Oh, bread. Wonderful bread. Beautiful bread. Though I know you've been adulterated lately, with the advent of mass manufactured brands of sugary, chemically yuckiness that masquerade as bread, you, in your most rustic of forms, remain the crusty deliciousness of my dreams. The glorious mopper upper of delicious sauces. The gorgeous foundation on which to build a pesto, tomato, and mozzarella salad. I will miss you...
Now I embark on a bread free life journey. I feel almost like I've lost a close friend. :...(
So what's the story here? Well......about, ehm, 6 years ago I started having stomach pain. A year later, I tested positive for gluten intolerance. I ignored it because a gluten free diet is actually pretty gross. Hold on. Okay, I just had a vomit reflex when I remember back to the short time I tried a gluten free diet. Ew. I'm better now.
Anyway, it's been a bit of a roller coaster since then. I realized a couple of months ago that a lot of the "stuff" I deal with (that makes me feel like a hypochondriac (which means I am not going to tell you about all of it)) can be caused by coeliac disease and that the blood test is actually pretty accurate. Going gluten free was too much to ask, however, and I decided that I needed to wait to have a biopsy of the small intestine first. That hasn't happened.
I realized just today that there is another factor involved that makes it actually very likely that gluten intolerance is my problem. I'm not going to tell you about that either because I don't feel like I'm at liberty to say just now.
Anyway, I'm convicted now that it's time...it's time to make the change. But how?? I'd start with dinner, I decided earlier today. Searching my cabinets yielded very little that I could actually eat, really, and even less (actually about nothing) that could be made into anything resembling a meal. I had oatmeal with raisins and almonds and honey. Afterwards, I decided I should check the packaging. Whoops, the oats were processed in a plant that also deals with wheat. I'll start at breakfast tomorrow. Not sure what I'll have. A trip to the grocery store is in order, I believe.
I'm also wondering in the midst of all this whether I ought to go all the way and cut out dairy for a time. I read that lactose intolerance seems to come along with gluten intolerance about half the time. I wonder if a latte would be good with rice milk. Hm...
Okay, well, I obviously have my work cut out for me. This means that, alas, I ought to go to bed since I have much to do tomorrow. I also have to do Jordyn's homework with her (cringe) in the morning since we weren't really able to get through it tonight. She is supposed to write something about Australia since, I guess, they've been talking about it at school. I guess Jordyn wasn't listening that day. We therefore spent a lot of time looking up Australia info on Google, which then led to looking at pictures of all the scary bugs that live there. Jordyn loves bugs. Have I mentioned that? Oh yes, she LOVES them. She was particularly interested in the spiders...the poisonous ones. Now I'm wondering if she needs to so a psychologist. Nevertheless, we went out looking for spider pic after spider pic. Here's one of the favorites...
Yes, he is looking right at you. I'm sure he wants to eat you. Eeek!
Now I'm certain I will be dreaming of spiders. Plus, I have a brand new memory bank of horrifying spiders to draw from. Oh yay!
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