The Elimination diet~ well, it introduced me to new foods and cooking differently! This diet is great if you have the energy and not in pain, because the prep time needed exceeded my limits! Pain increased! Depressions increased! Anger increased! Life just tumbled down the hill knocking my head on every rock!
But then it came time for re~introducing the foods! It all went well! Especially the part of finding I am not Gluten intolerant!!! Pizza, burgers, pasta, I ate it all with NO reaction!
So foods are not my issue! So what is? Next doctor appointment would be about blood test results, so maybe it's just a deficiency somewhere, right?
Wrong!
A more thorough physical exam, all results of vitamins, minerals, thyroid etc were okay...
So... Here is where things begin to change!
Lupus had been a thought in my head for a while, my symptoms just matched! But there is something heart breaking about hearing the doctor say "Lupus!"
There I am, I thought I was expecting it, thought I was ready!
I wasn't!