Everyday Victories

It has been a long road to this season of my life. The journey thus far has been wrought with what seemed like bad luck, but really just a string of now explainable events. Gluten has been, behind the scenes, controlling my life. Now it is my turn to take charge, and this blog is how I am going to do it.

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I recently moved to the Caribbean for medical school, three week prior I solved the puzzle, and my doctor confirmed it. I have Celiac Disease. At first it was oh I can do this no bread or wheat, got it. Very quickly now I have discovered it is much more than that, so much more than that.

Currently I am fighting the acceptance that I have this and will always have it. In addition, I feel like I have hit a brick wall. I don't know how to feel about it. I feel like it is a life long sentence like some serious disease that most people recoil at the sound of, yet those around me, more so my family, seems to think oh simple just change your diet. To me it is so much more than just changing my diet. Being a huge foodie, that pleasure in life is now severely retarded. Fast food is pretty much out of the question, and I grew up on the stuff being that my mom works for a major chain. Every social gathering and family event is like a field of mines when it comes to gluten. Not to mention it is constantly being brought up when I have to politely turn down food, is another hard aspects of all of this. Food has always been my weak point, the guilty pleasure I could not control, and now that has to be extremely controlled.

I have so much more to share but for today I will leave you with this...victory number 1. the grocery store here has gluten-free bread, pasta, oatmeal, pancake mix, and a Kraft products. Victory number 2. I called the company that makes Zegerid and was told it is Gluten free, and thank God because it is the last acid reflux medication that works for me.

I hope to find support in others on this site and use this blog as a healthy way to vent and share my victories.