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[kat_rowe]

I don't have much to share. Work's been crazy and exhausting and RL has been utterly un-noteworthy (except for a few new jewelry-making supplies I managed to lay hands on that I'll be making use of soon). Sorry that I've been entirely silent and not keeping up on people's journals. I'll try to do better. Hope everyone's okay and having a sane

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[kat_rowe]

lol, RL need to die horribly. it keeps us from our internet (and writing) lives *glares threateningly at it*

When you're allergic to gluten, it's not just a stomach thing like say lactose intolerance. It actually causes a full-body immune response so almost any symptom is fair game. I honestly wouldn't have given it up if it had been just stomach problems (although, in fairness, I always assumed my ulcers to be from stress/anxiety/neurosis rather than actual stomach issues) but there's so much more to it. The more I research Celiac's the more I see that it not only affects you physically but mentally and increases your chances of cancer to boot. Screw that noise, I'd rather be healthy and feel deprived. B

And I hear you on the sugar. I switched to all low-GI foods years ago as an attempt to lose weight and realizes that even that can affect a person's health/psychology. I'm on a PTSD med now that plays with my blood sugar sometimes and I tend to notice first because, when it's too low, people react to my mild annoyance like I'm giving them death glares like I'm already planning HOW to kill them and hide the bodies.

Thanks. The weight loss feels great (less knee and back pain for one) and I'm proud of myself but not overly so. My doc is one of those amazing ones who doesn't go "you're fat and you'll die horribly if you don't fix that". he actually gave me all these actually helpful bits of advice like "stop starving yourself, eat more, get more protein, and use the energy it gives you" ... plus i'm sure the gluten thing helps. I used to pack on weight at (literally) 800 calories a day because my system was so disordered. now my body actually knows what to do with itself which I'm sure helps tremendously

yech, 14 hour days SUCK. I had those at the hospital and it was killer. My body was so exhausted that my immune system was shot to hell (I was sick more days than not) and I was grateful to get out. I'm lucky here if I get two days off in a row, and even with just an average 9 hour shift you need a full day to recover before another day becomes a "day off" ... I once worked 4 10-hour days and that was doable but anything beyond that is just too killer to be tolerated. I hate that Americans work longer for less when it kills productivity so badly that it means we need to work twice as long to do the same amount of work. Yay, work ethic and all, but we screwed the idea up somewhere along the way

Good luck to us both and to everyone else. Prospero ano y felicidad :D

[michelle1963]

It does make sense about a gluten allergy affecting the whole body. I have pollen allergies in spite of two rounds of desensitization shots, and when they hit, sometimes the symptoms are mild, and sometimes I feel like I have the flu.

Living in the Nevada desert, which gets about 4 inches of rain a year, so very little grows was great for me!