Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Wheat/Gluten-Free Halloween Costumes?

So I followed up my successful grocery shopping trip with a semi-successful costume shopping trip tonight. I had to make it quick because I wasn't feeling well at ALL. But I got a halo and a white boa... boring I know. But Ben and I are just gonna hang out with a few friends for a little bit, and no one is dressing up very much so it'll be cute. Ben bought horns. Haha, nice.

I got fed up yesterday afternoon when the shoulder pain kept getting worse and worse and I called my primary care doc. They fit me in for an appointment today and I saw the physician's assistant. She said my lungs sound good, but wants me to see a pulmonary specialist- that appt. is on Monday. She also sent me for a myriad of blood work and other fun tests...and I'll get those results in two weeks. Great. She gave me an inhaler and some singulair for the meantime because of the tightness to see if it will get any better. We'll see! I also set up an appointment with the endocrinologist who biopsied my thyroid mass last year. He's gonna do an ultrasound to see what's going on with the mass and then I'm going to force him to consider treating my hashimoto's. At least consider it. That's in three weeks. And I haven't heard anything about the Lupron yet. Razzle Dazzle.

So the big story for the day is that I wasn't 100% convinced about the endo diet until today. I knew we were gonna test for celiac disease today and you're not supposed to be gluten free before the test. So last night Ben and I went to Olive Garden and I swallowed (practically whole) a huge plate of angel hair pasta with meat sauce and four of the most scrumptious breadsticks ever. Then this morning I had a bunch of pita chips because, well, they're delicious. And then I got the blood work. So after the blood work I was feeling sorry for myself and so, being the genius that I am, I stopped and got some junk food. I bought Jalapeno potato chips and yummy peanut butter cups. Well about an hour after the blood test I started getting some stomach cramps. And then...the full on brutal awful disgusting stomach/abdomen pain that I have gotten so accustomed to. I mean BAD again. Gnarley. I'm officially going all organic, totally unprocessed, wheat/gluten/sugar/dairy/soy free from now on. I mean, my goodness. Tummy, please forgive me. I've learned my lesson! If you're having stomach or abdomen pain, try it. See what happens. It's unreal the difference it made free from processed food. Crazy!

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