Why, o WHY, do I do this to myself??

[aearwen2]

I'm an idiot.

I know - I KNOW - that I'm sensitive to gluten. I had been off it for maybe 2 months when, in 2011, I visited Savanna in OR and didn't worry about it. I paid for it in aches and pains after coming home. What's more, I stayed "clean" and religiously read ingredient labels, etc. It's been 3 years now, and I swore to myself I'd learned my lesson.

Wrong.

Two weeks ago, I decided to test my sensitivity by deliberately eating food prepared with stuff with gluten in it, namely Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup. It makes the most delightful and delicious gravies, and I'd really missed that. So I had it a couple of times. And then I got some prepared soup that had wheat in it.

Now I can barely hobble around the house, with the inflammation in my left knee so bad I can't really put any weight on it at all.

I've told my family that the next time I start making noises like "lemme see if I'm still sensitive to gluten" that they are to shoot me. Or knock me upside the head and then, while I'm on the floor, remind me of my not being able to walk for days on end.

I'm an idiot.

And gluten is addictive - and very bad for me.

I need to remember that.

Comments

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who's idiotic at times. :)

Anyway, hope you're feeling somewhat better by now. :)

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Weeeeeeeeelll...

This morning has been just a touch better in that I don't need to take a whole minute to be able to stand upright and start to move. And while I'm still needing to use a cane, I'm moving a bit smoother than yesterday. Friday was the worst; I took a Vicodin and was either fuzzy-brained or in tears all day.

Thanks for the good wishes.

[jkahane.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better. Guessed you learned your lesson about what to eat and not to eat. (At least, until the next time, like most of us with stuff like this.) :)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Hope you soon feel better.

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

I'm doing just a teenie bit better today, Linda. Thanks!!