Late last year I went to see a celiac specialist, figured why not since no one else seems to have any idea why things are so wonky with me health wise, what's one more persons lack of ideas to add to the list, or wishful thinking maybe someone does have an idea, and how awesome would that be if that happened.
Well she had an idea yet it was one I didn't really like the sound of... and that was to go back onto a strict gluten free diet. Now I am sure some of you are sitting there thinking but you are good at being gluten free. Haha yeah not so much sadly. I am good at it for someone who is intolerant but not for someone with celiacs, as I learnt from Ana (the specialist). Zero cross contamination is allowed so that means no eating out anywhere that doesn't have a seperate prep area and seperate cooking implements (pots, pans, bowls, stirring stuff, chopping boards etc) for my stuff. And that includes friends and families places. So big thanks to those family and friends that I told about this and went and got me my own set of stuff so they can cook for me, and bro who cooks for me at mine sometimes cos its just easier. Gotta say it is weird basically saying to friends that they can't cook for you unless they buy this extra stuff and then don't use it for anything else but cooking for you. Does make one feel loved when they don't even blink and just go of course and no you don't have to pay me back.
I didn't start this strict gluten free thing till this year, but I did start doing it a bit last year, kinda lol. Now though I am about 3 weeks into the strict thing and just gotta say that I miss Jarks, and am over cooking so much. It is hard work cooking most nights, and the hardest part is the what shall I have part I think. So don't care what I eat most nights but still have to figure something out to cook.
It will take about 3 months for any changes to really take effect (that's how long even trace amounts of gluten stay in your system), so still have a ways to go before I know if its working but my fingers are crossed. Ana is pretty positive it will fix the energy issues and thinks it might even fix the hands issue (I did not know this till she sent me the info to read but constantly having small/trace amounts of gluten over a long period of time for a celiac can lead to arthritis like symptoms which when tested for that the tests come back negative, cos its not arthritis). So fingers are def crossed for something to happen in the positive.
While I would love this to fix everything I am going to be a tad pissed if it does, but mostly cos in the last 5 odd years that I have been having these issues not one single doctor has asked how my gluten free diet is going and how strict it is. In fact in the last decade of me being gluten free no one has asked me that in a medical sense. If this could have been stopped sooner and with less stress on my part (waiting to see specialists with all the what-ifs going round your mind is not fun in my experience) that will be a bit annoying. It will also be annoying to find out that I have been the one causing myself to not be able to do things I love... that will just be sucky as.
So yeah, the HB Gluten Free Fish & Chip Adventure has been called to a premature halt. But on the bright note there are a couple places I can eat out so it's not a total end of the world. And I've discovered that I can actually make a pretty good steak, and my wedges are pretty amazing (and will be even more so when I am patient enough to let the potatoes cook properly lol). I can even make pretty good mashed potato these days (stop laughing ppl who have known me for ages and ages), so I guess its not all that bad... lol
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