My Yin/Yang Journey

Hello again

2007-09-11T21:21:00.000-06:00

Well, here I am back. My personal life has been very stressful lately. My father in law passed away and my mother in law has moderate Alzheimer's and has come to live with us. Then having missed 3 weeks to get everything under control and playing catch up working 50+ hours a week, but still needing to manage my family, with the addition. So here I am.... My newest development is my doc thinks I am dairy (casein) intolerant too. My autoimmune responses are not calming down as he expected and causing congestion in my liver and spleen. Wow, has this been hard for me to accept.... I have done the testing (before I chickened out) to see if I am. But I can say that I don't remember dreading the results of my gluten test as much as I am dreading these. Then when I mentioned it to my mom she said oh yeah when you were a baby they said you were allergic to milk but I just gave your more formula and you were fine. I was adopted, she was told this when they adopted me and gave her soy formula for me. Her thoughts were that she had raised 5 boys already and she knew better..... Well we shall see

Mmmmm Cornbread

2007-07-27T17:19:00.000-06:00

My newest GF food product that I love is Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Corn Bread. I was actually cautious to try my first gluten free bread but I will say that this is very good and even my husband and son love this. It will become a staple in our house. I am in Texas right now at my in-laws and my mother in law who is a cornbread connoisseur loves it. 5 out if 5 stars from me. GF cornbread yummy yummy

Announcement

2007-07-22T11:58:00.000-06:00

On July 17 at 3:46 am I became a grandmother of a beautiful baby girl named Cadence Michelle

New place to shop GF

2007-07-15T20:53:00.000-06:00

Today, I went to a new place that opened up on the 11th near my house in Littleton, CO. The name of the place is Sunflower Farmers Market I went there today for the first time. OMG gluten-free heaven they have gluten free brad, pasta, baking stuff and you don't have to sell your soul. They have really good prices. It was very refreshing to see that. I go to King Soopers or Safeway and they have no gluten-free lists and their attitude is not very good. You approach someone and they act like you have grown a 2nd head and don't want to be near you in case it is contagious... I got several gluten free items that I will review once I make and eat them.

Tinkyada Spaghetti style brown rice pasta

2007-07-14T21:04:00.000-06:00

For dinner tonight I made my baby clams sauce, one of my favorites. But with out the usual pasta, this is my first time using a gluten free noodles... I used a Tinkyada Spaghetti Style Brown Rice pasta. I can say it was good. I cook them al dente and they ended up being larger noodles than I usually use but they were good. I am not going to say I could not tell the difference but the were good. I would give 4 out 5 for the noodles. My husband even said they were good and my 4 year old liked them as well. I would call them a success. I would recommend them.

Yummy grilled chicken

2007-07-13T19:46:00.000-06:00

My DH made the best grilled chicken tonight... 3 chicken breasts pound them so they are about , put them in a casserole dish. Take some balsamic vinegar and drizzle over them, then sprinkle some Cavender's Greek seasoning on both sides Drizzle some lemon juice and EVOO. Let them set 45 minutes. Now grill them and yum!

Gluten-free benefits

2007-07-11T21:56:00.000-06:00

Well, I have definitely noticed that I am not such a gassy girl...And so has my husband. I can tell a difference in how I feel. the more I read and realize what I was going through the more I owe to Caylor. I don't necessary feel that other doctors were to blame for not testing and diagnosing me I just feel that Caylor took the time to learn about what was going on with me as a whole person and being Ms medical coder and being told all the years oh yeah that's normal for endometriosis or you have a nervous stomach. I got my first ulcer at 19. That was the beginning of the symptoms... My eczema that would not go away for years....hmmm Who wants to really tell someone that they have diarrhea once a week or talk about the baby you lost in your second trimester. They just pat you on the back and say they understand and how hard it must be. I owe you Caylor for saving my life and giving me quality of life... I have learned a valuable lesson.

Great chicken and salmon

2007-07-07T20:23:00.000-06:00

I went to Sam's and got meat to stuff my freezer. I also got Citrus Grill spice mix. They had a sample on some salmon and I really liked it so I got some salmon and some of the Citrus Grill. Got home and put some on the salmon microwaved for a few minutes and WOW that was good. It is also goes on chicken breasts. I made a big thing of fruit salad too. Which helps me as a quick fix if I need a snack.

To the left to the left....

2007-07-05T20:05:00.001-06:00

Ok, so today is 1 week that I have been gluten free. Woot Woot Hooray!Happy dance. I went and saw Caylor today for acupuncture on my hand. I never get over the power of acupuncture. To give you the history: my hand was injured in November 1989 in a car accident. I spiral fractured my third metacarpal and later found out that I had a scapho-lunate dissociation. I went on in 1992 to have a BLATT procedure to help stabilize my pain and scapho-lunate dissociation. I went through therapy after this and had no problems until 2000 when I developed DeQuervain's tendinitis on my left. In November of 2000 I had surgery to release this. Typical recovery and I was ok. I had been told I was developing carpal tunnel syndrome. I lost my job the week after 9-11 and just dealt with my symptoms. So last October I fell on the stairs (klutz gene strikes again) and landed on my left hand. I developed pain and went on to getting severe pain to DeQuervain's recurring. I work with one of the top hand docs in the country so I went to him to see what could be done. Well after examining me he told e that when I had my DeQuervain's released back in 200 the doctor had cut the radial nerve and I had a neuroma, developed bone spurs in my wrist. Great!!! So I had an MRi which showed degenerative disease in my wrist fluid in the first compartment. Dr Ozer and I talked and he said he could do a radial styloidectomy to give the scapho-lunate where the bone spurs were more room. Re release the DeQuervain's, and excise the neuroma. We scheduled surgery for the beginning of February... (stay tuned)

Greetings...

2007-07-04T22:20:00.001-06:00

Wow, where does one start when they are starting a blog. This has been somewhat overwhelming... but I am going for it. I have been diagnosed with gluten intolerance got the diagnosis last Thursday. This has not been easy... Over the next few weeks I will introduce different portions of my world to you. There is just way too much for one day (lol) so I will break it up. My life starting last Thursday on must be gluten free. In the past few days, since receiving my diagnosis my experiences with telling people about this have been mixed. While some that I have shared with that who know someone who also shares my condition are understanding and supportive others have dismissed it as a new fad and "everyone is gluten intolerant". I feel it is my duty/destiny to share/blog this with you. While I have only had this condition for less than a week I feel like I have been brought here for a reason.... So here I am gluten-free, married with a 4 year old son and 19 year old daughter and a grandmother soon. Life has handed me this, and I am strong so I know life has not given me anything more than I can handle...