Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Gluten Free Journey

Welcome to my blog!  I have started a blog due to my new gluten free life.  As a newly diagnosed celiac, I plan to use this blog as a means to share recipe and snack ideas, eating out tips, restaurant reviews, and all things related to living gluten free.

After a random stint with mono last winter, I was still not feeling well in the early part of the year.  I was napping almost every day after work and feeling exhausted almost all the time.  So in the early spring, I finally decided to get a full physical, since I had not had one in many, many years.  I had blood work done and found out that my iron levels were very low.  After a series of re-checks and more dialogue with my doctor about my years of stomach problems, she decided to test for celiac disease.  Sure enough, the blood work came back positive and it seemed that my years and years of IBS diagnoses and unsolved stomach mysteries had been solved.  I began my gluten free journey directly after and am now choosing to blog about my new journey!  Welcome to my blog - I hope you find it helpful if you are living with a celiac diagnosis or if you are someone who wants to just voluntarily cut out gluten from your diet.