Kaycee's Blog

We all have our secrets, some big some small, some we would like to share, and others we just want to hide away from.
Bolts come out of the blue when least expected and can have the most profound effect on you.
Sons are for keeps and sons keep me going,  I would hate to think where I would be without my sons, all four of them.  I would like to think we are...

Life hasn't crumbled.

Summer is just around the corner.

My second son Andrew came home from Australia. He has adapted to my gluten free life quite well.  He is a bit hesitant to eat what he perceives as my food, but I tell him to help himself, the only things he can't touch would be my tuna, bread and mueslis.  The rest I eat is not typically...

Life is crumbling.

Funny how when you think things are peachy, things all of a sudden end up pear shaped.

I have two sons in Sydney, Australia, they have been there for coming on 10 years.  Their father, my ex husband has been a major part in their lives over there.  I thought things had been fine, they have both been working, one son even managed to set...

Went to the doctors today for a general health check.

I did ask him if he could be 100% positive that I had coeliac, and he had to admit that he should've done a biopsy earlier on, as when I had the biopsy done it had been a whole year since I went gluten free. But he did mention that the blood results pointed to problems with gluten.  He did say I had...

Yes it has been a while since I've blogged.

Not much has happened, just been working hard and trying to get on.

A couple points of interest this week:  

1) a fellow worker looking over my shoulder and saying "you can't eat rice, it has gluten in it."  So I proudly pointed out that I was eating sausage as well!  She is just one of...

A lot happens in a year
In a year, I've gone from food ignaramous to foodie.
Junk food eater, to food nut.
I used to read labels on products to guage the fat and calorie content, but now it is more for the ingredients.  Last week I found out that food labels contain the amounts of protein and carbohydrates in them
My favourite reading went from...

Today started off bad, at 8 am the phone goes, and it is the hospital telling me that they have booked me in for a gastroscope next Thursday at 8am.  I know I need it done, even if I have been gluten free for over a year, just think it took a year for the appointment to come through.  The doctor said it would take a while and that by the time I got it done...

I guess I am lucky, I struggled to loose nearly a couple of stone a few years back (was 90kg/14st), and even adjusting to the gluten free diet in the beginning, I did not gain it back.  I was really chuffed and told myself that no way was I ever going to get over 80kg, but look at me now, one year on and the weight is creeping back up, I am now 83...

Christmas has all but been and gone.

A lovely day, slept in a bit, thankfully the boys are old enough to not jump on our bed first thing in the morning demanding to be allowed to open presents. Thankfully they don't since they are 6 ft tall!

No 4 son gave me a book called Smitten, with oodles of photos of cute little kittens.  They are so...

Christmas for one reason or another is not always the most joyous time of the year as we expect and always hope for.
Sometimes for one reason or another, it can be the worst time of our lives.

I have had one of those awful Christmases, but I hate calling it awful, as there some wonderful and not so wonderful memories, but by calling Christmas 73 awful,...