Millenium Force

I know, I know. It's been over a month. For those two or three of you who ever check my blog, desperately hoping to imbibe my wise words of inspiration, I apologize. Profusely. I must not have my priorities straight.

Either that, or I just don't have anything useful to say. I often think of topics that say in my head Hey, maybe I should blog about that but by that time, I recognize that it would probably just be me ranting. The world is full of enough ranting people, you don't need to hear it. Just watch the presidential candidates... You can talk you can bicker, you can bicker you can talk... Ok, there's the beginning of a rant, we're going to stop that subject before it starts.


I keep going on my celiac roller coaster. I start to feel the click, click, click of the chain beneath my feet, and then I'm suddenly whooshing back to my starting elevation (with that sick G-force feeling in the pit of my stomach...). I start thinking Hey- (I say Hey a lot in my brain) this gluten-free thing is pretty cool. I'm starting to feel like my old self again! I'm less tired, less foggy, and trips to the bathroom are relatively pleasant. If only I can keep this up for awhile...

And then I start feeling nauseous when I eat. And I'm so pooped I can barely keep my eyes open. And I start the mental checklist of all the things I could possibly have eaten that have the remote possibility of glutenization.

Whoosh.

Not even I'm convinced that it is always gluten, but it's possible. Christmas Day was proof of that. I spent most of the morning in the bathroom, and I had an awesome DH blister on my toe. First one to reappear since diagnosis.

At least I now have a great GI doc who knows a lot about celiac. I saw him for the first time in December, and I was so relieved. He talked to me like I have a clue. He didn't panic about my tTG and want to order ridiculous tests this early in the game. I had done my research and knew that it was too early to panic, but I needed to hear it from another informed health professional. We were on the same page, and it read well.

Ok, if you've made it to this point in this post and you still care, you win a prize. How about the Hamburger Helper that's been sitting in my pantry for at least 6 months? Mmmm, cheeseburger macaroni...