YAYEZ!!!

[flamingsword]

The rheumatologist has got it narrowed down to one of the blood disorders and about halfway sorted. Apparently I probably have a form of pernicious anemia? And since the tests for the common parasites came back negative, it's probably autoimmune. The part where my body is attacking it's own cells and being really low on a bunch of vitamins 'cause

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[jslorentz]

That third paragraph is exciting news! You eat the fuck out of that croissant!

[flamingsword]

I will totally have mouth sex with that croissant, including being noisy and after-pastry-glow.

[jslorentz]

Video or it didn't happen. :}

[elucreh]

SECONDED

May Glory & luck be yours

[ext_690272]

Enjoy as much you can & may the pastry fairies lightly dust your path. :)

[elucreh]

First of all YAY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT THEY ARE AWESOME!!!!

Second: okay, if it's not gluten intolerance I will be the first to cheer for you, but. Celiac is not the only cause of gluten intolerance. Mine's Crohn's, and a lot of people are gluten intolerant with no actual reason medical science can determine. So, you know. ENJOY THE CROISSANT, but be careful about undoing all your work?

But if it ISN'T gluten intolerance, YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!

[flamingsword]

I had two mini chocolate croissants and am pain free.

I don't have the gene for Crohn's, she tested for that because my aunt has it. I'm going to do "normal" stuff the next few days and see if that earns me a migraine, since I'm apparently intestinally gluten safe. We'll see about the brain stuff.

And weirdly, I think I may have caused a permanent dietary change. I had my croissant, and I'll be able to buy regular soy sauce and eat all the sushi I want, but I'm, not craving bread and muffins and whatnot. And the Betty Crocker GF chocolate chip cookies are still going to be MORE delicious than wheat flour ones for the first six hours, so there's some GF stuff that I will still be buying. I think I got ethically attached to not being part of the wheat-corn-beef monoculture factory farming axis, and the thought of going back to an "American" style diet is now distasteful and unhealthy-seeming.

I think I will be keeping my dirty hippie ethics.

[elucreh]

They are some of my favorite things about you :DDDD

[raasalhayya]

I love your dirty hippieness! Seriously, this is awesome news. Also, I thought those gluten-free bear cookies you brought to the Aspie meetup were really tasty. Te crisp texture was really nice too.

*hughughughug*

[maeritrae]

I am SO GLAD! *hugs* It's great when you can get these things pinned down and start dealing with them! :D

[flamingsword]

It is such a relief. No more helpless feelings! No more having to plan for twelve different broad categories of wackness!

Also, now that I'm getting vitamins, I'm not craving sugar 24/7 and will maybe stop gaining weight. I wouldn't mind terribly being fat, but I hate having to take time and expense to buy new clothes, and then there's the inevitable hemming of any pants I buy since I am a hobbit. It's a hassle that I'm hoping to avoid.

Next time my body decides on some new medical adventure, though, I am replacing this thing with a robot. Cybernetic future ahoy!

[lord_of_entropy]

I am very relieved by this update :-)

[flamingsword]

ME TOO! Car trips and things will eventually be in my future again, so you Houston people better be prepared. Next spring when medical stuff is paid off, I am going to take a week off and come see y'all.