Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Someone asked me so...

Someone asked me "what does gluten do to you?"

From Sunday around 9 p.m. until Monday around 10 p.m. I had a headache above my right eye socket.

I also slept 22 hours during that same time period.  Thankfully Celia jumped on my bed meowing every 2 hours or so.  This woke me up and in my brain fogged stupor I knew enough to go out and sip some water before crawling back to bed.

Around 6 p.m. I thought I should eat something.  I put two slices of toast into my toaster oven.  It takes 3 minutes to toast.  Before it chimed done, I was on the verge of tears and just wanted my bed.

I ate 1.5 bites before giving up and going to bed.

Thankfully I was able to drink a kombucha (which puts healthy flora into my gut) and I believe this helped tremendously.

Every time it's slightly different.  Sometimes it's brain fog and digestive tract issues only.  Other times it's the mini-coma and sometimes it's a headache.  Last summer it was craaaaaaankiness and bloated feeling.

It's a real treat.  NOT.

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