives. When my eyes are bad, I can’t tolerate bright light, or stay outside for long, I’ve had to stop driving for periods too when its been bad. I know for most people, these symptoms are fairly mild and don’t last longer than a few weeks, but I was poisoning myself with raw spinach for about 5 years, handfulls of it every day, thinking I was doing something good for myself. Anyway, I was wondering if any other ex-vegan spinach eaters went carnivore, and what your experience has been like.
comment_14396I was having issues with my Libre Plus CGM. The manufacturer guided me through an extensive trouble shoot. A phones issue, a few days ago the phone software update was unsuccessful. Fixed it. Then was told to uninstall my Libre App. I choose the wrong sequence of steps to do so. My Blood Glucose Monitor data is now in two separate files that can not be put back together i am told.
At any rate, the CGMis functioning better. So I going to order some labs, 90 days from the last. A1c, CMP, and a Lipid panel. Going forward i will track with labs as a base.