Sunday, May 16, 2010

Wow! Who would have thought?

Here it is May 16, 2010 and I have been on a gluten free diet for 9days now!! I went to see a compounding pharmicist a little of a week ago to discuss some lab work that I had done through her. Well the results weren't all that great. I make little testosterone and little progesterone, but the most interesting thing was that she looked at some labs that I had done about a year ago and found that I am anemic. Now why was I told otherwise?!?!?!? My thyroid levels aren't right either. Anyway with a little discussion she determined that I needed some more lab work done before she decided how to treat anything. Soooo now I am waiting to hear from my nurse practitioner so that I can get the rest of these labs done.

But here is the kicker. The Pharmicist asked if I had thought about going on a gluten free diet. Hmm! Well come to find out she is thinking that I have an autoimmune thyroid and gluten allergies goes along with that idea. Wow! That was a lot to take in, but I decided I was willing to try just about anything so I walked out of her office gluten free. I haven't touched it since. Within 24 hours I was feeling better and as the week has gone on I am feeling pretty good. I am still tired and a little achey but I am not nearly as foggy brained as I had been and I am functioning at a somewhat normal level.

I feel that we may be coming to some conclusions on what I have going on!! Hopefully this next set of labs will give us more answers. In the meantime I am learning as much as I can about a gluten free diet.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Way to go!!! It's not easy being gluten free but it really can make many people's lives better. I'll be praying for you and your family that you have found the root of the health problems you have been having to deal with. :)
If you get to missing bread the best cluten free baking cookbook I have located is the 'Gluten-Free Baking Classics for the Bread Machine' by Annalise G Roberts
Some of my other gluten free cookbooks are
"Cooking for Isaiah" (Gluten and Dairy Free)by Silvana Nardone
'Easy Gluten-Free Baking' by Elizabeth Barbone
'Gluten Free Every Day Cookbook' by Robert M Landolphi
and "Gluten-Free Quick & Easy" by Carol Fenster, Ph.D.