While the name of the blog is 'alittlebitofwhatyouwant', I've been really quiet as I have just discovered that a little bit of what I want has been making me really very ill. I have severe gluten intolerance or coeliac disease.
Wow - didnt see that coming but to be honest, I'm delighted to know. I've spent the last 7 years eating food, suffering intense stomach cramps and lets just say a violent need to be alone in the smallest room in the house - right now. There didn't seem to be any rhymn or reason to the reaction and then I read an article with talked about living with coeliacs.
It wasn't quite like one of those annoying surveys when you find out that you really are the perfect girlfriend (even though you are single and live with numerous cats). Nope, it was simply a matter of reading through someone elses journey and recognising the embarassment and bewilderment. Finally, it started to make sense.
So, I thought I would give it a go and I haven't been ill for almost two weeks. I'm not tired anymore and provided I avoid gluten, I feel fine after dinner. Woo hoo!
Now I know, that in order to be truly diagnose, you need blood tests and endoscomy but to be honest, I feel so much better, I'm not sure I want to return to the pain and nausia that I felt as I need to go back on gluten.
For now then, I'm going to live gluten free and give my body a rest.
L xx
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Good luck hope your stomach feels better!
ReplyDeleteAm waiting for my own blood tests to come back having suffered with tummy trouble for the best part of 15 years! x