wow - irrefutable
Two and a half weeks into my gluten free eating, I was dismayed that I still had vertigo, blood sugar dips and headaches (although they weren't migraine caliber). So this morning, when I hadn't had any breakfast and I'd run around trying to get Jess off to camp and get my errands done, I pulled into Starbucks for a coffee and thought, ugh, nothing on this menu is gluten free, whatever. It's not going to kill me to eat an egg sausage english muffin sandwich
Only I couldn't have been more wrong. From the first bite I knew I'd not only lost the taste for wheat but that it was hard to eat. I tried to pick off the sausage and egg but the cheese had the entire ensemble welded together.
In twenty minutes my bowels were seizing up, my head was swimming, I couldn't think, I felt nauseated, very irritated, my ears were ringing, my blood pressure was up, it was an honest and irrefutable reaction to the wheat, what else could it have been? The best way to explain it (because I've only been drunk once in my life, 14 years ago) was that it was like I was intoxicated AND on strong medication. Even my teeth ached in my jaws. It took two hours for the worst of the effect to wear off and I felt safe to drive but even now,six hours later after lots of water and fresh, whole foods, I'm still feeling wooshy headed, loopy and having a hard time carrying a thought to completion. Just typing this post, i've made lots of grammatical and spelling errors that have required constant editing, doubling the time I intended to take writing this.
UGH!
I really just want to have a good sob because holy cow, this is an ENORMOUS undertaking, trying to eliminate gluten from my diet. And since I'm still having other symptoms, it's clear I haven't completely eradicated the items in my diet that I'm having reactions to. Some have suggested I cut out casein too. WWWAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! I love me some cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm generally skeptical about these natural attempts to address medical concerns mostly because there is never any clinical evidence to support it. Even typing all this, I want to caution my readers that this is, at best, an amateurish approach to wellness. I feel very vulnerable making this radical choice to my diet without the consult of a physician, in part because I have a wonky thyroid that will likely need to be monitored more closely as I make this change.
And it begs the question, can I REALLY make this change? It's just so overwhelming. Truly, you just don't realize how much of our diet is impacted by gluten until you have to eliminate it. Which reminds me, i need to get on a B complex immediately. And apparently, schedule an appointment with my doctor in the near future to discuss all of these things.
ugh ugh ugh
and ow ow ow because my head is just killing me. I feel like the Borg is attempting to assimilate my brain and body. Stupid gluten. Stupid allergy to gluten. Stupid me for eating that *bleeping* english muffin.
Only I couldn't have been more wrong. From the first bite I knew I'd not only lost the taste for wheat but that it was hard to eat. I tried to pick off the sausage and egg but the cheese had the entire ensemble welded together.
In twenty minutes my bowels were seizing up, my head was swimming, I couldn't think, I felt nauseated, very irritated, my ears were ringing, my blood pressure was up, it was an honest and irrefutable reaction to the wheat, what else could it have been? The best way to explain it (because I've only been drunk once in my life, 14 years ago) was that it was like I was intoxicated AND on strong medication. Even my teeth ached in my jaws. It took two hours for the worst of the effect to wear off and I felt safe to drive but even now,six hours later after lots of water and fresh, whole foods, I'm still feeling wooshy headed, loopy and having a hard time carrying a thought to completion. Just typing this post, i've made lots of grammatical and spelling errors that have required constant editing, doubling the time I intended to take writing this.
UGH!
I really just want to have a good sob because holy cow, this is an ENORMOUS undertaking, trying to eliminate gluten from my diet. And since I'm still having other symptoms, it's clear I haven't completely eradicated the items in my diet that I'm having reactions to. Some have suggested I cut out casein too. WWWAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! I love me some cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm generally skeptical about these natural attempts to address medical concerns mostly because there is never any clinical evidence to support it. Even typing all this, I want to caution my readers that this is, at best, an amateurish approach to wellness. I feel very vulnerable making this radical choice to my diet without the consult of a physician, in part because I have a wonky thyroid that will likely need to be monitored more closely as I make this change.
And it begs the question, can I REALLY make this change? It's just so overwhelming. Truly, you just don't realize how much of our diet is impacted by gluten until you have to eliminate it. Which reminds me, i need to get on a B complex immediately. And apparently, schedule an appointment with my doctor in the near future to discuss all of these things.
ugh ugh ugh
and ow ow ow because my head is just killing me. I feel like the Borg is attempting to assimilate my brain and body. Stupid gluten. Stupid allergy to gluten. Stupid me for eating that *bleeping* english muffin.