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I Had A Great Day Today

Marilyn R

By Marilyn R
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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Marilyn R
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The first five months of this has been full of ups and downs. Feeling better, feeling worse, finding out that something else makes my autoimmune system go into overdrive. The figuring it out part is the pits. I've experienced every emotion that you can find words to describe over the past five months, both good and bad. But even the worst of the bad is better than the months that preceeded these past five months.

And today was a good day. I went fishing and did't catch a thing, but had fun trying. I went to the produce market and left spending $20 and ended up with more produce than I could carry out by myself! Tomorrow's lunch is already prepared and we had a fabulous dinner tonight with grilled corn, grilled baby potatoes, fresh steamed green beans and a protein. I've shared some of my bounty from the produce stand with a neighbor...we had a nice visit.

For the first time in well over a year (maybe two?), I cleaned my refrigerator out. OMG, it was bad! I just couldn't care or do anything about it before. My dear boyfriend said, "I think you're coming back!" when I was down on my knees cleaning the refrigerator.

Just wanted to share for those of you new to the diagnosis and/or forum that it takes awhile to get back to "normal" ... and maybe provide a walk down memory lane for those of you that have been down that road. This is the best day I've had in two years, and I'm celebrating it with the only people that understand!

I'm really freaking happy that I even care that I have a clean refrigerator! Yay!

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txplowgirl Enthusiast
txplowgirl
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:lol::P, I know what you mean about the refrigerator! It's even better at a year and a half!
K8ling Enthusiast
K8ling
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Awesome!! I hope there are MANY more days like this one :D

mbrookes Community Regular
mbrookes
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Hi

From one Marilyn to another:

It is all good! I have been gluten free for almost three years, and life gets better and better. The diet gets easier to follow as you get more used to it, friends and family accept that that is "just the way it is", restaurants recognize you and know what you need, and best of all, YOU FEEL SOOOO GOOD!

I am really happy for you!

Another Marilyn

Marilyn R Community Regular
Marilyn R
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Thank you, gluten-free sistas! It is great to know that even better days lie aheaad... :D:D:D

Emilushka Contributor
Emilushka
Posted

Currently healing up from my first awful relapse. I needed to hear this. Thank you.

rustycat Rookie
rustycat
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Thanks, I needed to hear that. I've been strictly gluten free for just over a month (I was gluten light before that) and I kept hearing that many people have quick recoveries. Mine has been up and down and I wasn't sure what was happening. It's inspiring to hear that it can keep getting better over a long period of time.

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wheeleezdryver Community Regular
wheeleezdryver
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YAY for great days!!

Here's hoping tomorrow is a good day as well! :)

and i'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who goes months on end w/ o cleaning the fridge... usually for me it's not quite that long (somewhere around 3- 6 months....and it's due for a cleaning NOW!) (and I'm sure you all can understnad why cleaning th fridge 9esp when it gets that bad) is my least favorite household chore!)

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