Away With Gluten?

My fridge is looking particularly bare these days. I'm nearly out of cash again and I'm waiting on a helpful check from my bank account up north.

However, thanks to the major cleanout my food reserves seem to be going through, I have decided to take a radical step and go gluten free for a few days.

I know better than anyone, since I live with it everyday, how much of a pain in the mikta my gastrointestinal system is. It doesn't like stress. It doesn't like milk. It doesn't like it when I eat too much. It doesn't like anything I eat and prefers to throw up the angry flag every time I dare to try.

I know the fibro is partially to blame for my ridiculous levels of sensitivity. Heavy stress not only makes my back ache, it also gives me heartburn with anything I eat for the next day or so (including OATMEAL. Who the HELL ever heard of getting heartburn from OATMEAL?)I also cough uncontrollably when I've been under stress, like the acid is boiling up in my esophagus.

My problems aren't bad; they're just annoying. I'm fairly careful about what I eat (okay, a few sins here and there) and I try to not upset the tippy balance I always seem to be on.

But I worry sometimes, because my mom has big problems with hers and I can see myself becoming the same if I continue down the path I'm on. One bout of heartburn every few days doesn't seem like much...but 25 years of it could give me acid reflux.

Well, I want to try something different and see if my issues improve. I want to see if I can come off better from what my mother has gone through. If it does, I suppose I'll go permanently gluten-free next year when I'm settled into a job with a salary that can support me. For the time being, I suppose I would cut down on the things I do eat that have gluten in them.

It's worth a shot. I'm so tired of my stomach rebelling every time I eat something.

Ta,
Bec