mainly medical update of sorts
so on the advice of my rheumatologist (who is a lovely man and the furthest thing from a quack i can imagine), i'm attempting to live la vida without gluten-a - he said it works for some of his other patients, it helps cut down on some of their pain.
And since he was willing to also give me more tramadol, i decided to give it a shot. (were we going to play games with keeping my pain meds hostage, he would no longer be such a lovely man, nor would he still be my rheumatologist. I like him because he's willing to take multiple approaches. Just don't ask me about therapy pools, unless you'd like to hear a very angry rant about health care and dogs - but that is not his fault.)
It's been a few days and I feel pretty okay for the most part (except overnight but that was always the worst anyway). I'm eating about a million times better regardless. Any local people who want some of my (unopened) pantry items, feel free to poke me - first come first served, but you have to come and get it. <3 (seriously though, decent stuff like baking mixes and pasta and recently purchased unopened cereal and things like that that i can't eat any more. you want? it's only taking up space, and if any of my friends want/need it, or know anyone that wants/needs it, let me know.)
(i had a gluten-free pizza courtesy these people the other day. (we had the roasted vegetable one.) it was really good. the crust was nothing spectacular, but it was okay, it was kind of like a flatbread (i guess it is technically a flatbread.) the toppings were fabulous.
Seaners is home with a baggie full of teeth (four) and a fat lip (he chewed on it a LOT while it was anesthetized - it's mostly gone down now, but I have pictures from when he was first home - he looked like he'd gone ten rounds with Muhammad Ali). They took him off his sleep meds, which (paradoxically) mean that he's sleeping about a thousand times better than before. Go figure.
And i honestly am working on those drabbles. I started on them today. *laugh*
how are you?
i hope you all have a good valentine's day. or a good sunday. whatever you like. *hugs* it's saturday still right now, but i'm about to go to bed, and it will be sunday very soon.
And since he was willing to also give me more tramadol, i decided to give it a shot. (were we going to play games with keeping my pain meds hostage, he would no longer be such a lovely man, nor would he still be my rheumatologist. I like him because he's willing to take multiple approaches. Just don't ask me about therapy pools, unless you'd like to hear a very angry rant about health care and dogs - but that is not his fault.)
It's been a few days and I feel pretty okay for the most part (except overnight but that was always the worst anyway). I'm eating about a million times better regardless. Any local people who want some of my (unopened) pantry items, feel free to poke me - first come first served, but you have to come and get it. <3 (seriously though, decent stuff like baking mixes and pasta and recently purchased unopened cereal and things like that that i can't eat any more. you want? it's only taking up space, and if any of my friends want/need it, or know anyone that wants/needs it, let me know.)
(i had a gluten-free pizza courtesy these people the other day. (we had the roasted vegetable one.) it was really good. the crust was nothing spectacular, but it was okay, it was kind of like a flatbread (i guess it is technically a flatbread.) the toppings were fabulous.
Seaners is home with a baggie full of teeth (four) and a fat lip (he chewed on it a LOT while it was anesthetized - it's mostly gone down now, but I have pictures from when he was first home - he looked like he'd gone ten rounds with Muhammad Ali). They took him off his sleep meds, which (paradoxically) mean that he's sleeping about a thousand times better than before. Go figure.
And i honestly am working on those drabbles. I started on them today. *laugh*
how are you?
i hope you all have a good valentine's day. or a good sunday. whatever you like. *hugs* it's saturday still right now, but i'm about to go to bed, and it will be sunday very soon.