So much has gone on over the last several weeks. I've been busy, tired, and overwhelmed. Um, did I mentioned TIRED ?!
I really need to work on the whole sleep thing. I notice that when I take my sleep meds (prescribed) that I feel better the next day. I do not ache as bad, I have more energy also.
Sometimes, though, I do not take my sleep meds because I'm up too late doing my homework, and therefore don't have enough sleep-time. So I really need to make some tweaks in my schedule.
I have been gluten free for a week. I was seriously torn with going gluten free, because I hadn't had a conclusive diagnosis that requires me to be off gluten. I was worried about feeling deprived, about feeling left out, about feeling.... uncomfortable with changing everything
Yet, I am dumfounded, this is easier than I thought it would be. No, not for the fact that it's "easy" but for the fact that even though I feel better, the change is quite different, and even though it's far from go
So, I have been so hesitantabout going gluten free. I joined this forum a while ago, and have a plethora of diagnoses which include Diabetes II,Hashimotos,IBS,GERD,Dysphagia,Restless Leg Syndrome, ADD/ADHD, and the list goes on; I have tested positive for food sensitivity to Whole Milk, Egg, Wheat (non-glutenated), Soy, Yeast, Cocoa Bean, Mixed Nuts, & Shellfish.
I had a colonoscopy over a week ago, and and my biopsies came back okay (which it's my understanding that doesn't mean much i
I ordered a home IgG food Intolerance kit from a medical/home-health supplier, and I was shocked at the results (and suggest anyone getting one! If I could I'd get the one that tested for more intolerances, but it was too $$$) Anyway, the test was for 21 foods - Gluten, Wheat (excluding Gluten), Oat (excluding Gluten), Rice, Whole Milk, Whole Egg, Shell Fish Mix (Shrimp, Crab, Prawn, Lobster, Muscle) Nut mix (Almond, Cashew, Hazelnut, Peanut) Soya Bean, Cocoa Bean, Mushroom, Yeast, Chicken, &
My blog here is probably going to be random, as I have a personal blog elsewhere and I also run a blog networking site (unrelated to Celiac)
For now, my blog is going to be jots of this and jots of that - info, random venting, progress (or lackthereof)
As of today, July 10 2008, I have been actively "sick" for almost 2 years with a Mystery Diagnosis of sorts
Although I've had GI problems since I was very young, symptoms were managed with tablespoons of mineral oil (for the "big C") and I
