Jonesy's Blog

I haven't really thought this through, so I'll just plunge in. I was born under the sign of Airies, and that's the way we operate First, I'll tell you that I'm happy to be a Celiac. At first I was totally dismayed in disbelief. My Dr. was more surprised that I was. I figure he was expecting to find a malignancy, and he told me he was astounded to discover the Celiac Sprue through the biopsy.I've been gluten free since June 16th (2005) and I must be doing something right because I am feeling SOoooo much better. Today was So good I couldn't believe it was really me. I felt 30 years younger.On a scale of 1 to 10, I've lived my life with energy between 5 and 6 with a lot of #4 days thrown in. Today I was an eight! My first 2 weeks, I was up and down like a yo-yo, but with the help of the board members here, I've ironed out some of the Nutritional shortages and seem to be getting the nutrients I was missing. I have a lot to learn about food products available - but that'll be trial and error and take some time. I'm picking up a lot of clues from the forums here. Next entry, I'll tell about events leading up to the diagnosis, hoping it might help someone else, as well as documenting my own story.