How my body's rejection led me to a healthier lifestyle

As an introduction to the blogging world, let me tell you a little bit about myself. In 8th grade I had migraine headaches for 3 months.  Many of which forced me to be in bed for days at a time.  At the time we started to think that the culprit was sugar, because every time I would drink soda, or have something with a high sugar content, I would quickly spiral into a migraine.  After eliminating sugar, a friend of ours told us how she was sensitive to corn syrup and wondered if that might be the cause.  After reintroducing sugar, we found that indeed, corn syrup was to blame.  At first, it only was a problem if it was in the first few ingredients.  Then, my jr. year of collage, I was sick for 2 months before realizing that there was corn syrup in the bread with which I was making my lunches.  I then needed to start really reading ALL labels and being VERY careful.  3 years after that, I again was becoming sick very often and realized that I was not only sensitive to eating it, but I started reacting to corn syrup in the air (syrup on pancakes, french toast sticks at school etc...) .

Anyways, due to this, I had to make some major changes in diet throughout the years, and I also needed to start educating those around me, in my workplace, in my classroom etc...  I also went through many attitude checks as I matured, and learned, and accepted this new way of life.  I also learned, that as a person with a sensitivity, allergy, or whatever you want to call it, I needed to learn how to advocate for myself without making others feel guilty about what they were serving or eating.  This has taken a while to learn, and I have not always had the best of attitudes, but I have learned alot.   The purpose of my blog is to share the information on how to eat "corn syrup free" and still function.  It's easy at home.  It's not easy out to eat, at your friend's dinner party, or at the relatives for Christmas.  I have found creative ways to do all of these things, and also just tips on what to look out for and what to use as substitutes!  I would welcome any tips from anyone on success stories of yours as well.