An attempt to integrate all parts of my life
Yes mom, that’s how flax seeds work. They scare your system from 3 states away. Retroactively. So when you were getting sick, and I was still driving here… The flax seed in my car traveling to your house scared your digestive tract into submission 2 days and 2400 miles before you ate it.
20 min into this.
‘So are you sure you can’t have gluten?’
’ Is this really something and not really in your head’
’ Even though I’m driving your car, can I get the mini-doughnuts’
She’s been to sick all week to eat all the gf meals I’ve fixed, but the doughnuts she is well enough to eat…’but my tummy wants them’ Gah! Long day ahead.
Life with my mother is so much more stressful then I make it.
For instance, we stopped by to mail a package at the post office, she was really worried about being the first person in line. I’m still not sure why.
There are a lot of things in life I’ve inherited from my mother, and things that I’ve done the exact opposite on purpose. Being calm and trying to not stress at pointless things is one of them. Another is being on time for everything. And not running on ‘late time’ it’s amazing how much your family influences you.
can i put an icy hot patch on my forehead to make my headache go away or will that just gimme more skin problems
I live by these ( http://www.amazon.com/KOOOL-SOFT-GEL-SHEETS-ADULT/dp/B0011E607Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369115700&sr=8-1&keywords=migraine+be+kool ) and I put them on the back of my neck too. I don’t see why icy hot would be too different.
So far this is my 3rd day and some of my symptoms are coming back. i just feel completely gross 24/7 and i wake up feeling sick. This is going to be a rough two weeks. i’m so drained and i have hardly done anything today. my body is so mad at me and i can’t blame this.. i just want to get this over with and get my results..
Mayo clinic says you need to eat gluten for 6 months to be diagnosed properly. My allergist said i only needed two. i hope this works because i’m doing this again.
This is why I don’t want to do the test…. :(
The preparation:
For days and weeks before, I’d been researching how to do this. I’ve never traveled for an extended time, more than a flight, eating gluten free and having Celiac. Some articles and blogs mentioned finding restaurant along the way and taking tons of snack food. Because I was traveling with a vegetarian and REALLY didn’t want to get sick, we decided the best thing would be to take all our own food and not eat out much.
The day before we left, we went on a epic run to whole foods, not the best economical choice, but it would have everything we needed in one place. We got all the peanut butter, tofurky, nitrate free lunch meat, cheese, snacks, water, everything for this epic journey.
The trip:
Just to let you know how this trip was planned. Here was our itinerary:
Leave Monday morning… Arrive in time for the flight of C home on Friday (she was driving me up for the summer, doing it alone would be crazy!)
Yup. That was the plan. We were coming off of finals week, she had just graduated. Planning a road trip more than the super general level just wasn’t in the cards for us.
Our food plan worked out really well. We wound up eating out 3 times. One time I picked up pizza from a B.J.’s, because I trusted the chain and grilled the manager over the phone, and took it to my cousin’s for dinner when we drove by their house. Another time, we had our ‘nice dinner’ of the trip where we splurged and had wonderful seafood on the coast and creme brule (mmmm), the last food outing was Chipolte with my brother. I usually avoid Chipolte because of the citrus, but it was the only gluten free that we could find around his campus and gluten free trumps the citrus factor.
The best part is that I didn’t get sick from any of it!
Until I had some coffee from Dutch Brothers… where “everything is gluten free!”. It might be, but somehow I am still glutened and I’m feeling the effects 5 days later…
Overall, great trip. :)
Trip home will be just as great, minus the tainted hot chocolate.
The street performer at pier 39 today thought I was 35 because I got the clap on clap off joke…. Yeah, I’m 22…
First time I’m kinda offended for someone guessing an older age. I’m going to bet it won’t be the last time in my life.
Also, shop workers don’t know what to do when you walk into a store with a small dog in your backpack.
“Don’t make a decision based on the fear of failure. Failure is an event. Not a person” - A dad on preachers daughters.
The best thing I’ve ever heard on this show.
