FORMER nurse Heather Webb is calling on health bosses to fund a treatment that would dramatically improve her life.
Mrs Webb is plagued by food intolerance and foods we take for granted cause her abdominal cramps, cold sweats, diarrhoea and sometimes even depression.
Despite finding a treatment which could improve her life substantially, she has been told by Buckinghamshire Health Authority and the Chilterns and South Bucks Primary Care Group they cannot help fund it.
Mrs Webb, of Loudhams Road, Little Chalfont started to feel ill in 1999.
"It is hell. I live my life on eating the same meals on a three-day rota system. I can't go out for meals or just pop round to a friend's house for tea or coffee because I can only drink water.
An expert recommended enzyme potential de-sensitisation which strengthens the immune system in the same way a vaccine does. It would cost £65 for an injection every quarter for two years.
A BHA spokesman said: "Private treatment for food intolerance and chemical sensitivity are not generally funded by the NHS."
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